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Xcel Brands, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2024 Financial Results, Shows Improvements as a Result of Its “Project Fundamentals” Restructuring Program

  • Fourth quarter 2024 net loss of $7.1 million, compared with a net loss of $6.8 million for the prior year quarter.
  • Net loss on a non-GAAP basis was $1.6 million for the fourth quarter 2024, representing a 53% improvement from the fourth quarter of 2023 non-GAAP net loss of $3.5 million.
  • Net loss on a non-GAAP basis was $5.1 million for the full year 2024, representing a 58% improvement from 2023 non-GAAP net loss of $12.2 million.
  • Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter 2024 was negative $0.8 million, compared with Adjusted EBITDA of negative $1.2 million for the fourth quarter 2023, representing a 31% improvement.
  • Adjusted EBITDA for the full year 2024 was negative $3.5 million, compared with Adjusted EBITDA of negative $5.7 million for 2023, representing a 40% improvement.

NEW YORK, May 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xcel Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: XELB) (“Xcel” or the “Company”), a media and consumer products company with significant expertise in livestream shopping and social commerce, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, and the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

Robert W. D'Loren, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Xcel commented, “Despite headwinds in the industry from tariffs and other external forces, I am extremely pleased with where we are headed given our recent new brand launches. The social media following of our brand portfolio has grown from 5 million to 45 million followers over the past five months. We believe this positions us well to drive new business growth and is a significant step toward our goal of reaching 100 million followers across our brands”.

Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2024 was $1.2 million, representing a decrease of approximately $1.1 million (-47%) from the fourth quarter of 2023. This decrease was predominantly driven by a decline in net licensing revenue – specifically, the June 30, 2024 divestiture of the Lori Goldstein brand, partially offset by increased licensing revenues generated by the Company’s other brands.

Net loss attributable to Xcel Brands stockholders for the quarter was approximately $7.1 million, or $(3.00) per share, compared with a net loss of $6.8 million, or $(3.43) per share, for the prior year quarter.

After adjusting for certain cash and non-cash items, results on a non-GAAP basis were a net loss of approximately $1.6 million, or $(0.69) per share for the current quarter and a net loss of approximately $3.5 million, or $(1.76) per share, for the prior year quarter.

Adjusted EBITDA also improved on a year-over-year basis, from negative $1.2 million in the prior year quarter to negative $0.8 million for the current quarter – an improvement of 31%.  

Full Year 2024 Financial Results

Total revenue for the fiscal year was $8.3 million, representing a decrease of approximately $9.5 million (-53%) from fiscal year 2023. This decline was predominantly driven by the decrease in net product sales due to the Company’s discontinuance of its wholesale businesses as part of its Project Fundamentals plan in 2023.

Net loss attributable to Xcel Brands stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2024, was approximately $22.4 million, or $(9.84) per share, compared with a net loss of $21.1 million, or ($10.68) per diluted share, for the prior year. The fiscal year 2024 period includes significant one-off non-cash items, including a $3.8 million gain on the divestiture of the Lori Goldstein brand, a $3.5 million charge related to the exit and sublease of the Company’s prior office space, and $10.0 million of charges stemming from the valuation of and contractual contingent obligations related IM Topco, LLC.

After adjusting for certain cash and non-cash items, results on a non-GAAP basis were a net loss of approximately $5.1 million, or ($2.23) per share for the current year and a net loss of approximately $12.2 million, or ($6.17) per share, for the prior year.

Adjusted EBITDA improved significantly on a year-over-year basis, from negative $5.7 million in fiscal year 2023 to negative $3.5 million for fiscal year 2024; this 40% improvement was attributable to the restructuring of the business and entry into the new long-term license agreements in 2023 for the Halston, Judith Ripka, C Wonder, and Longaberger brands.

Balance Sheet

The Company's balance sheet at December 31, 2024, reflected stockholders' equity of approximately $28 million, unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of approximately $1.3 million, and a working capital (exclusive of the current portion of lease obligations, deferred revenue, and contingent obligations payable in shares or via other non-cash means) of approximately $1.0 million. The Company’s balance sheet at December 31, 2024, also reflected $6.6 million of long-term debt.

In April 2025, the Company refinanced its term loan debt, resulting in a net increase of approximately $3.0 million in the Company’s liquidity.

Conference Call and Webcast

The Company will host a conference call with members of the executive management team to discuss these results and together with the first quarter of 2025 results. Details of the date and time of this call will be released shortly

About Xcel Brands

Xcel Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: XELB) is a media and consumer products company engaged in the design, licensing, marketing, live streaming, and social commerce sales of branded apparel, footwear, accessories, fine jewelry, home goods and other consumer products, and the acquisition of dynamic consumer lifestyle brands. Xcel was founded in 2011 with a vision to reimagine shopping, entertainment, and social media as social commerce. Xcel owns the Halston, Judith Ripka, and C Wonder brands, as well as the TowerHill by Christie Brinkley co-branded collaboration and LB70 by Lloyd Boston co-branded collaboration, and also holds noncontrolling interests in the Isaac Mizrahi brand and Orme Live. Xcel also owns and manages the Longaberger brand through its controlling interest in Longaberger Licensing, LLC. Xcel is pioneering a true modern consumer products sales strategy which includes the promotion and sale of products under its brands through interactive television, digital live-stream shopping, social commerce, brick-and-mortar retailers, and e-commerce channels to be everywhere its customers shop. The company’s brands have generated in excess of $5 billion in retail sales via livestreaming in interactive television and digital channels alone, and over 20,000 hours of live-stream and social commerce. Headquartered in New York City, Xcel Brands is led by an executive team with significant live streaming, production, merchandising, design, marketing, retailing, and licensing experience, and a proven track record of success in elevating branded consumer products companies. www.xcelbrands.com

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this press release, including statements regarding future events, our future financial performance, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. We have attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including "anticipates," "believes," "can," "continue," "ongoing," "could," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "may," "appears," "suggests," "future," "likely," "goal," "plans," "potential," "projects," "predicts," "seeks," "should," "would," "guidance," "confident" or "will" or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our anticipated revenue, expenses, profitability, strategic plans and capital needs. These statements are based on information available to us on the date hereof and our current expectations, estimates and projections and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, including, without limitation, the risks discussed in the "Risk Factors" section and elsewhere in the Company's Annual Report on form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and its other filings with the SEC, which may cause our or our industry's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all risk factors, nor can we address the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Except as expressly required by the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason.

For further information please contact:
Seth Burroughs
Xcel Brands
sburroughs@xcelbrands.com

Non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS are non-GAAP unaudited terms. We define non-GAAP net income as net income (loss) attributable to Xcel Brands, Inc. stockholders, exclusive of asset impairment charges, amortization of trademarks, income (loss) from equity method investments, reduction in equity ownership and carrying value of IM Topco, LLC, stock-based compensation and cost of licensee warrants, loss on extinguishment of debt, gains on sales of assets and investments, gain on lease termination, and income taxes. Non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS measures do not include the tax effect of the aforementioned adjusting items, due to the nature of these items and the Company’s tax strategy.

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP unaudited measure, which we define as net (loss) income attributable to Xcel Brands, Inc. stockholders before interest and finance expenses (including loss on extinguishment of debt, if any), accretion of lease liability for exited leases, income taxes, other state and local franchise taxes, depreciation and amortization, income (loss) from equity method investments, reduction in equity ownership and carrying value of IM Topco, LLC, asset impairment charges, stock-based compensation and cost of licensee warrants, gains on sales of assets and investments, gain on lease termination, and costs associated with restructuring of operations. Costs associated with restructuring of operations include operating losses generated by certain of our businesses that have been restructured or discontinued (i.e., wholesale apparel and fine jewelry), as well as non-cash charges associated with the restructuring of certain contractual arrangements.

Management uses non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP diluted EPS, and Adjusted EBITDA as measures of operating performance to assist in comparing performance from period to period on a consistent basis and to identify business trends relating to our results of operations. Management believes non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP diluted EPS, and Adjusted EBITDA are also useful because these measures adjust for certain costs and other events that management believes are not representative of our core business operating results, and thus these non-GAAP measures provide supplemental information to assist investors in evaluating our financial results.

Non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP diluted EPS, and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as alternatives to net income, earnings per share, or any other measure of financial performance calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. Given that non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP diluted EPS, and Adjusted EBITDA are financial measures not deemed to be in accordance with GAAP and are susceptible to varying calculations, our non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP diluted EPS, and Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies, including companies in our industry, because other companies may calculate these measures in a different manner than we do. In evaluating non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP diluted EPS, and Adjusted EBITDA, you should be aware that in the future we may or may not incur expenses similar to some of the adjustments in this document. Our presentation of non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP diluted EPS, and Adjusted EBITDA does not imply that our future results will be unaffected by these expenses or any unusual or non-recurring items. When evaluating our performance, you should consider non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP diluted EPS, and Adjusted EBITDA alongside other financial performance measures, including our net income and other GAAP results, and not rely on any single financial measure.


Xcel Brands, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
                         
    For the Three Months Ended   For the Twelve Months Ended
    December 31,   December 31,
    2024   2023   2024   2023
Revenues                        
Net licensing revenue   $ 1,397     $ 2,125     $ 7,912     $ 9,156  
Net sales     -188       162       347       8,599  
Net revenue     1,209       2,287       8,259       17,755  
Cost of goods sold (sales)     0       200       445       6,918  
Gross profit     1,209       2,087       7,814       10,837  
                         
Operating costs and expenses                        
Salaries, benefits and employment taxes     1,145       2,063       5,916       9,910  
Other selling, general and administrative expenses     1,705       3,442       6,842       13,261  
Total direct operating costs and expenses     2,850       5,505       12,758       23,171  
                         
Other expense, including non-cash expenses                        
Depreciation and amortization     903       1,694       4,947       6,954  
Asset impairment charges     -       -       3,483       100  
Loss from equity method investment     5,940       515       7,623       2,060  
Contingent reduction in equity ownership of IM Topco, LLC     -2,041             4,213        
Gain on sale of limited partner ownership     -       (8 )     -       (359 )
Gain on Lease Liability           -       -       (445 )
Gain on divestiture of Lori Goldstein Brand     -       -       (3,801 )     -  
                         
Operating loss     (6,443 )     (5,619 )     (21,409 )     (20,644 )
                         
                         
Interest and finance expense                        
Interest expense     198       99       618       113  
Other interest and finance charges     8       265       26       268  
Loss on extinguishment of debt     287       -       287       -  
Total interest and finance expense     493       364       931       381  
                         
Loss before income taxes     (6,936 )     (5,983 )     (22,340 )     (21,025 )
                         
Income tax provision (benefit)     220       1,212       220       1,212  
                         
Net loss     (7,156 )     (7,195 )     (22,560 )     (22,237 )
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest     (73 )     (398 )     (165 )     (1,185 )
Net loss attributable to Xcel Brands, Inc. stockholders   $ (7,083 )   $ (6,797 )   $ (22,395 )   $ (21,052 )
                         
Loss per common share attributed to Xcel Brands, Inc. stockholders:                        
Basic net loss per share   $ (3.00 )   $ (3.43 )   $ (9.84 )   $ (10.68 )
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:                        
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding     2,361,028       1,979,413       2,275,332       1,971,072  
                         


Xcel Brands, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
             
    December 31, 2024   December 31, 2023
         
Assets            
Current Assets:            
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 1,254     $ 2,998  
Accounts receivable, net     2,269       3,454  
Inventory     0       453  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     520       398  
Total current assets     4,043       7,303  
             
Property and equipment, net     182       634  
Operating lease right-of-use assets     3,751       4,453  
Trademarks and other intangibles, net     34,759       41,520  
Equity method investment     10,110       17,735  
Other assets     911       15  
Total non-current assets     49,713       64,357  
Total Assets   $ 53,756     $ 71,660  
             
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity            
Current Liabilities:            
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities   $ 2,734     $ 2,236  
Deferred revenue     1,380       889  
Accrued income taxes payable     554       372  
Current portion of operating lease obligation     1,513       1,258  
Current portion of long-term debt     -       750  
Current portion of contingent obligations     4,213       964  
Total current liabilities     10,394       6,469  
Long-Term Liabilities:            
Deferred revenue     2,667       3,556  
Long-term portion of operating lease obligation     5,297       4,021  
Long-term debt, net, less current portion     6,569       3,971  
Current portion of contingent obligations     -       5,432  
Other long-term liabilities     431       40  
Total long-term liabilities     14,964       17,020  
Total Liabilities     25,358       23,489  
             
Commitments and Contingencies            
             
Stockholders' Equity:            
Preferred stock, $.001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding     -       -  
Common stock, $.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, and 19,795,053 and 19,624,860 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively     2       2  
Paid-in capital     106,666       103,879  
Accumulated deficit     (76,244 )     (53,849 )
Total Xcel Brands, Inc. stockholders' equity     30,424       50,032  
Noncontrolling interest     (2,026 )     (1,861 )
Total Stockholders' Equity     28,398       48,171  
             
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity   $ 53,756     $ 71,660  
             


Xcel Brands, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
               
    For the Year Ended
    December 31,
    2024     2023
           
Cash flows from operating activities              
Net loss   $ (22,560 )     $ (22,237 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:              
Depreciation and amortization expense     4,947         6,954  
Asset impairment charges     3,483         100  
Amortization of deferred finance costs     115         22  
Stock-based compensation     403         242  
Provision for doubtful accounts     17         75  
Contingent reduction in equity ownership of IM Topco, LLC     4,213         -  
Loss from equity method investment     7,623         2,060  
Loss on early extinguishment of debt     287         -  
Deferred income tax provision (benefit)     -         1,107  
Gain on sale of limited partner ownership interest     -         (359 )
Gain on settlement of lease liability     -         (445 )
Gain on divestiture of Lori Goldstein brand     (3,801 )       -  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:              
Accounts receivable     1,168         1,581  
Inventory     453         2,391  
Prepaid expenses and other assets     (279 )       1,034  
Deferred revenue     (398 )       4,356  
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities     16         (2,936 )
Lease-related assets and liabilities     (794 )       (525 )
Other Liabilities     391         35  
Net cash used in operating activities     (4,716 )       (6,545 )
               
Cash flows from investing activities              
Capital contribution to equity method investee     -         (150 )
Net proceeds from the sale of assets     -         459  
Purchase of property and equipment     (112 )       (100 )
Net cash provided by investing activities     (112 )       209  
               
Cash flows from financing activities              
Proceeds from public offering and private placement transactions, net of transaction costs     1,902         -  
Proceeds from long-term debt     7,950         5,000  
Proceeds from exercise of stock options     -         27  
Shares repurchased including vested restricted stock in exchange for withholding taxes     (107 )       -  
Payment of deferred finance costs     (922 )       (301 )
Payment of long-term debt     (5,000 )       -  
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     3,823         4,726  
               
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents     (1,005 )       (1,610 )
               
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year     2,998         4,608  
               
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year   $ 1,993       $ 2,998  
               
Reconciliation to amounts on consolidated balance sheets:              
Cash and cash equivalents     1,254         2,998  
Restricted cash (reported in other non-current assets)     739         -  
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash   $ 1,993       $ 2,998  
               


($ in thousands) Three Months Ended   For the Twelve Months Ended
December 31,   December 31,   December 31,   December 31,
2024    2023    2024    2023 
(Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)
Net loss attributable to Xcel Brands, Inc. stockholders $ (7,083 )   $ (6,797 )   $ (22,395 )   $ (21,052 )
Asset impairment         -       3,483       100  
Amortization of trademarks   876       1,520       4,790       6,085  
Loss from equity method investments   5,940       515       7,623       2,060  
Stock-based compensation and cost of licensee warrants   165       58       509       242  
Loss on early extinguishment of debt   287       -       287       -  
Contingent reduction in equity ownership of IM Topco, LLC   (2,041 )     -       4,213       -  
Gain on the sale of assets   -       (8 )     (3,801 )     (359 )
Gain on lease termination   -       -       -       (445 )
Income tax provision (benefit)   220       1,212       220       1,212  
Non-GAAP net (loss) $ (1,636 )   $ (3,500 )   $ (5,071 )   $ (12,157 )
                       
  Three Months Ended   For the Twelve Months Ended
December 31,   December 31,   December 31,   December 31,
2024
  2023
  2024
  2023
(Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)
Diluted loss per share attributable to Xcel Brand Inc. stockholders $ (3.00 )   $ (3.43 )   $ (9.84 )   $ (10.68 )
Asset impairment   -       -       1.53       0.05  
Amortization of trademarks   0.37       0.77       2.10       3.09  
Loss from equity method investments   2.52       0.26       3.35       1.05  
Stock-based compensation and cost of licensee warrants   0.07       0.03       0.22       0.12  
Loss on early extinguishment of debt   0.12       -       0.13       -  
Contingent reduction in equity ownership of IM Topco, LLC   (0.86 )     -       1.85       -  
Gain on the sale of assets   -       -       (1.67 )     (0.18 )
Gain on lease termination   -       -       -       (0.23 )
Deferred income tax benefit   0.09       0.61       0.10       0.61  
Non-GAAP diluted EPS $ (0.69 )   $ (1.76 )   $ (2.23 )   $ (6.17 )
Non-GAAP weighted average diluted shares   2,361,028       1,979,413       2,275,332       1,971,072  
                       
($ in thousands) Three Months Ended   For the Twelve Months Ended
December 31,   December 31,   December 31,   December 31,
2024    2023    2024    2023 
(Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)
Net loss attributable to Xcel Brands, Inc. stockholders $ (7,083 )   $ (6,797 )   $ (22,395 )   $ (21,052 )
Asset impairment   -       -       3,483       100  
Depreciation and amortization   903       1,694       4,947       6,954  
Loss from equity method investments   5,940       515       7,623       2,060  
Interest and finance expense   206       363       644       381  
Income tax benefit   220       1,212       220       1,212  
State and local franchise taxes   8       23       41       76  
Stock-based compensation and cost of licensee warrants   165       58       509       242  
Contingent reduction in equity ownership of IM Topco, LLC   (2,041 )     -       4,213       -  
Gain on the sale of assets         (8 )     (3,801 )     (359 )
Gain on lease termination         -       -       (445 )
Loss on early extinguishment of debt   287       -       287       -  
Amortization of lease finance component on exited lease   66             240        
Costs associated with restructuring of operations   537       1,787       536       5,106  
Adjusted EBITDA $ (792 )   $ (1,153 )   $ (3,453 )   $ (5,725 )
                       

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