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XELB Financials XCel Brands, Inc.

14 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has declined 30.0% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Operating margin has contracted, at -267.9% in the latest year.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($13M) exceeds cash ($1M); net debt is $12M.
  • Total debt has grown faster than revenue (-5.2% vs -30.0% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense -6.4× in the latest year.
  • The company is unprofitable and has less than a year of cash runway at its current free-cash-flow burn.
Revenue & net income
-$22M $10M $42M $0 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-354% -127% 100% 0% 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$14M -$4M $6M $0 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $25M $50M 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$32M $6M $45M $0 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $5M -$17M 100.0% -267.9% -$7M $13M $1M
2024 $8M -$22M 94.6% -259.2% -$5M $7M $1M
2023 $18M -$21M 61.0% -116.3% -$7M $5M $3M
2022 $26M -$4M 69.0% -8.8% -$14M $5M
2021 $38M -$12M 71.9% -33.1% -$8M $28M $4M
2020 $29M -$13M 81.5% -55.7% $2M $17M $5M
2019 $42M -$3M 75.4% -6.3% $2M $19M $5M
2018 $35M $1M 92.4% 11.1% $5M $20M $9M
2017 $32M -$10M 100.0% -29.1% $4M $25M $10M
2016 $3M $6M $32M $14M
2015 $3M $3M $41M $17M
2014 -$1M $6M $50M $9M
2013 $2M $2M $25M $7M
2012 $4M $30M $4M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced XELB against its own fundamentals since 2023-04 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 1.3 2.7 Apr '23 Sep '23 Feb '24 Jul '24 Dec '24 May '25 Oct '25 Mar '26
P/S

Frequently asked questions

Is XELB growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, XCel Brands, Inc.'s revenue has declined 30.0% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does XELB have?

As of FY2025, XCel Brands, Inc. reported $13M of total debt against $1M of cash; operating income covered interest expense -6.4×.

What is XELB's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was 100.0%, operating margin -267.9%, and net margin -353.5%.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.