Lands' END, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Lands' END, Inc. had return on equity of 2.3%, an operating margin of 3.8%, debt equal to 93.0% of equity and a current ratio of 1.61. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Lands' END, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2013Feb 2013	2014Jan 2014	2015Jan 2015	2016Jan 2016	2017Jan 2017	2018Feb 2018	2019Feb 2019	2020Jan 2020	2021Jan 2021	2022Jan 2022	2023Jan 2023	2024Feb 2024	2025Jan 2025	2026Jan 2026	LTMJul 2026
Gross margin	44.4%	45.5%	47.3%	46.0%	43.2%	42.5%	42.4%	42.9%	42.4%	42.2%	45.4%	48.4%	56.6%	55.9%	55.7%
Operating margin	5.2%	8.2%	9.0%	−0.4%	−11.4%	2.1%	2.9%	3.1%	2.9%	4.9%	1.9%	−6.0%	4.4%	3.8%	0.6%
Net margin	3.1%	5.0%	4.7%	−1.4%	−8.2%	2.0%	0.8%	1.3%	0.8%	2.0%	−1.0%	−10.1%	0.5%	0.5%	30.5%
Free-cash-flow margin	5.1%	6.7%	12.5%	1.0%	−0.7%	−0.7%	0.2%	−0.8%	4.3%	2.8%	−5.2%	7.4%	1.3%	1.8%	−6.4%
Return on equity	6.1%	9.8%	12.3%	−5.0%	−33.5%	9.7%	3.7%	5.7%	3.0%	8.6%	−3.2%	−42.0%	2.6%	2.3%	95.4%
Return on assets	—	6.6%	5.8%	−1.5%	−9.2%	2.5%	1.0%	1.7%	1.0%	3.2%	−1.2%	−13.8%	0.8%	0.7%	41.3%
Asset turnover	—	1.31	1.22	1.08	1.11	1.26	1.30	1.30	1.32	1.57	1.24	1.37	1.46	1.53	1.36
Current ratio	—	2.22	2.44	2.68	2.44	2.37	2.44	1.92	1.57	1.63	1.87	1.58	1.63	1.61	1.58
Debt to equity	—	0.0%	126.5%	129.8%	182.5%	160.0%	151.1%	110.2%	70.2%	61.0%	62.3%	103.1%	99.4%	93.0%	0.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	—	—	6.8x	n/m	n/m	1.1x	1.5x	1.7x	1.5x	2.3x	0.6x	n/m	1.3x	1.2x	0.3x
Effective tax rate	39.3%	38.6%	38.8%	—	—	—	−20.3%	9.7%	13.9%	27.4%	—	—	40.6%	28.9%	24.5%
SG&A as % of revenue	37.8%	35.9%	36.9%	38.4%	40.2%	38.3%	37.6%	37.5%	36.4%	34.9%	40.3%	42.5%	48.7%	48.3%	49.4%
Capital spending as % of revenue	0.9%	0.6%	1.1%	1.6%	2.5%	2.7%	3.1%	2.7%	2.1%	1.5%	2.4%	2.7%	3.3%	2.5%	3.1%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	163.1%	133.2%	263.6%	—	—	−34.4%	28.9%	−60.1%	567.4%	135.8%	—	—	246.6%	370.3%	−20.9%
Dividends ÷ net income	0.0%	0.0%	677.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	0.0%	0.0%	257.1%	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12.4%	—	—	—

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Lands' END, Inc.: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2025 Q3Nov 2024	2025 Q4Jan 2025	2026 Q1May 2025	2026 Q2Aug 2025	2026 Q3Oct 2025	2026 Q4Jan 2026	2027 Q1May 2026	2027 Q2Jul 2026
Gross margin	58.9%	52.7%	58.3%	56.2%	59.3%	52.1%	54.4%	58.4%
Operating margin	3.4%	9.7%	−1.0%	1.6%	6.0%	6.4%	−21.5%	3.0%
Net margin	−0.2%	4.8%	−3.6%	−1.4%	1.9%	3.1%	161.2%	1.3%
Free-cash-flow margin	−10.2%	13.0%	−13.5%	5.5%	−8.1%	14.8%	−41.1%	−9.7%
Current ratio	1.74	1.63	1.86	1.62	1.76	1.61	1.58	1.58
Debt to equity	107.6%	99.4%	102.2%	103.3%	99.5%	93.0%	0.0%	0.0%
SG&A as % of revenue	51.5%	41.4%	54.2%	50.7%	50.0%	42.2%	61.6%	50.3%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

6 of 7 checks passed · July 31, 2026

What it owns · $950m

Short-term assets $428mLonger-term assets $522m

What it owes, and who funded it · $950m

Short-term liabilities $271mLonger-term liabilities $186mShareholders' equity $493m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $428m of assets due within a year against $271m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $428m short-term assets against $186m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $16m of cash against $0 of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 0% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 58% to 0% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt No debt to cover.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $7m against $25m of interest.

From Lands' END, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

36 /100

Weak moat

How hard Lands' END's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 7 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 6.4% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 11 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 43.1%, moving by 6.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 0 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 2.4%; its worst year was -11.8%.
Cash conversion 5 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 10 years, at a median -0.0% of revenue.
Discipline 19 / 20

The diluted share count fell 6.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (42 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Lands' END, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Lands' END, Inc.