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Track RENT 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, indicating that reported profits are not well supported by cash. Management's recent track record has been unsteady, with frequent disruptive corporate changes, and the capital stance is capital unfriendly. Risk is high, and the sector backdrop is a headwind, which may affect performance compared to sector peers, where it is typical. Peer multiples imply a price about 13% above where it trades (it looks cheap on this basis); the read is fair, but weakening. This analysis is provisional.
Daily closes. Earnings/event dots are placed inline.
A consensus fair price across 1 valuation methods, at three horizons. Current price $3.47. 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 $3.54 RENT trades at 1× p/e, below its 15× p/e peer median. Our $4.07 fair value sits above the price; medium 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 price implies about 13% below a flat-multiple fair value, below our forecast of about 13%. 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 -0.29x 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, Fed net liquidity, real (inflation-adjusted) rates, long-term interest rates.
The next print and the backdrop around it (sector regime and the AI cycle). Context for the path, not a forecast of returns.
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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.
How management runs the business: capital, margins, balance sheet, and how reliably they guide and deliver.
A guidance track record builds as the company issues and delivers on guidance.
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 ±$290.
How much price usually moves either way.
On a bad day, this stock has moved -$804.
A rough but not unusual down day (about the 95th percentile).
In the worst 12 months, $10k could have lost $6,454.
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.
Valuation label changed from 'inexpensive' to 'fair'.
The valuation changed, moving from inexpensive to fair. Risk fell. The sector backdrop remains a headwind. Recent financial performance is described as weak, and earnings quality is fragile.
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: Meeting the double-digit growth target shows the company is on track for FY26.
Confirms:Q2 revenue growth reported at 10% or higher year over year.
Disproves:Q2 revenue growth reported below 10% year over year.
Recent news graded against this company's own objectives — whether it reinforces or challenges the thesis, and how confirmed it is.
No graded news catalysts for RENT yet.
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 3, 2026, Rent the Runway, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended April 30, 2026. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference. Information in Exhibit 99.1 of this Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise inc…
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.
Looks cheaper than most peers in the same business.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
RENT Rent the Runway Inc | Typical Show detailsSector percentile: 35 of 100 | fair | high |
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: 99 of 100 | inexpensive | moderate |
18 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.
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.
Priorities management has stated in recent disclosures, with status and evidence drawn from earnings calls, filings, and press releases.
Management aims for double-digit revenue growth in fiscal year 2026 compared to fiscal year 2025.
Management plans to reduce rental product acquisition costs to between $45 million and $50 million in fiscal year 2026.
Management targets an adjusted EBITDA margin of between 4% and 7% for fiscal year 2026.
Why it matters: A higher margin shows better cost control and more money made.
Confirms:Adjusted EBITDA margin is 7% or more for FY26.
Disproves:Adjusted EBITDA margin is under 4% for FY26.
Why it matters: Keeping costs low helps make more money and reach financial goals.
Confirms:Rental product acquisition costs reported at $50M or less for FY26.
Disproves:Rental product acquisition costs exceed $50M for FY26.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On May 18, 2026, Siddharth Thacker tendered his resignation as Chief Financial Officer of Rent the Runway, Inc. (the “Company”), effective on or about June 3, 2026, which will follow the Company’s earnings announcement for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026. Mr. Thacker is resigning to pursue other opportunities and his departure is not the resu…
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. Jennifer Hyman Resignation On May 12, 2026, Jennifer Hyman resigned as Chief Executive Officer and President of Rent the Runway, Inc. (the “Company”) and as a member of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), effective as of May 15, 2026 (the “Separation Date”). In connection with Ms. Hyman’s resignation, the Company entered into a Separati…
Regulation FD Disclosure The Company also today reaffirmed the guidance it presented on April 14, 2026, with respect to its full year 2026 results. Forward-Looking Statements This Current Report on Form 8-K (“Form 8-K”) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this Form 8-K that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements. These statements include,…
Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On April 14, 2026, Rent the Runway, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter and year ended January 31, 2026. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference. Information in Exhibit 99.1 of this Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or…