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Track LE free→NASDAQConsumer DiscretionaryApparel RetailSnapshot 2026-06-16
Recent financial performance sits well below its industry cohort — worth keeping an eye on, though it has not freshly broken.
Recent financial performance is weak, and earnings quality is fragile, reported profits aren't backed by cash. Management's recent track record has been volatile, with frequent disruptive corporate changes, while the sector backdrop presents a headwind. Peer multiples imply a price roughly in line with where it trades (about fair); the read is fair, but weakening. The valuation detail indicates that it is priced roughly in line with peers, but recent financials or earnings quality are weakening. This analysis is provisional.
Daily closes. Earnings/event dots are placed inline.
A consensus fair price across 4 valuation methods, at three horizons. Current price $12.13. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
No-growth: today's peer multiple on trailing earnings. The headline read.
Embeds projected growth. Leans optimistic by design. Upside context.
We take the 12-month fair value above and grade our own number — how the market prices this name versus what we'd justify, and where the two diverge.
At $12 LE trades at 15× p/e, in line with its 15× p/e peer median. Our $12 fair value reflects that, high confidence. Not investment advice.
One valuation read at a 12-month horizon, plus how price compares to peers and the company's own history.
The market is pricing in roughly 0% near-term growth, in line with our forecast of about 4%. This describes what's priced in, not a forecast of the move.
Only weak execution quality — not the full expensive x weak x turbulent stack.
For similar setups historically (n=20,154): about 33% saw a 20%+ drawdown, and roughly 76% of those did not recover within the year. These are historical base rates for the cohort, not a forecast of this stock.
Each factor is a parallel diagnostic with a clear read of what it shows and how names like it have historically fared. Never aggregated into a single score.
Operating income rose in 2 of the last 3 quarter-over-quarter moves. Historically, Consumer Discretionary names rated weak grew net income 58% of the time over the next year (vs 57% for the rest of the cohort, n=2844).
Over the trailing year it converted -0.01x of net income into operating cash flow. Historically, Consumer Discretionary names rated fragile grew net income 45% of the time over the next year (vs 58% for the rest of the cohort, n=2427).
Most sensitive to the broad stock market.
Not enough signal to read sensitivity to the US dollar, real (inflation-adjusted) rates, long-term interest rates, Fed net liquidity.
The next print and the backdrop around it (sector regime and the AI cycle). Context for the path, not a forecast of returns.
EPS estimate $-0.01 → $0.07 (+1500.0% / 30d). 0 raised, 0 cut, 1 covering analysts.
0 upgrades, 0 downgrades / 30d, 3 maintained. 100% of analysts rate Buy.
2 positive, 0 negative / 30d. See F4 management tile for the event list.
How management runs the business: capital, margins, balance sheet, and how reliably they guide and deliver.
What a normal day, a bad day, and the worst of the last year would mean for a $10,000 position.
On a typical day, $10k can swing ±$227.
How much price usually moves either way.
On a bad day, this stock has moved -$567.
A rough but not unusual down day (about the 95th percentile).
In the worst 12 months, $10k could have lost $4,731.
Deepest peak-to-trough drop in the last year.
Past results, not a forecast. Not investment advice.
The most important moves since the prior daily snapshot.
Signal changed from 'mixed' to 'mild_favorable'.
No material changes since the prior snapshot.
as of 2026-06-16
Specific, dated things to watch for, each with what would confirm it and what would prove it wrong.
Why it matters: This partnership could drive growth and improve financial results for Lands' End.
Confirms:Good news on sales or market growth from the WHP Global partnership.
Disproves:No big sales growth or market growth reported from the partnership.
Recent news graded against this company's own objectives — whether it reinforces or challenges the thesis, and how confirmed it is.
Threatens: Focus on financial results improvement
Warehouse issues negatively impact financial results.
Conditional scenarios: if X happens, the view would shift in this direction. These are not predictions.
Recent SEC 8-K filings ranked by likely impact, confidence, and recency.
Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On June 9, 2026, Lands’ End, Inc. (the “Company”) announced its financial results for its first quarter ended May 1, 2026. A copy of the Company’s press release containing this information is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The information contained herein and in the accompanying Exhibit 99.1 shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether m…
Whether the overall read has been drifting up or down lately, and how it's changed since last week.
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
Long-thesis check; widest uncertainty.
Roughly priced in line with peers.
Self-history needs ~20 months of data.
Trailing four: 2025-Q1, 2025-Q2, 2025-Q3, 2026-Q1
A side-by-side read on sector standing, valuation, and risk versus Apparel Retail.
| Stock | Sector standing | Valuation | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
LE Lands' End, Inc. | Above typical Show detailsSector percentile: 71 of 100 | fair | elevated |
TJX TJX Companies | Above typical Show detailsSector percentile: 88 of 100 | expensive | moderate |
ROST Ross Stores | Above typical Show detailsSector percentile: 93 of 100 | expensive | moderate |
BURL Burlington Stores | Above typical Show detailsSector percentile: 94 of 100 | expensive | moderate |
GAP Gap Inc. | Above typical Show detailsSector percentile: 98 of 100 | inexpensive | moderate |
11 material management or governance events in the past 24 months, led by capital-allocation actions. Historically, Consumer Discretionary names rated volatile grew net income 58% of the time over the next year (vs 54% for the rest of the cohort, n=486).
Not investment advice. As of 2026-06-16.
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Tailwind = sector leading the S&P 500; headwind = trailing. Both can be constructive. Historically, headwind regimes have averaged stronger forward returns than tailwind.
Context label only: describes the market state (e.g. real bear vs narrative panic, healthy uptrend vs late-stage froth). It is not a per-ticker buy/sell signal and does not predict factor performance.
Not investment advice. As of 2026-06-16.
A guidance track record builds as the company issues and delivers on guidance.
Priorities management has stated in recent disclosures, with status and evidence drawn from earnings calls, filings, and press releases.
Lands' End is focusing on its strategy following the joint venture transaction with WHP Global.
Lands' End is concentrating on improving its financial results as evidenced by recent disclosures.
Advances: Strategic partnership with WHP Global
Adjusted EBITDA outlook supports growth from WHP partnership.
Threatens: Focus on financial results improvement
Q1 loss and revenue lag indicate financial struggles.
Regulation FD Disclosure. As previously announced, the Company is hosting a conference call at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, to discuss its first quarter fiscal 2026 financial results and to discuss the Company’s strategy following the closing of its joint venture transaction with WHP Global. The Company plans to present the investor presentation substantially in the form included as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the “Investor Presentation”) on t…
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets. The information set forth in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. Limited Liability Company Agreement At the closing of the Transactions, Sellers, LE Topco, WHP and WHP Topco entered into the amended and restated limited liability company agreement of LE Topco among LE Topco, Sellers, WHP and, solely for purposes of certain sections enumerated therein, WHP Topco (the “ LLCA ”), pursuant to which LE Topco has a single class of membership interests consisting of Class A Units (the “ Units ”), with Sellers owning 50%…
Other Events. On April 1, 2026, Lands’ End, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to repurchase up to $100 million of the Company’s common stock through March 31, 2029. Under the program, the Company may repurchase its common stock through open market purchases, in privately negotiated transactions, or by other means in accordance with applicable federal securities laws, including Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act. The timing of purchases and the…