Oxford Industries

OXM

Apparel - Manufacturers · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$40.43

-0.69 (-1.68%)

Market Cap

$603.7M

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

−11.3% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 16.9M (2022) → 15.0M (2026)

Oxford Industries is an American clothing company that owns and sells lifestyle apparel brands. Its most well-known brand is Tommy Bahama, which makes casual resort-style clothing, furniture, and food and beverage products through its restaurants. Other brands include Lilly Pulitzer, known for colorful preppy clothing, and Johnny Was, a bohemian-style women's brand.

The company makes money by selling clothes and accessories through its own retail stores, e-commerce websites, and wholesale partners like department stores. Oxford operates mainly in the United States, with a smaller international presence. Its strength comes from owning distinct, loyal lifestyle brands rather than competing purely on price. However, the company is currently unprofitable at the operating level, and its main risk is that consumer spending on discretionary items like premium clothing tends to fall sharply during economic downturns, which directly pressures sales at its higher-priced brands.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-4.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-142.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

6.7%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$8M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Oxford Industries's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin

52.5%

Healthy — 52.5% gross margin

Operating Margin

-2.8%

Losing money on operations — -2.8%

ROCE

-1.5%

Weak — -1.5% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-3.3%

Shrinking sales (-3.3% YoY)

EPS YoY

-1290.5%

Earnings shrinking (-1290.5% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

5.9%

Thin free cash flow (5.9%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.35

Conservative — low debt load (0.35)

Interest Cover

N/A

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

7.94%

Healthy income — 7.94% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend Growth

+2.2%

Dividend flat

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