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Stitch Fix sinks as Wall Street digests Q4 results

Stitch Fix topped the Street’s expectations for the quarter, but tepid guidance and declining customer numbers disappointed investors.

Shares of Stitch Fix were down 9% in premarket trading Thursday as Wall Street reacted to the personal styling platform’s Q4 results after the bell Wednesday.

The company reported a quarterly loss, with earnings per share coming in at a $0.07 loss, narrower than the $0.10 loss analysts polled by FactSet expected. Revenue also cleared the consensus bar, hitting $311.2 million versus the $305.8 million forecast.

The company’s guidance landed ahead of the Street’s as well. Stitch Fix foresees full-year losses per share of $0.23 and revenue of $1.28 billion to $1.33 billion, while the current-quarter outlook of $333 million to $338 million in sales handily tops consensus estimates of $315.6 million.

“Fiscal 2025 was a milestone year for Stitch Fix. We finished the year with our second consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth on an adjusted basis, and once again gained share in the US apparel market,” CEO Matt Baer said. Net revenue per active client also ticked up 3% to $549.

But the relatively upbeat numbers weren’t enough to quiet investor jitters.

The total number of customers continued to decline. As Sherwood News’ Claire Yubin Oh wrote last month, the company’s “active user figure is still dropping: falling from a pandemic-era peak of 4.3 million users, the company now counts a threadbare 2.4 million as of the end of May.” That number continued to drop in the latest quarter, falling to 2.31 million.

Mizuho analysts stuck with their “underperform” (sell) rating and $3 price target on the stock, pointing to weak EBITDA margins and warning that cost pressures are still a drag even as management leans into its turnaround plan.

Before the earnings dip, shares of Stitch Fix had been up nearly 30% year to date.

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SpaceX gets a wave of bullish ratings from Wall Street analysts

SpaceX received more than a dozen positive analyst calls on Tuesday — including from major Wall Street banks — as they initiate coverage on Elon Musk’s space and AI company.

SpaceX went public on June 12 at a $2.2 trillion valuation, the largest debut in history. While the company hasn’t yet posted a profit, it seems to have convinced Wall Street that it will get there and grow its valuation on the way.

Of the at least 17 analysts that gave a rating on Tuesday, all but one gave it a “buy” or “outperform” rating. MoffettNathanson was "neutral."

The ratings come as SpaceX joined the Nasdaq 100 index, a benchmark tech-heavy basket of companies that underpins millions of portfolios. The inclusion adds built-in demand for the stock from index funds and ETFs.

Still, SpaceX fell more than 5% on Tuesday amid a broader sell-off, and is currently effectively flat from its opening price of $150 a share.

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Nike sinks to lowest level since 2014 after warning of “challenged” sales environment in Q4 report

Did Nike do it?

Investors had a mixed reaction after the global sports apparel company reported its fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday after the bell. Shares initially rose 5% as Nike beat out Wall Street expectations amid a hefty tariff refund bonus. However, the stock then sank to its lowest level since August 2014 in postmarket trading.

Here are the Q4 numbers:

  • Revenue of $11.0 billion (estimate: $10.8 billion).

  • Adjusted earnings per share of $0.20 (estimate: $0.12).

Ahead of this report, Nike warned that results would be flattered by a one-time tariff refund (now estimated at roughly $0.52 per share for the bottom line). That gave the company an extra cushion in snapping its streak of seven quarters of year-over-year profit declines.

Over the past year, the company had been punished by tariffs on imported goods, stagnant consumer spending, and increasing competition from other footwear brands like New Balance, Adidas, and Hoka.

Outgoing CFO Matthew Friend deemed it an “increasingly challenging operating environment, where sell-through remains challenged.”

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