← BackLANDS' END, INC. · Family Clothing StoresLE
Low riskNext report: Around Dec 8 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with steady sales. Institutions are trimming.
Going well
- Profitable
- Brings in more cash than it spends
- Buying back shares: share count down 6.3% in 3 years
Money moves
- Insiders sold $106K in the last 30 days
- Institutions cut 15% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (52 bought, 75 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$9.48-1.1% that day
- Company value
- $280M
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs sales
- 0.24x
- No profit over the last year, so this compares value with sales instead
- Cash vs value
- 6%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 81%
- Debt as a share of company value
From LE's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jul '26$268.9M+5.3% vs a year earlier
Oct '23Tap a barJul '26
Last 12 months: $1.2B, up 1.4% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales shrank about 1.3% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.2.3%
- MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.93x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.0.4%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.7 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$20.4M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-6.3% in 3 years
- PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.48.7%
- Revenue
- $1.3B
- -2.0% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- -1.3%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $227.2M
- 0.93x equity
- Current ratio
- 1.61x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jul 31, 2026- Revenue
- $268.9M
- +5.3% YoY
- EPS
- $0.11
- vs -$0.12
- Op. margin
- 3.0%
- +1.4 pts
- Gross margin
- 58.4%
- +2.2 pts
- Free cash flow
- -$26.1M
- Share count
- -2.1%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
40Mixed
- 1 insider sold $106K (not pre-planned)
50 is neutral. Buying by more insiders, top executives and bigger stakes raises it. Selling lowers it; pre-planned sales count less.
Weekly insider trend13 weeks agoBoughtSoldThis week
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 0.6
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▼Distributing-14.9%Institutions cut 14.9% from their holdings. 52 bought, 75 sold.
Shares held by institutions10.1M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-2.5%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
No debt reportedShares outstandingLatest reported
30MNext reportAround Dec 8 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedSep 3
- Results filedJun 9
- Results filedMar 19
- Results filedDec 9, 2025
- Results filedSep 9, 2025
Flags and big holders
Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days
No offerings, red flags or new big holders. Clean record.
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days Bought$00 insiders
Sold$106K1 insider, 0 pre-planned
| Insider | Trade | Shares | Avg price | Value | Owns after | Date |
|---|
Kym MaasPresident, Product & CCO | Sell | 10K | $10.59 | $106K | 26K | |
- -28% of their holdings
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 2 days after
|
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
SoldKym MaasPresident, Product & CCO
10,000 shares at $10.59 · $106K
- -28% of holdings
- Now owns 25,706 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 2 days after trade
Stock awardJames FeroloChief Digital & Technology Off
6,893 shares
- Now owns 6,893 shares
- Restricted Stock Units
- Filed 2 days after trade
Stock awardAlicia Uhlman ParkerDirector
693 shares at $12.02 · $8K
- +16% of holdings
- Now owns 4,908 shares
- Filed 4 days after trade
Stock awardRobert GalvinDirector
1,273 shares at $12.02 · $15K
- +4% of holdings
- Now owns 33,595 shares
- Filed 4 days after trade
Stock awardCharlie ColeChief Executive Officer, Director
275,379 shares
- Now owns 166,018 shares
- Exercise price $11.43
- Restricted Stock Units
- 2 transactions
- Filed 2 days after trade
Option exercisePeter L GrayPRES LE Licensing, CAO & GC
21,736 shares
- +14% of holdings
- Now owns 173,179 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes