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

Equities research analysts at StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of Xcel Brands (NASDAQ:XELB) in a research note issued on Tuesday. The firm set a “sell” rating on the textile maker’s stock.

Xcel Brands Stock Up 3.4 %

Xcel Brands stock opened at $0.61 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 0.98 and a quick ratio of 0.91. Xcel Brands has a fifty-two week low of $0.58 and a fifty-two week high of $2.10. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $0.69 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $0.94. The firm has a market cap of $14.34 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.56 and a beta of 1.47.

Xcel Brands (NASDAQ:XELB) last announced its earnings results on Monday, May 20th. The textile maker reported ($0.09) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.16) by $0.07. Xcel Brands had a negative return on equity of 21.92% and a negative net margin of 156.27%. The firm had revenue of $2.18 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.20 million. As a group, analysts forecast that Xcel Brands will post -0.25 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Xcel Brands

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Summit Trail Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Xcel Brands by 32.5% in the first quarter. Summit Trail Advisors LLC now owns 2,242,593 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $1,749,000 after purchasing an additional 550,453 shares in the last quarter. AWM Investment Company Inc. bought a new stake in Xcel Brands in the 1st quarter valued at $600,000. Perritt Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in Xcel Brands by 31.6% in the 1st 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 during the period. Finally, Levin Capital Strategies L.P. acquired a new position in shares of Xcel Brands in the 1st quarter valued at $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.