Company Analysis

Destination XL Group, Inc. (DXLG)

Nasdaq: DXLG · Retail-Family Clothing Stores · Canton, MA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade3.0
◀ Past 3.1● Present 3.1▶ Future 2.9

The grade of Destination XL Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.0/10
◀ Past3.125% of the headline
● Present3.145% of the headline
▶ Future2.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.1/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
1.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

7 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-08-05.

weight 45% of this tense · 15th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Destination XL Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 7 warning events: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 7 times, the latest 2026-08-05) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
2.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-0.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 4 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Destination XL Group, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $450 million in fiscal 2017 to $435 million in fiscal 2026, down 0.4% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 33% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 4 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-0.4%bottom 25% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 35% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 15% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak32.7%bottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 6.8% a year. 47% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 78th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-31, Destination XL Group, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 6.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 47% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 5% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.1/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -33%: lost 33¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 71%: owes 71¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 41st percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-31, Destination XL Group, Inc. lost about 33 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 52 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 71 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 9.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 25% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 6% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 50% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
0.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 8% of 10 in its family; net margin -8.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 8th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Destination XL Group, Inc.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $435 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 5% by size; a net margin of -8.3% ranks in the bottom 5%; revenue growth of -7.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 15% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$435Mbottom 5% of its family
  • net margin-8.3%bottom 5% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-7.3%bottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 42% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Destination XL Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Conacher, Lionel F. (Interim CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-08-14, 3 months (bottom 6% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.7 years (top 35%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (top 45%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge5 in three years among 14 peopletop 45% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.7 yearstop 35% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2 monthsbottom 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

2.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 37% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 37th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Destination XL Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $24 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 6.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 35% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -4.1% of revenue (bottom 5%); a gross margin of 43.4% (top 28%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets6.5%bottom 35% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-4.1%bottom 5% of its family
  • gross margin43.4%top 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 38% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Destination XL Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -7.3% a year over the last three filed years against -0.4% over all 10, slowing (bottom 5% of its family); the newest year grew -6.9% (bottom 15%); capital spending grew 27.6% a year (top 5%) (its annual reports). Destination XL Group, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-6.9 points a yearbottom 5% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-6.9%bottom 15% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending27.6%top 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
1.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 12% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 12th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Destination XL Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $435 million in fiscal 2026 came in 0.7% above the $432 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 25% of its family); net income of $36 million against a prior three-year average of $40 million (bottom 5%); a net margin of -8.3% against 7.4% before (bottom 5%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.7%bottom 25% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-190%bottom 5% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-15.7 pointsbottom 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton DXLG · research, not advice