Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Luxury Goods
The RealReal, Inc. REAL
$8.90 -0.56% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.07B
Strong growthExpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $749.9M, up 17.7% from a year earlier.
- The stock is 47% below its highest close of the past year.
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)Top 10%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 36%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 40%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 14%
- Gross marginTop 4%
- Operating marginBottom 15%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 1%
- Interest coverBottom 14%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 15%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 30%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 12%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 33%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 47%
- 6-month returnBottom 45%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 39%
- 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 quartersBottom 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 33%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 47%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 14%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 48%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 47%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 5%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 17.2% | 17.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 74.6% | 72.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -6.7% | -0.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -4.4% | 4.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 17.7% | 17.2% | ↑ | Top 10% |
| Gross margin | 72.3% | 74.6% | ↓ | Top 4% |
| Operating margin | -0.8% | -6.7% | ↑ | Bottom 15% |
| Net margin | -10.8% | -5.6% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.0% | -4.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -3.5% | — | Bottom 14% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 4.7% | — | Top 36% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -35.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 3.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -29.6 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -0.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.17%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.17%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +6.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $15.75
- Target vs current price
- +77.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 25
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 52%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +43.2% | +0.9% | -11.7% | -20.2% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +0.0% | -4.6% | -27.6% | -30.2% | -3.6% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | +50.0% | +3.1% | +0.9% | -23.9% | -22.9% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | -708.2% | +2.0% | +26.0% | +27.8% | +14.4% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +13.3% | -4.2% | +35.7% | +51.0% | +111.8% |
| May 8, 2025 | -7.7% | +3.4% | -19.1% | -21.0% | -18.2% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | -1966.7% | -0.1% | -14.2% | -22.6% | -33.9% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +57.1% | +2.0% | +25.8% | +102.0% | +219.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -$0.01 | -$0.02 | +43.2% | $192.6M |
| May 7, 2026 | -$0.01 | -$0.01 | +0.0% | $189.7M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.06 | $0.04 | +50.0% | $194.1M |
| Nov 10, 2025 | -$0.49 | -$0.06 | -708.2% | $173.6M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -$0.13 | -$0.15 | +13.3% | $165.2M |
| May 8, 2025 | -$0.14 | -$0.13 | -7.7% | $160.0M |
| Feb 20, 2025 | -$0.62 | -$0.03 | -1966.7% | $164.0M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | -$0.09 | -$0.21 | +57.1% | $147.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 92.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 1.89× | — | — | Bottom 33% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.81% | — | — | Bottom 30% |
| Earnings yield | -12.58% | — | — | Bottom 15% |
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)
- -7.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -16.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -23.1%
- RSI (14)
- 33.2
- Relative volume
- 0.80×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 43.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 0th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.12
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.40
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -47.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -57.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2021 | May 2, 2023 | -96.4% | 555 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -21.3% | 19 days | 6 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Nov 9, 2020 | Nov 20, 2020 | -19.9% | 9 days | 16 days (Dec 15, 2020) |
| Jan 20, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -19.3% | 5 days | 13 days (Feb 16, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.07B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.12
- Revenue (TTM)
- $749.9M
- 52-week range
- $8.05 – $17.39
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $467.7M | $603.5M | $549.3M | $600.5M | $692.8M |
| Gross profit | $273.5M | $348.7M | $376.3M | $447.5M | $483.8M |
| Operating income | -$214.9M | -$189.2M | -$166.3M | -$56.5M | -$23.9M |
| Net income | -$236.1M | -$196.4M | -$168.5M | -$134.2M | -$41.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$2.58 | -$2.05 | -$1.65 | -$1.24 | -$0.70 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $147.8M | $164.0M | $160.0M | $165.2M | $173.6M | $194.1M | $189.7M | $192.6M |
| Net income | -$17.9M | -$68.5M | $62.4M | -$11.4M | -$54.1M | -$38.8M | $38.9M | -$27.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.17 | -$0.62 | $0.52 | -$0.13 | -$0.49 | -$0.33 | -$0.07 | -$0.23 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$142.2M | -$91.6M | -$61.3M | $21.5M | $37.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$47.4M | -$22.9M | -$29.2M | -$26.0M | -$18.6M |
| Free cash flow | -$189.6M | -$114.4M | -$90.4M | -$4.5M | $18.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$205,000 | -$679,000 | $1.8M | $2.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $119.1M
- Total assets
- $378.3M
- Total liabilities
- $756.0M
- Total debt
- $463.3M
- Net debt
- $344.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$377.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 16,745,378
- Days to cover
- 8.07
- Change vs previous report
- +2.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.