Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Retail
Zumiez Inc. ZUMZ
$13.29 -1.41% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $224.2M
Weak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Dec 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 4.2× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is 57% below its highest close of the past year.
- 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 48%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 40%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 36%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 30%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 29%
- Gross marginTop 50%
- Operating marginBottom 26%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 27%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 33%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 39%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 13%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 28%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 9%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 49%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 40%
- 6-month returnBottom 6%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 21%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 11%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 43%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 13%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 25%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 31%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 33%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 43%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 33%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.7% | 3.6% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 34.5% | 36.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 0.3% | 2.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 2.8% | 3.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.6% | 4.7% | ↓ | Bottom 48% |
| Gross margin | 36.1% | 34.5% | ↑ | Top 50% |
| Operating margin | 2.4% | 0.3% | ↑ | Bottom 26% |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 0.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.6% | 2.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.4% | — | Bottom 29% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.0% | — | Bottom 36% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.81×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +10.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.17×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 15.15%
- Shareholder yield
- 15.15%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -6.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +13.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $19.50
- Target vs current price
- +46.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 33
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 36%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | -21.5% | -4.8% | -23.8% | — | — |
| Jun 4, 2026 | -1.2% | +1.6% | -20.4% | -24.1% | -21.3% |
| Mar 12, 2026 | +7.4% | +1.1% | -8.7% | +5.7% | -25.0% |
| Dec 4, 2025 | +70.4% | -1.8% | +5.6% | -6.7% | -9.4% |
| Sep 4, 2025 | +45.5% | +5.2% | +18.5% | +15.7% | +47.9% |
| Jun 5, 2025 | -2.6% | +2.2% | -5.6% | +15.4% | +36.6% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | -1.3% | -3.9% | +12.6% | +5.6% | -12.9% |
| Dec 5, 2024 | +100.0% | -11.0% | -3.9% | -15.4% | -39.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | -$0.17 | -$0.14 | -21.5% | $209.0M |
| Jun 4, 2026 | -$0.82 | -$0.81 | -1.2% | $193.3M |
| Mar 12, 2026 | $1.16 | $1.08 | +7.4% | $291.3M |
| Dec 4, 2025 | $0.46 | $0.27 | +70.4% | $239.1M |
| Sep 4, 2025 | -$0.06 | -$0.11 | +45.5% | $214.3M |
| Jun 5, 2025 | -$0.79 | -$0.77 | -2.6% | $184.3M |
| Mar 13, 2025 | $0.78 | $0.79 | -1.3% | $279.2M |
| Dec 5, 2024 | $0.06 | $0.03 | +100.0% | $222.5M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 18.5× | 16.6× | 54th | Top 39% |
| P/E (forward) | 28.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.5× | — | — | Top 28% |
| EV / Sales | 0.43× | — | — | Top 9% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 14.96% | — | — | Top 13% |
| Earnings yield | 5.42% | — | — | Top 39% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 7.9× – 90.3× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
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)
- -8.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -22.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -38.6%
- RSI (14)
- 33.8
- Relative volume
- 0.61×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 50.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 44th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.48
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.41
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -56.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -60.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2021 | Jun 6, 2025 | -78.8% | 887 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jul 1, 2021 | Sep 14, 2021 | -27.2% | 51 days | 40 days (Nov 9, 2021) |
| Mar 8, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -16.8% | 12 days | 52 days (Jun 8, 2021) |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -14.3% | 11 days | 6 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Jun 8, 2021 | Jun 18, 2021 | -12.0% | 8 days | 9 days (Jul 1, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $224.2M
- P/E (TTM)
- 18.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.72
- Revenue (TTM)
- $932.8M
- 52-week range
- $13.07 – $31.70
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.18B | $958.4M | $875.5M | $889.2M | $929.1M |
| Gross profit | $456.7M | $324.7M | $280.9M | $303.0M | $332.5M |
| Operating income | $157.8M | $31.1M | -$64.8M | $1.9M | $17.0M |
| Net income | $119.3M | $21.0M | -$62.6M | -$1.7M | $13.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.85 | $1.08 | -$3.25 | -$0.09 | $0.78 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $222.5M | $279.2M | $184.3M | $214.3M | $239.1M | $291.3M | $193.3M | $209.0M |
| Net income | $1.2M | $14.8M | -$14.3M | -$1.0M | $9.2M | $19.5M | -$13.3M | -$2.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.06 | $0.78 | -$0.79 | -$0.06 | $0.55 | $1.16 | -$0.82 | -$0.17 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $134.9M | -$379,000 | $14.8M | $20.7M | $53.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$15.7M | -$25.6M | -$20.4M | -$15.0M | $815,000 |
| Free cash flow | $119.2M | -$26.0M | -$5.6M | $5.7M | $54.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$193.8M | -$87.9M | $704,000 | -$25.2M | -$37.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $97.3M
- Total assets
- $627.4M
- Total liabilities
- $348.4M
- Total debt
- $227.2M
- Net debt
- $176.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $279.0M
As of Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,557,116
- Days to cover
- 3.98
- Change vs previous report
- +9.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 20, 2006
- 2-for-1