Lands' End operates as a uni-channel retailer. The company sells casual clothing for men, women, and children. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
This is an established company with proven profits.
The gap is $228.2M. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 57.9× for every dollar this company earns in a year — a price that already assumes things go well.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 85% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 59% above today's price.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit power and business quality lead the class.
Clearly below the class average.
The price looks reasonable next to what the company earns.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Price Momentum: The stock has lagged the market in recent months; investor interest is weak right now.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 65% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
Our checks did not surface a specific strength to highlight here.
This stock swings about 2.3 times as much as the market average. Big rallies — and big drops — can both happen fast.
Over the last 4 years, sales fell about 5% a year on average. Profit is holding up, but a shrinking business is a risk worth watching.
The company’s market value is 58 times its annual profit. Even a small disappointment could hit the price hard.
On our five-subject report card, LE sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: LE does earn real profits — but on our report card it still sits behind its class. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s what that quality should cost.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.