Company Analysis

Lands' End, Inc. (LE)

Nasdaq: LE · Retail-Family Clothing Stores · Dodgeville, WI · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade3.9
◀ Past 3.2● Present 3.5▶ Future 5.1

The grade of Lands' End, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.9/10
◀ Past3.225% of the headline
● Present3.545% of the headline
▶ Future5.130% 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?

3.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-04-08.

weight 45% of this tense · 35th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Lands' End, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2024-04-08) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
2.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-1.5% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 7 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 25th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Lands' End, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.3 billion in fiscal 2017 to $1.2 billion in fiscal 2026, down 1.5% a year; it rose in 3 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 20% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 7 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-1.5%bottom 15% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 15% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 25% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak20.5%bottom 45% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.1% a year. 5% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 15 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-30, Lands' End, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 5% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 15 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 35% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 6% 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?

3.5/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 2%: 2¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 67%: owes 67¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-30, Lands' End, Inc. earned about 2 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 87 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 67 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 45% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 17% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 6% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 45% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
2.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 22% of 10 in its family; net margin 0.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 22nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Lands' End, Inc.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 15% by size; a net margin of 0.5% ranks in the bottom 25%; revenue growth of -3.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 25% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.16Bbottom 15% of its family
  • net margin0.5%bottom 25% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-3.9%bottom 25% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
1.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 16% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 16th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Lands' End, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Cole, Charlie (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-07-15, 4 months (bottom 19% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.3 years (bottom 15%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (bottom 15%; 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 charge8 in three years among 14 peoplebottom 15% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.3 yearsbottom 15% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4 monthsbottom 19% 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?

5.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 41% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 41st percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Lands' End, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $18 million against debt of $214 million leaves -26.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 1.8% of revenue (bottom 25%); a gross margin of 55.9% (top 6%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-26.2%bottom 5% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue1.8%bottom 25% of its family
  • gross margin55.9%top 6% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
2.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 28% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 28th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Lands' End, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -3.9% a year over the last three filed years against -1.5% over all 8, slowing (bottom 35% of its family); the newest year grew 0.7% (bottom 25%); capital spending grew -2.8% a year (bottom 25%) (its annual reports). Lands' End, Inc. reported 5 product lines in fiscal 2026: U Se Commerce at $830 million (62%), Business Outfitters Revenue at $242 million (18%), Third Party at $91 million (7%), and 2 more; 2 of 5 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-2.3 points a yearbottom 35% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth0.7%bottom 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-2.8%bottom 25% 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
8.8/10

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

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

weight 33% of this tense · 88th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Lands' End, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 7.2% above the $1.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 15% of its family); net income of $6 million against a prior three-year average of $46 million (top 15%); a net margin of 0.5% against -3.5% before (top 5%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace7.2%top 15% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+112%top 15% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+4.0 pointstop 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 LE · research, not advice