Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Retail
Rent the Runway, Inc. RENT
$1.55 +0.00% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $52.1M
Strong growthWeak trendInexpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Dec 10, 2026
Scroll or pinch to zoom, drag to move. Daily prices adjusted for splits. Markers: E = earnings (green beat, red miss), S = split, D = dividend.
Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 732.4% in a year.
- The stock is 83% below its highest close of the past year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -69.9%, behind the S&P 500 by 85.7 percentage points.
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 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 8%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 42%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 10%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 3%
- Gross marginTop 5%
- Operating marginBottom 6%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 4%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 24%
- Interest coverBottom 9%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 1%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 19%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 24%
- 6-month returnBottom 1%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 3%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 1%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 34%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 1%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 1%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 24%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 16.4% | 21.2% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 17.6% | 71.0% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -20.2% | -12.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -7.7% | -13.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 21.2% | 16.4% | ↑ | Top 8% |
| Gross margin | 71.0% | 17.6% | ↑ | Top 5% |
| Operating margin | -12.3% | -20.2% | ↑ | Bottom 6% |
| Net margin | 11.8% | -28.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -13.7% | -7.7% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -34.2% | — | Bottom 3% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 3.6% | — | Top 42% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.02×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 22.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.89×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -5.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -23.63%
- Shareholder yield
- -23.63%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +732.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +115.0%
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 11, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $12.00
- Target vs current price
- +674.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 19
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 42%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | — | -13.1% | -31.6% | — | — |
| Jun 3, 2026 | — | -0.3% | -6.7% | -11.0% | -3.0% |
| Apr 14, 2026 | +99.0% | -9.8% | -14.5% | -21.6% | -42.5% |
| Dec 12, 2025 | +383.4% | +18.1% | +56.0% | +59.9% | -19.2% |
| Sep 11, 2025 | -59.7% | +29.6% | -16.1% | -18.1% | -21.5% |
| Jun 5, 2025 | +1.3% | +3.7% | -7.7% | -20.9% | -15.4% |
| Apr 15, 2025 | -70.3% | -18.2% | -25.4% | +5.8% | -7.4% |
| Dec 9, 2024 | +0.8% | -21.8% | -29.5% | -31.4% | -69.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | -$0.36 | — | — | $97.7M |
| Jun 3, 2026 | -$0.57 | — | — | $89.9M |
| Apr 14, 2026 | -$0.04 | -$3.97 | +99.0% | $91.7M |
| Dec 12, 2025 | $13.81 | -$4.87 | +383.4% | $87.6M |
| Sep 11, 2025 | -$6.55 | -$4.10 | -59.7% | $80.9M |
| Jun 5, 2025 | -$6.58 | -$6.67 | +1.3% | $69.6M |
| Apr 15, 2025 | -$3.44 | -$2.02 | -70.3% | $76.4M |
| Dec 9, 2024 | -$4.94 | -$4.98 | +0.8% | $75.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 0.1× | — | — | Top 1% |
| EV / EBITDA | 1.2× | — | — | Top 1% |
| EV / Sales | 0.60× | — | — | Top 19% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -96.62% | — | — | Bottom 1% |
| Earnings yield | 816.66% | — | — | Top 1% |
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)
- -14.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -6.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -48.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -66.9%
- RSI (14)
- 24.4
- Relative volume
- 0.42×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 89.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 27th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.67
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.38
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -83.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -95.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2021 | Oct 2, 2026 | -99.6% | 1237 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $52.1M
- P/E (TTM)
- 0.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $12.66
- Revenue (TTM)
- $366.9M
- 52-week range
- $1.51 – $10.13
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $203.3M | $296.4M | $298.2M | $306.2M | $329.8M |
| Gross profit | $8.9M | $55.1M | $60.8M | $67.7M | $196.0M |
| Operating income | -$122.0M | -$82.1M | -$72.0M | -$47.3M | -$57.5M |
| Net income | -$211.8M | -$138.7M | -$113.2M | -$69.9M | $22.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$67.20 | -$43.17 | -$33.12 | -$18.51 | $1.88 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $75.9M | $76.4M | $69.6M | $80.9M | $87.6M | $91.7M | $89.9M | $97.7M |
| Net income | -$18.9M | -$13.4M | -$26.1M | -$26.4M | $76.5M | -$1.4M | -$18.9M | -$12.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$4.94 | -$3.55 | -$6.58 | -$6.55 | $13.65 | -$0.04 | -$0.57 | -$0.38 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$42.3M | -$47.7M | -$15.7M | $12.9M | $3.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$41.1M | -$71.0M | -$82.5M | -$53.6M | -$50.1M |
| Free cash flow | -$83.4M | -$118.7M | -$98.2M | -$40.7M | -$46.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $327.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $12.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $29.0M
- Total assets
- $192.4M
- Total liabilities
- $257.9M
- Total debt
- $196.0M
- Net debt
- $167.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$65.5M
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 11, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,750,486
- Days to cover
- 5.74
- Change vs previous report
- +28.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 3, 2024
- 1-for-20