The company has struggled to regain consumer interest as challenger lifestyle brands gain ground, with sales declining in each of the past three years.
Shares of lifestyle clothing conglomerate VF Corp (NYSE:VFC) fell 12% in the afternoon session after the company reported weak first quarter 2025 (fiscal Q4) results: Its EPS missed and its revenue guidance for next quarter fell short of Wall Street's estimates.
U.S. equities trading was mixed on Wednesday, with major indices showing limited movement by midday as investors remained cautious amid renewed concerns over fiscal policy, which pressured Treasury bonds and the dollar.
Wall Street is overwhelmingly bullish on the stocks in this article, with price targets suggesting significant upside potential.
However, it’s worth remembering that analysts rarely issue sell ratings, partly because their firms often seek other business from the same companies they cover.
Small-cap stocks can be incredibly lucrative investments because their lack of analyst coverage leads to frequent mispricings.
However, these businesses (and their stock prices) often stay small because their subscale operations make it harder to expand their competitive moats.
The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how Movado (NYSE:MOV) and the rest of the apparel and accessories stocks fared in Q4.
As the Q4 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the apparel and accessories industry, including Tapestry (NYSE:TPR) and its peers.
A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled a cautious stance on future monetary policy decisions during a speech in Chicago, emphasizing that trade tariffs could add upward pressure to inflation in the short term and complicate the Fed's efforts to stabilize the economy. He warned that such trade measures are "likely to move us further away from our goals," referring to the Fed's dual mandate of price stability and maximum employment.
Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q4 behind us, let’s have a look at Guess (NYSE:GES) and its peers.
