XELB XCEL BRANDS INC.
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What changed
Recent filings, trades and moves- Nov 18 Reports earnings

- Industry (SIC)
- PATENT OWNERS & LESSORS (6794) · industry map
- Exchange
- XNAS
- Market Cap
- $0.0B
- Employees
- 15
- List Date
- 2001-05-07
- CIK
- 0001083220
- Next Earnings
- 2026-11-18
- EPS Forecast
- ($0.41)
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Homepage
- https://www.xcelbrands.com
Xcel Brands Inc is a media and brand management company. It is engaged in design, merchandising and planning, sourcing and production, licensing, marketing, and brand development. The company offers branded apparel, footwear, accessories, jewelry, home goods, and other consumer products. Its brand portfolio consists of the Isaac Mizrahi, Judith Ripka, H Halston, C Wonder, and the Highline Collective brands. The company licenses its brands to third parties, provides certain designs, production, and marketing services, and generates licensing, design, and service fee revenues through contractual…
Each spoke is this symbol's rank within its sector (0–100; the dotted ring marks the sector median at 50). Higher is more constructive for a long. One spoke — News sentiment — is an absolute reading, not a sector rank. Grayed spokes have no data. A fuller shape is a summary, not a recommendation.
| Month | '21 | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 | '26 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46.22% | -0.85% | 2.69% | -10.27% | -15.40% | 35.45% | 9.64% |
| Feb | 8.70% | 2.48% | 15.53% | -20.63% | -28.67% | -1.72% | -4.05% |
| Mar | 8.15% | 25.21% | -19.54% | -22.00% | -0.32% | -3.13% | -1.94% |
| Apr | -9.33% | -13.57% | -4.53% | -18.57% | -21.97% | 47.92% | -3.34% |
| May | 59.66% | 29.57% | 51.12% | -2.97% | -3.29% | -6.09% | 21.33% |
| Jun | 17.72% | -21.33% | 109.58% | -19.07% | -34.42% | -22.41% | 5.01% |
| Jul | -9.77% | -2.52% | 5.49% | 17.16% | -27.85% | -32.96% | -8.41% |
| Aug | -23.01% | -0.88% | -21.21% | -2.33% | 23.64% | -23.77% | -7.93% |
| Sep | -18.13% | -13.76% | -22.22% | 7.09% | 30.37% | -22.22% | -6.48% |
| Oct | -4.73% | -5.94% | -9.17% | 7.43% | -28.00% | -47.76% | -14.70% |
| Nov | -4.96% | -11.59% | 7.74% | -13.02% | -21.67% | 31.86%* | -1.94% |
| Dec | -17.42% | -16.61% | 18.35% | -24.84% | 12.85% | -- | -5.53% |
| Total | 24.57% | -35.23% | 116.11% | -69.43% | -77.97% | -61.94% | -17.32% |
Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.
- SMA 20 / 50 / 200 — price above = uptrend, below = downtrend. SMA 50 crossing SMA 200 is the golden/death cross.
- EMA 12 / 26 — faster-reacting averages; 12 above 26 is short-term bullish.
- MACD — bullish when MACD > signal (green badge), bearish when below. Divergence from price often precedes reversals.
- ADX (14) — trend strength regardless of direction. <20 range, 20–25 weak trend, 25–50 trend, >50 strong trend.
- +DI / −DI — +DI > −DI favors bulls; the reverse favors bears. Read alongside ADX.
- RSI (14) — <30 oversold, >70 overbought. 40–60 is neutral; trending names can stay extreme.
- Stochastic %K / %D — <20 oversold, >80 overbought. %K crossing %D is an early momentum signal.
- Williams %R — inverted scale: <−80 oversold, >−20 overbought.
Oscillators work best in range-bound markets; in strong trends they give premature reversal signals.
- Bollinger Bands — price at upper band = overbought, lower = oversold. Narrow bands (squeeze) often precede expansion.
- OBV — cumulative volume; rising OBV confirms uptrend, falling OBV confirms downtrend. Divergence from price is a warning.
- Vol SMA 20 / Vol ROC — today's volume vs. 20-day average. Positive ROC with price move = conviction.
- ATR / True Range — average daily $ move; sizing and stop-loss reference.
- HV 20 / 30 / 60 — realized (historical) volatility. Compare to IV on the options cards: IV > HV = rich premium.
Confluence matters: trend + momentum + volume agreeing carries far more weight than any single indicator. For how these feed the spread scanner score, see the algorithm docs →
Trend Indicators
Momentum Oscillators
Volume & Volatility
Data Summary
LLM Stock Analysis Report: XELB
Executive Summary
Overall Assessment: BEARISH (Confidence Level: 6/10)
Key Drivers:
- Recent price action has been bearish, driven by high volatility and negative beta
- Technical indicators suggest a potential downtrend, with key resistance levels at $1.14-$1.17
Primary Risks:
- High volatility, which may amplify any upcoming news-driven moves
- Negative earnings surprise potential, given recent alpha performance
Recent News Sentiment Impact: No recent news available, but historically, this stock has been affected by earnings and product launch announcements.
Technical Analysis
Trend Direction:
- Short-term (1-4 weeks): Bearish (price below SMA 20)
- Medium-term (1-3 months): Neutral (price oscillating around EMA 12/EMA 26)
- Long-term (3-12 months): Bullish (price above SMA 200)
Support/Resistance Levels:
- Support: $0.89 (Bollinger Band Lower), $1.08 (current price)
- Resistance: $1.14-$1.17 (SMA 20/SMA 50 overlap)
Momentum Signals:
- RSI (14): Neutral (46.18) - no clear buy/sell signal
- MACD: Bullish (0.02 / Signal: -0.00 / Histogram: 0.03)
- Bollinger Bands: Neutral (price touching middle band, indicating mean reversion)
Volume Analysis:
- Volume SMA 20: Increasing (58484.10), suggesting growing interest
- On-Balance Volume (OBV): Positive (43235495.50) - confirming the upward trend
- Volume Rate of Change: High (381.14%) - indicating intense buying or selling pressure
News & Sentiment Analysis
Recent Headlines Summary: No recent news available.
Sentiment Assessment: Neutral, as there is no recent news to drive sentiment.
Catalyst Identification: Upcoming earnings announcement on 2025-08-15 may impact price action.
Market Narrative: The lack of recent news has allowed technical signals to take center stage, with the MACD suggesting a potential uptrend. However, the bearish trend direction and high volatility suggest caution is warranted.
Risk & Volatility Assessment
Beta Interpretation: High risk relative to market (beta 1.61 >1.5), amplifying any potential price moves.
Volatility Regime: High volatility - stock moves more than market, making it more challenging to predict price action.
Options Market Signals: No options data available.
Downside Protection: Support levels at $0.89 and $1.08 may provide some cushion against further losses.
Market Context & Positioning
Sector Performance: Relative strength within the technology sector, suggesting this stock is outperforming peers.
Institutional Activity: Increasing volume and OBV suggest growing institutional interest in this stock.
Correlation Analysis: High correlation with market (R-squared 0.83) - indicating that this stock may follow broader market trends.
Relative Valuation: Position within a trading range, with support at $1.08 and resistance at $1.14-$1.17.
Key Levels & Action Items
Critical Price Levels:
- Support: $0.89 (Bollinger Band Lower), $1.08 (current price)
- Resistance: $1.14-$1.17 (SMA 20/SMA 50 overlap)
Breakout/Breakdown Levels: $1.17 (SMA 20) and $1.28 (Bollinger Band Upper) are key levels to monitor for potential breakout or breakdowns.
Time-Sensitive Catalysts: Upcoming earnings announcement on 2025-08-15 may impact price action.
Risk Management: Consider stop-loss levels at $0.89 (support) and position sizing considerations given high volatility.
Overall, this analysis suggests a bearish bias due to recent price action and technical signals. However, the potential for an uptrend exists if the MACD continues to signal a bullish momentum. As always, risk management is crucial in this high-volatility environment.
XELB Options Activity & IV Rank
Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →
score = P(profit) × (credit / spread_width)
P(profit) from short leg delta (1 − |delta|), penalised above 85%. Credit uses mid-price to handle illiquid chains fairly.
Calendars: the long leg is valued at the short leg’s expiration (Black-Scholes at its current IV) across the range of prices the short leg’s IV implies, giving the best-case profit (R/R = that over the debit) and P(profit).
RR and BF (30-delta) from the persisted per-symbol skew snapshot — wing strikes picked by real greeks.delta, not a moneyness proxy. Put skew boosts bull puts, penalises bear calls. High butterfly boosts iron condors. Calendars are skew-neutral.
- RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
- MACD crossover + histogram trend
- Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200
- Stochastic %K <20 / >80
- Williams %R <−80 / >−20
- Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
- Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
- BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs
- IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
- IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)
- Min open interest across all legs
- OI < 100 → −0.10 · OI < 500 → −0.05
score = base_score × skew_multiplier × tech_multiplier
Both multipliers are shown per spread. Beta is informational only — ATR already captures realized vol. Full algorithm documentation →
Scanning bull put, bear call, iron condor and calendar spreads…
IV(put wing) − IV(ATM), in vol pointsHow much the OTM put trades above (or below) the at-the-money strike. Measures the height of the put-side tail relative to ATM — i.e. how expensive crash insurance is on this name.
- Positive (typical) — wing IV > ATM IV. Standard equity put skew: portfolios bid up crash protection, so OTM puts trade richer than ATM.
- Near zero or negative (unusual) — wing IV ≤ ATM IV. Flat or inverted put side. Common when there's no fear demand, in tightly mean-reverting names, or right after an earnings catalyst clears.
- Percentile vs own 3-yr history: high = wings rich (good time to sell wing premium); low = wings cheap (good time to buy protection).
- Not directional — high or low wings don't predict up or down moves. It's a price tag on tail insurance, not a forecast.
IV(call wing) − IV(put wing), equal delta on each sideWhich side of the smile is the market paying up for? Measures the tilt of the surface — call skew vs put skew at matched deltas.
- Negative (typical) — puts richer than calls. Standard equity behavior: hedging demand makes puts carry a premium. Most large-caps sit in the −1 to −5 vol-point range.
- Strongly negative (< −5 pts) — heavy downside hedging, elevated fear, or an upcoming catalyst (earnings, FDA, macro event). Worth flagging.
- Positive — calls richer than puts. Unusual for equities; signals bullish momentum, short-squeeze positioning, or takeover/M&A speculation.
- Near zero — symmetric surface. Market sees roughly equal up/down risk. Rare for large-caps; more common in commodities and FX.
Wing-vs-ATM tells you how expensive the tails are. Risk Reversal tells you which side is favored. Combined:
- High wing percentile + deeply negative RR → strong put bid; stress or major event priced in. Owning protection costs a premium; selling put premium is dangerous.
- Low wing percentile + near-zero RR → complacency; insurance cheap and balanced. Good environment to add cheap downside hedges.
- Positive RR + elevated wings → call-side fear-of-missing-out; common in squeeze setups. Upside calls expensive, downside puts not bid.
Percentile is the rank of today's reading within ~3 years of this symbol's own history. High percentile = wings are rich relative to history; not a directional signal. Skew is read off the chain in real time, not from CBOE SKEW.
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Risk Metrics
Analysis Details
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
High volatility - stock moves more than market
| Investor | Value | Share of their portfolio | Rank | Q/Q shares | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel Hedge fund Ken Griffin | $87K | #5843 of 6285 | +11.0% | 13F |
Hedge funds, activists, holding companies and family offices we track, from their latest 13F (quarter-end value) and Form 4 filings in the last 3 years. Family offices · all institutions
XELB Institutional Ownership (13F)
Filings for 2026-06-30 · 4 already for 2026-09-30Institutional managers with $100M+ AUM file Form 13F-HR quarterly, due 45 days after quarter end. Holdings are reported gross at quarter-end market value — they are a snapshot, not a real-time position.
- Shares — long equity positions in this name, aggregated across share classes.
- Calls / Puts — notional value of long call / put exposure where this ticker is the underlying.
- % of Float — holder's reported shares divided by the latest diluted shares outstanding. Sums above 100% indicate large custodian / prime broker positions where the same shares are reported by multiple filers.
- Custodian badge — filers with more than 5,000 holdings are typically broker-dealers / custodians reporting customer-held shares, not active managers.
Each filer is counted once at its latest 13F-HR filing. New filings are ingested on a weekly cadence.
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
|---|
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
|---|
XELB Insider Trading (Form 4)
Latest: 2026-10-02| Filed | Reporter | Role | Action | Shares | Avg Price | Net $ | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Loren Robert W D | CEO and Chairman | Mixed Tax −19,547 · Grant +42,310 |
+22,763 | $0.93 | $21.2K | EDGAR |
| 2026-09-02 | Loren Robert W D | CEO and Chairman | Mixed Tax −14,713 · Grant +31,846 |
+17,133 | $0.93 | $15.9K | EDGAR |
| 2026-08-31 | Loren Robert W D | CEO and Chairman | Buy (P) | +5,500 | $0.95 | $5.3K | EDGAR |
| 2026-08-27 | Loren Robert W D | CEO and Chairman | Buy (P) | +10,000 | $0.95 | $9.6K | EDGAR |
| 2026-08-25 | Loren Robert W D | CEO and Chairman | Mixed Buy +22,000 · Grant +24,681 · Tax −11,402 |
+35,279 | $1.45 | $43.1K | EDGAR |
| 2026-07-09 | Loren Robert W D | CEO and Chairman | Mixed Grant +16,454 · Tax −7,454 |
+9,000 | $1.80 | $16.2K | EDGAR |
| 2026-06-01 | Loren Robert W D | CEO and Chairman | Mixed Grant +13,617 · Tax −6,168 |
+7,449 | $2.13 | $15.9K | EDGAR |
| 2026-05-04 | Loren Robert W D | CEO and Chairman | Mixed Tax −6,862 · Grant +13,905 |
+7,043 | $2.13 | $15.0K | EDGAR |
| 2026-04-22 | Deborah Weinswig | Director | Award (A) | +1,250 | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-04-22 | Mark DiSanto | Director | Award (A) | +1,250 | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-04-22 | Howard M Liebman | Director | Award (A) | +1,250 | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-04-22 | James D Fielding | Director | Award (A) | +1,250 | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-04-22 | Loren Robert W D | CEO and Chairman | Mixed Tax −6,809 · Grant +13,222 |
+6,413 | $2.24 | $14.4K | EDGAR |
| 2026-04-15 | Loren Robert W D | CEO and Chairman | Award (A) | +1,742 | $1.44 | $2.5K | EDGAR |
| 2026-03-03 | Loren Robert W D | CEO and Chairman | Mixed Tax −10,519 · Grant +20,425 |
+9,906 | $1.45 | $14.4K | EDGAR |
XELB Insider Holdings
7 insiders · @ $0.44| # | Insider | Role | Shares | Disclosed Exposure | Lifetime OM Net | Filings | Last Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loren Robert W D | CEO and Chairman | 861,901 | $379.2K | $623.9K | 65 | 2026-10-02 |
| 2 | Mark DiSanto | Director | 381,185 | $167.7K | $275.4K | 22 | 2026-04-22 |
| 3 | Seth Burroughs | EVP of BD Treasurer Secretary | 65,314 | $28.7K | $21.1K | 26 | 2025-12-05 |
| 4 | Howard M Liebman | Director | 21,644 | $9.5K | $0 | 17 | 2026-04-22 |
| 5 | James Haran | Chief Financial Officer | 20,401 | $9.0K | -$68.3K | 24 | 2025-12-05 |
| 6 | Deborah Weinswig | Director | 14,850 | $6.5K | $0 | 8 | 2026-04-22 |
| 7 | James D Fielding | Director | 13,250 | $5.8K | $0 | 7 | 2026-04-22 |
XELB Board & Officers
As of SEC filings through Oct 2, 2026Directors 5
- Howard M Liebman · since Sep 29, 2011
- Loren Robert W D · since Sep 29, 2011
- Mark DiSanto · since Sep 29, 2011
- Deborah Weinswig · on file since Apr 2018
- James D Fielding · since Jul 11, 2018
Officers 3
- Loren Robert W D · CEO and Chairman · since Sep 29, 2011
- James Haran · Chief Financial Officer · since Sep 29, 2011
- Seth Burroughs · EVP of BD Treasurer Secretary · listed since Nov 2018
10% owners 1
- Loren Robert W D · since Sep 29, 2011
Changes in the last 10 years (8)
| Aug 25, 2023 | James D Fielding no longer listed as Chief Financial Officer in SEC filings |
| Apr 3, 2020 | Mark DiSanto no longer listed as a 10% owner in SEC filings |
| Apr 3, 2020 | James D Fielding first listed as Chief Financial Officer in an SEC filing |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Mark DiSanto first listed as a 10% owner in an SEC filing |
| Nov 21, 2018 | Seth Burroughs listed as EVP of BD Treasurer Secretary (previously Executive Vice President of Business Development and Treasurer and Secretary) in SEC filings |
| Jul 11, 2018 | James D Fielding became a director |
| Apr 4, 2018 | Deborah Weinswig first on file as a director |
| Apr 4, 2017 | Richard Kirschenbaum first listed as Chief Financial Officer in an SEC filing |
Not reported recently (8)
- Michael Francis · Last reported as a director in an SEC filing dated Nov 18, 2022
- Isaac Mizrahi · Last reported as a 10% owner in an SEC filing dated Apr 15, 2019
- Ben Malka · Last reported as a director in an SEC filing dated Apr 12, 2019
- Richard Kirschenbaum · Last reported as a director in an SEC filing dated Apr 4, 2018
- Hilco Trading, LLC · Last reported as a 10% owner in an SEC filing dated Sep 18, 2017
- Jeffrey Bruce Hecktman · Last reported as a 10% owner in an SEC filing dated Sep 18, 2017
- Edward Jones III · Last reported as a director in an SEC filing dated Aug 21, 2017
- Giuseppe Falco · Last reported as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Isaac Mizrahi Brand in an SEC filing dated Jan 26, 2017
| Filing Date | Accession | Link |
|---|
| Filing Date | Accession | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | 0001104659-26-096016 | EDGAR |
Quarterly filings sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K reports. TTM tiles aggregate the most recent four quarters; bars show the last ~12 quarters oldest → newest.
- Revenue — top-line sales. Look for consistent YoY growth; seasonal businesses need same-quarter comparisons (Q4 '24 vs Q4 '23).
- Net Income — bottom-line profit after all expenses. Can be volatile from one-time items; red bars = net loss.
- Diluted EPS — net income per share assuming options/converts are exercised. Direct input to the P/E ratio.
- Operating Cash Flow — cash generated from core operations, before capex and financing. Harder to manipulate than net income; growing OCF is a quality signal.
- Sequential growth — quarter-over-quarter trend. Accelerating bars are a momentum signal.
- YoY growth — compare to the same quarter a year earlier to remove seasonality.
- Quality — OCF should roughly track Net Income over time. Large divergence (net income ≫ OCF) flags accruals risk.
- Margins — scan the bar ratios: Net Income / Revenue tells you margin trend without needing a separate chart.
TTM (trailing-twelve-month) smooths seasonality and is used for the P/E calculation. Filings appear 30–90 days after the period closes.
XELB vs Peers
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDCC InterDigital, Inc. | $7.6B | 32.7 | −12.0% | −9.0% | 8 |
| DLB Dolby Laboratories, Inc.Class A | $6.1B | 27.5 | +0.6% | +1.6% | 70 |
| APPS Digital Turbine, Inc. | $1.4B | — | +19.2% | +58.6% | 44 |
| ACTG Acacia Research Corporation | $418M | — | +12.3% | +17.1% | 41 |
| JYNT The Joint Corp. | $91M | 29.6 | +6.8% | −23.2% | 52 |
| VHC VirnetX Holding Corp Common Stock | $42M | — | +5300.0% | −46.3% | — |
| NTIP Network-1 Technologies, Inc. | $36M | — | — | +18.3% | — |
| RMCO Royalty Management Holding Corporation C | $33M | — | — | −30.5% | — |
| XELB XCEL BRANDS INC. | $3M | — | — | −60.0% | — |
| Peer median | $254M | 29.6 | +9.6% | −3.7% | 44 |
P/E uses the latest reported trailing-12-month diluted EPS; "—" means no positive earnings or no data.