Xcel Brands (NASDAQ:XELB) Now Covered by StockNews.com

Stock analysts at StockNews.com started coverage on shares of Xcel Brands (NASDAQ:XELB) in a report released on Friday. The firm set a “sell” rating on the textile maker’s stock.

Xcel Brands Price Performance

Shares of XELB opened at $0.75 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.65 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.69 and a beta of 1.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a current ratio of 0.79. Xcel Brands has a one year low of $0.58 and a one year high of $1.70. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $0.70 and its 200-day moving average is $0.72.

Xcel Brands (NASDAQ:XELB) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 14th. The textile maker reported ($0.01) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.09) by $0.08. The company had revenue of $2.95 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.98 million. Xcel Brands had a negative return on equity of 20.74% and a negative net margin of 179.30%. During the same period last year, the company earned ($0.09) earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that Xcel Brands will post -0.26 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of XELB. AWM Investment Company Inc. bought a new position in Xcel Brands during the first quarter valued at about $600,000. Perritt Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in Xcel Brands by 31.6% during the first quarter. Perritt Capital Management Inc. now owns 606,858 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $473,000 after buying an additional 145,833 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Levin Capital Strategies L.P. bought a new position in Xcel Brands during the first quarter valued at about $86,000. Institutional investors own 18.55% of the company’s stock.

About Xcel Brands

Xcel Brands, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a media and consumer products company in the United States. The company designs, produces, markets, wholesales, and sells branded apparel, footwear, accessories, jewelry, home goods, and other consumer products; and acquires consumer lifestyle brands, including the Isaac Mizrahi, the LOGO by Lori Goldstein, the Judith Ripka, the Halston brand, the C Wonder, the TowerHill by Christie Brinkley brand (the CB brand), and other brands, as well as manages the Longaberger brand.