Research News and Market Data on VNCE
09/10/2026
Net Sales Increased 11.7% to $81.8 Million vs. 2Q25
Raises Full Year Fiscal 2026 Guidance
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Vince Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: VNCE) (“VNCE” or the “Company”), a global retail platform, today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended August 1, 2026.
Brendan Hoffman, Chief Executive Officer of VNCE said, “We delivered strong results this quarter, with excellent growth across both our direct-to-consumer and wholesale channels, and this momentum gives us confidence to raise our full-year guidance. Importantly, the recent completion of the OVO acquisition marks a pivotal moment for our Company. We are entering the streetwear market through a brand with deep cultural roots and an authentic customer connection, and we’re bringing to it the operating discipline and infrastructure that have driven Vince’s turnaround. The acquisition provides a significant growth runway and we see meaningful opportunities to expand OVO’s retail presence and launch wholesale distribution through longstanding relationships, positioning the combined platform for substantial long-term value creation.”
In this press release, the Company is presenting its financial results in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) as well as on an “adjusted” basis. Adjusted results presented in this press release are non-GAAP financial measures. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below for more information about the Company’s use of non-GAAP financial measures.
For the second quarter ended August 1, 2026:
- Total Company net sales increased 11.7% to $81.8 million compared to $73.2 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2025. The year-over-year increase was driven by a 13.7% increase in the direct-to-consumer segment and a 10.4% increase in the wholesale segment.
- Gross profit was $49.8 million, or 60.9% of net sales, compared to gross profit of $36.9 million, or 50.4% of net sales, in the second quarter of fiscal 2025. The increase in gross margin for the second quarter of fiscal 2026 includes a favorable impact of $10.4 million related to the IEEPA tariff refund, which offset the unfavorable impact from higher product costing which contributed negatively by approximately 160 basis points, and the unfavorable impact from higher freight costs of approximately 130 basis points. The gross margin rate, excluding the benefit of the tariff refund, was 48.2% in line with the Company’s expectations.
- Selling, general, and administrative expenses were $36.3 million, or 44.3% of sales, compared to $25.8 million, or 35.2% of sales, in the second quarter of fiscal 2025. The increase in SG&A dollars was primarily driven by anniversarying last year’s $5.6 million benefit from the receipt of payroll tax credit payments from the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the Employee Retention Credit program (the “ERC benefit”) as well as $2.9 million related to transaction costs associated with the acquisition of October’s Very Own (“OVO”) operating business (“OVO transaction”).
- Income from operations was $13.6 million compared to income from operations of $11.2 million in the same period last year. Adjusted income from operations, which includes the benefit from tariff refunds in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, was $16.4 million compared to $5.5 million in the same period last year.
- Income tax expense was $3.1 million compared to an income tax expense of $0.1 million in the same period last year. The expense is due to the impact of applying the Company’s estimated annual effective tax rate to the year-to-date ordinary pre-tax income.
- Net income was $10.6 million or $0.80 per diluted share compared to net income of $12.1 million or $0.93 per diluted share in the same period last year. Adjusted net income, which includes the benefit from tariff refunds in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, was $13.5 million or $1.02 per diluted share compared to $4.9 million or $0.38 in the same period last year.
- Adjusted EBITDA*, which includes the benefit from tariff refunds in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, was $18.0 million compared to $6.7 million in the same period last year.
- The Company ended the quarter with 53 company-operated Vince stores.
Second Quarter Review
- Net sales increased 11.7% to $81.8 million as compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2025.
- Wholesale segment sales increased 10.4% to $49.4 million compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2025.
- Direct-to-consumer segment sales increased 13.7% to $32.4 million compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2025.
- Income from operations excluding unallocated corporate expenses was $29.1 million compared to income from operations of $17.3 million in the same period last year.
Net Sales and Operating Results by Segment:
Balance Sheet
At the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2026, total borrowings under the Company’s debt agreements totaled $12.3 million and the Company had $63.6 million of excess availability under its revolving credit facility.
Net inventory at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2026 was $73.4 million compared to $76.7 million at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2025. The year-over-year decrease in inventory includes approximately $2.6 million of IEEPA refunds.
During the quarter ended August 1, 2026, the Company did not make any offerings or sales of shares of common stock under the Virtu At-the-Market Offering. At August 1, 2026, $0.9 million was available under the Virtu At-the-Market Offering.
October’s Very Own (“OVO”) Acquisition
As previously announced on August 27, 2026, the Company completed the acquisition of the operating business of OVO, a globally recognized lifestyle brand which delivered nearly $50 million in sales in calendar year 2025. VNCE now owns and will operate OVO’s business as OVO’s core apparel and retail licensee, strengthening its partnership with Authentic Brands Group (“Authentic”) and expanding its multi-brand platform strategy beyond Vince, with opportunity to build on OVO’s existing operations using its scale and infrastructure to support the brand’s next phase of growth. The Company sees opportunity to grow OVO sales to over $100 million and deliver Adjusted EBITDA margins in the low double digit percentage range by fiscal 2030. VNCE acquired the OVO operating business for a nominal cash purchase and also acquired a minority stake in OVO’s intellectual property through the cash purchase of a 5% equity interest in the IP holding entity newly formed by majority-owner, Authentic, for $6 million.
Outlook
The Company is providing its outlook for the Vince Business for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 and raising its outlook for the Vince Business for the full year fiscal 2026. The Company’s outlook now considers the benefit of tariff refunds resulting from the Supreme Court’s decision on the IEEPA tariffs. The following outlook does not include the OVO Business.
For the third quarter of fiscal 2026 the Company expects the following for the Vince Business:
- Net sales to increase approximately 5% to 8% compared to the prior year period.
- Adjusted operating income as a percentage of net sales to be approximately 7.5% to 8.5%.
- Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net sales to be approximately 8.5% to 9.5%.
For fiscal 2026 the Company expects the following for the Vince Business:
- Net sales to increase approximately 8% to 10% compared to the prior year.
- Adjusted operating income as a percentage of net sales to be approximately 7.5% to 8.0%.
- Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net sales to be approximately 9.0% to 9.5%.
*Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with GAAP, the Company has provided, with respect to the financial results relating to the three and six months ended August 1, 2026 and August 2, 2025, adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP measure. Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation, capitalized cloud computing amortization, OVO transaction costs, and ERC Benefit. For the three and six months ended August 1, 2026 and August 2, 2025 respectively, the Company has provided adjusted income from operations, adjusted income (loss) before income taxes and equity in net income of equity method investment, adjusted income (loss) before equity in net income of equity method investment, adjusted net income, and adjusted earnings per share, which are non-GAAP measures, in order to eliminate the effect of the OVO transaction costs, ERC benefit, and Discrete Tax Effect Associated with ERC benefit.
The Company believes that the presentation of these non-GAAP measures facilitates an understanding of the Company’s continuing operations without the impact associated with the aforementioned items. While these types of events can and do recur periodically, they are excluded from the indicated financial information due to their impact on the comparability of earnings across periods. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results has been provided in Exhibit 3 and Exhibit 4 to this press release.
Conference Call
A conference call to discuss the second quarter results will be held today, September 10, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. ET, hosted by Vince Holding Corp. Chief Executive Officer, Brendan Hoffman, and Chief Financial Officer, Yuji Okumura. During the conference call, the Company may make comments concerning business and financial developments, trends and other business or financial matters. The Company’s comments, as well as other matters discussed during the conference call, may contain or constitute information that has not been previously disclosed.
Those who wish to participate in the call may do so by dialing (833) 461-5787, conference ID 879266281. Any interested party will also have the opportunity to access the call via the Internet at http://investors.vince.com/. To listen to the live call, please go to the website at least 15 minutes early to register and download any necessary audio software. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a recording will be available for 12 months after the date of the event. Recordings may be accessed at http://investors.vince.com.
ABOUT VINCE HOLDING CORP.
Vince Holding Corp. is a global retail platform that operates the Vince brand women’s and men’s ready to wear business and the October’s Very Own (“OVO”) brand apparel and accessories business. Vince, established in 2002, is a leading global luxury apparel and accessories brand best known for creating elevated yet understated pieces for every day effortless style. Vince operates 41 full-price retail stores, 12 outlet stores, and its e-commerce site, vince.com, as well as through premium wholesale channels globally. OVO is a Canadian lifestyle brand originally founded in 2008 by Aubrey “Drake” Graham and a Toronto collective offering premium apparel and accessories. OVO operates 12 flagship retail stores worldwide and its e-commerce site, octobersveryown.com. Please visit investors.vince.com for more information.
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Source: Vince Holding Corp.