Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Retail
Lands' End, Inc. LE
$10.29 -1.91% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $316.3M
Weak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Dec 8, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $11.24, up 6109.9% year over year.
- At 0.9× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 1%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 18%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 19%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 29%
- Gross marginTop 24%
- Operating marginBottom 22%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 3%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 16%
- Interest coverBottom 21%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 4%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 3%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 8%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 24%
- 6-month returnBottom 33%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 25%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 18%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 38%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 13%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 24%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 21%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 41%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 40%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 37%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 16%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.9% | 0.4% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 8304.6% | 6109.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 48.5% | 47.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 1.6% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 0.4% | -5.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.4% | -1.9% | ↑ | Bottom 34% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 6109.9% | 8304.6% | ↓ | Top 1% |
| Gross margin | 47.7% | 48.5% | ↓ | Top 24% |
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 3.6% | ↓ | Bottom 22% |
| Net margin | 26.6% | 0.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -5.6% | 0.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.3% | — | Bottom 29% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -5.0% | — | Bottom 18% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- -0.11×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 41.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -2.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.11×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.99%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.99%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -2.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 3, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +16.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $16.50
- Target vs current price
- +60.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 3
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 67%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | -2.7% | -4.0% | -8.3% | -6.9% | — |
| Jun 9, 2026 | +47.6% | +8.5% | +10.0% | +7.6% | +0.5% |
| Mar 19, 2026 | -1.3% | +1.3% | -1.5% | -11.4% | -8.3% |
| Dec 9, 2025 | +23.5% | -9.0% | -3.3% | -7.6% | +1.2% |
| Sep 9, 2025 | -100.0% | -1.9% | +6.9% | +7.7% | +8.5% |
| Jun 5, 2025 | +5.3% | +13.0% | +14.2% | +47.3% | +81.5% |
| Mar 20, 2025 | -1.7% | -11.2% | -10.2% | -20.7% | -22.6% |
| Dec 5, 2024 | +200.0% | -13.0% | -5.6% | -16.5% | -30.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.09 | -2.7% | $302.0M |
| Jun 9, 2026 | -$0.11 | -$0.21 | +47.6% | $238.9M |
| Mar 19, 2026 | $0.76 | $0.77 | -1.3% | $462.4M |
| Dec 9, 2025 | $0.21 | $0.17 | +23.5% | $317.5M |
| Sep 9, 2025 | -$0.06 | -$0.03 | -100.0% | $294.1M |
| Jun 5, 2025 | -$0.18 | -$0.19 | +5.3% | $261.2M |
| Mar 20, 2025 | $0.57 | $0.58 | -1.7% | $441.7M |
| Dec 5, 2024 | $0.06 | $0.02 | +200.0% | $318.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 0.9× | 30.9× | 0th | Top 1% |
| P/E (forward) | 22.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 0.7× | — | — | Top 1% |
| EV / Sales | 0.29× | — | — | Top 3% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -23.20% | — | — | Bottom 4% |
| Earnings yield | 109.23% | — | — | Top 1% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 1.0× – 78.4× since Jul 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -29.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +6109.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -98.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -10.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -20.8%
- RSI (14)
- 41.0
- Relative volume
- 1.10×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 37.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 0th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.18
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.33
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -46.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -61.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2021 | Nov 1, 2023 | -85.8% | 574 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 17, 2021 | May 12, 2021 | -45.7% | 39 days | 34 days (Jun 30, 2021) |
| Nov 25, 2020 | Dec 11, 2020 | -28.2% | 11 days | 20 days (Jan 12, 2021) |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -14.1% | 6 days | 2 days (Jul 21, 2021) |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Oct 6, 2020 | -13.6% | 6 days | 12 days (Oct 22, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $316.3M
- P/E (TTM)
- 0.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $11.24
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.32B
- 52-week range
- $9.56 – $20.04
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.64B | $1.56B | $1.47B | $1.36B | $1.34B |
| Gross profit | $691.5M | $593.8M | $625.5M | $653.3M | $620.0M |
| Operating income | $79.8M | $24.7M | -$77.5M | $51.0M | $44.3M |
| Net income | $33.4M | -$12.5M | -$130.7M | $6.2M | $5.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.99 | -$0.38 | -$4.09 | $0.20 | $0.18 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $318.6M | $441.7M | $261.2M | $294.1M | $317.5M | $462.4M | $238.9M | $302.0M |
| Net income | -$593,000 | $18.5M | -$8.3M | -$3.7M | $5.2M | $12.3M | $330.7M | $3.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.02 | $0.59 | -$0.27 | -$0.12 | $0.17 | $0.40 | $10.56 | $0.11 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $70.6M | -$36.4M | $130.6M | $53.1M | $49.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$25.2M | -$31.8M | -$34.9M | -$37.8M | -$29.2M |
| Free cash flow | $45.3M | -$68.2M | $95.6M | $15.4M | $20.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$5.1M | -$8.5M | -$11.9M | -$11.6M | -$3.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $16.1M
- Total assets
- $949.6M
- Total liabilities
- $456.7M
- Total debt
- $76.7M
- Net debt
- $60.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $492.9M
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 3, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,600,621
- Days to cover
- 7.43
- Change vs previous report
- +3.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.