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Our current read (analysis of 2026-08-23): Designation Gem · Gem Score +56 (−100…+100 Quality+Value blend) · Quality 82 · Value 34 · Sentiment -52 (timing only, not weighted) · Composite fair value $109.99 vs $91.28 at analysis
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Deckers Outdoor Corporation
DECK NYSEDeckers Outdoor Corporation is a global footwear and apparel company that designs, markets, and distributes products for both casual lifestyle use and high-performance activities. Its portfolio centers on well-known brands including UGG, which offers premium footwear, loungewear, and accessories; HOKA, focused on performance and lifestyle running shoes and athletic apparel; and Teva, known for sandals and outdoor-oriented footwear. The company serves a broad customer base through a combination of wholesale channels, international distributors, and a direct-to-consumer network that includes e-commerce platforms and branded retail stores. Deckers Outdoor Corporation sells its products across multiple regions worldwide, positioning its brands in sectors such as outdoor, athletic performance, fashion, and comfort-focused lifestyle. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Goleta, California, the company plays a significant role in the global footwear and athleisure markets by leveraging distinct brand identities that appeal to both performance-driven and style-conscious consumers.
Price Overview
Price History (1 Year)
Revenue & Net Income Trend
| Period | Revenue | Net Income | Net Margin | YoY/QoQ |
|---|
Key Metrics
EPS (Diluted): 7.02
Total Equity: $2.50B
Shares: 145,805,000
Total Debt: $0.00
Cash: $1.91B
EBITDA: $1.34B
Total Debt: $0.00
Cash: $1.91B
Revenue: $5.47B
Revenue: $5.47B
Revenue: $5.47B
Total Equity: $2.50B
Tax Rate: 22.8%
Equity: $2.50B
Total Debt: $0.00
Cash: $1.91B
Current Liabilities: $804.07M
Long-Term Debt: $0.00
Total Debt: $0.00
Total Equity: $2.50B
Shares: 145,805,000
Shares: 145,805,000
CapEx: -$84.62M
Shares: 145,805,000
Stock Price: $93.84
Net Income: $1.02B
Industry Benchmarks
Income Statement (Annual)
Last updated: Aug 12, 2026 11:37am (11d ago)| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.2B | $3.6B | $4.3B | $5.0B | $5.5B |
| Cost of Revenue | $1.5B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $2.1B | $2.3B |
| Gross Profit | $1.6B | $1.8B | $2.4B | $2.9B | $3.2B |
| Operating Expenses | $1.0B | $1.2B | $1.5B | $1.7B | $1.9B |
| Operating Income | $564.7M | $652.8M | $927.5M | $1.2B | $1.3B |
| Net Income | $451.9M | $516.8M | $759.6M | $966.1M | $1.0B |
| EBITDA | $607.6M | $700.6M | $985.1M | $1.2B | $1.3B |
| EPS | $3.29 | $3.90 | $4.89 | $6.36 | $7.04 |
| EPS (Diluted) | $3.25 | $3.87 | $4.86 | $6.33 | $7.02 |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Last updated: Aug 12, 2026 11:29am (11d ago)| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $843.5M | $981.8M | $1.5B | $1.9B | $1.9B |
| Total Current Assets | $1.8B | $1.9B | $2.4B | $2.9B | $2.9B |
| Total Assets | $2.3B | $2.6B | $3.1B | $3.6B | $3.7B |
| Current Liabilities | $541.7M | $497.4M | $720.0M | $769.9M | $804.1M |
| Long-Term Debt | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total Liabilities | $793.4M | $790.5M | $1.0B | $1.1B | $1.2B |
| Total Equity | $1.5B | $1.8B | $2.1B | $2.5B | $2.5B |
| Retained Earnings | $1.4B | $1.6B | $1.9B | $2.3B | $2.2B |
Cash Flow (Annual)
Last updated: Aug 12, 2026 11:37am (11d ago)| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $172.4M | $537.4M | $1.0B | $1.0B | $1.2B |
| Capital Expenditure | -$51.0M | -$81.0M | -$89.4M | -$86.2M | -$84.6M |
| Free Cash Flow | $121.3M | $456.4M | $943.8M | $958.4M | $1.1B |
| Acquisitions (net) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net Debt Issued / (Repaid) | $0 | $0 | — | — | — |
| Dividends Paid | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stock Buybacks | -$356.7M | -$297.4M | -$414.9M | -$567.0M | -$1.1B |
| Net Change in Cash | -$245.8M | $138.3M | $520.3M | $387.1M | $18.1M |
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Last updated: Aug 12, 2026 11:37am (11d ago)| Metric | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | +15.1% | +18.2% | +16.3% | +9.8% |
| Gross Profit Growth | +13.5% | +30.7% | +21.0% | +9.4% |
| Operating Income Growth | +15.6% | +42.1% | +27.1% | +7.1% |
| Net Income Growth | +14.4% | +47.0% | +27.2% | +6.0% |
| EBITDA Growth | +15.3% | +40.6% | +26.7% | +7.2% |
Deep Analysis
Risk : Reward — if the last quarter repeats
Live · as of 2026-08-19 12:16Recovery pays +2%; another quarter like the worst recent one costs 35%. Ratio 0.1:1.
| Case | Growth | Margin | Fair value | vs price ($91.28) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bull — recovery | +13% | 21.1% | $92.89 | +2% |
| Base — stabilizes | +9% | 18.4% | $71.99 | -21% |
| Bear — keeps slipping | +4% | 15.6% | $54.80 | -40% |
| Stress — last quarter repeats | +6% | 16.3% | $59.44 | -35% |
Narrative Economics
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AI Lens 4th lens · how AI reaches this business · 5-yr
2026-08-19Deckers spends roughly a third of revenue on SG&A, much of it creative production, athlete/influencer content, media buying and demand planning — all of which are information tasks whose cost falls sharply with generative tooling while willingness-to-pay for a $165 HOKA is untouched.
AI compresses the design-to-shelf loop for fast-followers: silhouette recognition, pattern generation and Asian contract manufacturing let cheap imitators ship a HOKA-alike maximalist midsole in weeks, and agentic shopping can steer consumers to 'similar shoe, half price' at the exact moment of intent.
Whether AI shopping agents treat brand as a hard constraint (consumer asks for HOKA by name) or as a substitutable attribute set (cushioning, drop, width). Watch DTC traffic mix — the share of e-commerce sessions arriving via branded search versus generic/agent referrals.
HOKA's authority in run specialty and podiatry channels, athlete seeding, foam/geometry tooling and sheepskin supply for UGG — plus two decades of brand meaning that no model can synthesize.
AI Lens thesis
The customer need — footwear that performs and signals — is physical and permanent, and the monetized unit is a pair of shoes, not a seat or an hour, so the revenue line is structurally insulated from cheap intelligence. AI reaches Deckers on three narrower paths: it deflates the cost of the creative and planning apparatus that sits between design and consumer (favorable, since gross margin at 57.7% and op margin at 23.1% show pricing is holding while costs are addressable); it accelerates imitation, which matters most for HOKA where the differentiator is visually legible geometry rather than a licence or a network; and it rewires discovery, where a DTC-heavy mix means Deckers owns the customer relationship today but could be re-intermediated by assistants that rank on fit and price. Net: a modest, real cost tailwind against a slow structural erosion of the discovery and imitation moats — direction depends on brand strength, not on any AI capability Deckers ships.
What the market may be underestimating
Upside AI-driven demand sensing and size-curve accuracy in a business with heavy seasonal UGG risk can structurally lower markdown rates and working capital — a gross-margin effect the market reads as 'good execution' rather than a durable cost change.
Downside Deckers' wholesale partners are the ones most exposed to agentic retail; if their assortment decisions become model-driven and price-optimized, shelf space for premium price points gets algorithmically squeezed before consumer demand ever softens.
Outcome range spread 35
Growth Outlook
Analyzed 2026-08-19 12:44The question every valuation on this page silently assumes: is this company likely to grow? Judged forward — the business, its category, the world — against what's already printed.
Claude Reading
The raw quarterly cadence tells a more nuanced story than the "mature earner" label suggests. FY26 opened with Q1 (Jun-25) at $964.5M revenue vs Q1 FY25 (Jun-24)'s implied prior-year comp, then Q2 (Sep-25) $1.43B vs $1.31B (+9.2%), Q3 (Dec-25) $1.96B vs $1.83B (+7.1%), Q4 (Mar-26) $1.12B vs $1.02B (+9.8%), and now Q1 FY27 (Jun-26) at $1.02B vs $964.5M (+5.7%). That is a clear, monotonic deceleration from ~20%+ two years ago to mid-single-digits, and it's happening while the holiday quarter margin (Dec-25 24.6% vs Dec-24 25.0%) already ticked down. The most recent quarter's 12.7% net margin vs 14.4% in the year-ago quarter is a 170bp compression on a 5.7% top line — that is the exact "growth slows, margins follow" pattern the bear case predicts, showing up in real time. The synthesis and market-forces layers are underweighting this.
On valuation, I largely agree with the synthesis that DECK is not expensive, but I think the "fair value $130" anchor is stale-looking. TTM net income is roughly $1.015B ($130+$135.6+$481.1+$268.2), essentially flat versus the FY26 annual $1.02B. At $91.31 and $12.19B cap, that's 12x trailing earnings, ~7.8x EV/EBITDA, and ~2x EV/sales — cheap for a 57.7% gross margin, 41% ROE, zero-debt, $1.91B-cash business generating $1.1B FCF (9% FCF yield). But the multiple is cheap precisely because forward earnings growth is decelerating toward zero on current trajectory; if FY27 NI lands flat-to-down 5%, the "cheap" 12x becomes 13x on a shrinking-E, which is fair, not undervalued. The composite $130 fair value assumes multiple re-expansion that requires HOKA reacceleration — the exact thing the deceleration data argues against.
The prior models contradict each other in a revealing way. Classification says "mature earner," pre-flight says HOKA is still a growth engine, market forces says "tailwinds," narrative says "fallen angel/anchored at $130," and thesis evaluation lands at -4 (essentially neutral, leaning bear). The thesis evaluation is the most honest read here — bull and bear mass are nearly balanced, and the -4 score with a bear-tilted headline is directionally correct. Market Forces' "Tailwinds" call feels lazy given the deceleration in the momentum block itself flags "decelerating" quarterly trend. A careful contrarian would note: (1) HOKA's TAM story is priced into every performance-running competitor's deck too — On, Asics reborn, Nike Pegasus refresh, Brooks — and DECK has no structural cost or distribution advantage; (2) UGG's 2024–2025 resurgence looks fashion-cycle-driven, and fashion cycles mean revert; (3) the balance sheet is fortress-like ($1.91B cash, zero debt), which is a floor but also implies management has no obvious accretive capital deployment beyond buybacks, and buybacks at 12x a decelerating earner destroy less value than they create but aren't a thesis.
Where the data is thin: we have no segment-level HOKA vs UGG split in this file, no wholesale-vs-DTC mix, no international breakout, and no insider activity or guidance. Those are the swing variables. The "debt_to_equity: 0" is real and a genuine positive. The ROIC of 1.646 (164%) looks like a calculation artifact — likely reflects the tiny invested-capital denominator given the cash-rich, debt-free structure, so I'd discount it as a signal. My read: this is a high-quality business at a fair-to-slightly-cheap price on trailing numbers, but forward numbers are decelerating faster than the bulls acknowledge, and the "45.7% upside to $130" composite is anchored on peak-cycle assumptions. Fair value is closer to $95–$105 (13–14x on ~$1.0B NI with modest multiple credit for balance sheet quality), not $130. I dissent partially from the synthesis: agree it's not overvalued, disagree that meaningful upside exists absent a HOKA reacceleration catalyst that the Q1 print just argued against. Wait for the next two quarters — if HOKA growth stabilizes above 10% and margins hold, then re-rate to bull; if deceleration continues, $75–$80 becomes plausible.
GPT Reading
The market is treating Deckers like a no-growth or low-growth branded footwear company, but the raw numbers still look materially better than that. Revenue rose from $4.29B in FY2024 to $4.99B in FY2025 and $5.47B in FY2026, a two-year increase of 27%, while net income climbed from $759.6M to $966.1M to $1.02B. Even more important, this was not “growth at any price”: gross margin in FY2026 was 57.7%, operating margin 23.1%, and net margin 18.7%, all elite for apparel/footwear. At $91.31, the stock is on about 12.8x trailing earnings and roughly 11x EV/FCF if I net the $1.91B cash against a $12.19B market cap. For a debt-free company generating $1.10B of free cash flow and a 40.9% ROE, that is not a demanding setup. The numbers read like a premium consumer brand house being valued closer to a mature commodity retailer.
The recent quarterly pattern does show why the multiple compressed, but I think the market is over-penalizing normal deceleration. The most recent quarter was $1.02B of revenue versus $964.5M a year earlier, up 5.8%, while net income fell from $139.2M to $130.0M, taking margin from 14.4% to 12.7%. The quarter before that, revenue was $1.12B versus $1.02B, up 9.8%, but net income slipped from $151.4M to $135.6M. So yes, growth has cooled and margins are off peak. But zoom out and the deterioration is modest relative to the valuation reset: trailing four-quarter revenue is still above $5.5B using the reported run, holiday-quarter profitability remains exceptional at $481.1M on $1.96B of sales, and even the “weaker” quarters are still producing low-teens net margins. This does not look like a broken brand portfolio; it looks like a very profitable franchise lapping stronger comps and absorbing some operating expense pressure.
What stands out most is balance sheet strength combined with capital efficiency. Zero debt and $1.91B of cash give Deckers unusual resilience for a cyclical consumer name. Operating cash flow of $1.18B on $1.02B of net income is high-quality conversion, and capex of just $84.6M means the business does not require heavy reinvestment to sustain scale. That matters because if the market is worried HOKA’s growth is rolling over or UGG is mature, the downside case still sits on a business with substantial cash generation and no leverage risk. A 2.38x sales multiple and 7.8x EV/EBITDA for a company with 23% operating margins is simply too cheap unless one assumes a fairly sharp earnings reset. I don’t see that in the reported numbers yet. I see moderation, not collapse.
The best case against this view is that margins may already have peaked and the stock is cheap because FY2026 could mark the high-water mark. Annual net income only grew about 5.6% from $966.1M to $1.02B despite revenue growing 9.6%, and the last two quarters both showed year-over-year earnings declines. If that pattern persists, the multiple may not be low at all; it may be discounting a business heading from $1.0B of earnings toward something with flat sales growth and mid-teens margin normalization. In that scenario, the market is correctly refusing to pay up for a dual-brand story where one brand is mature and the growth engine faces tougher comparisons and competition. I take that seriously, especially because premium footwear can move from scarcity to markdown faster than investors expect. But the burden of proof should be on the bear when the company is still comping positive revenue growth, sustaining 57%+ gross margins, and minting over $1B of annual free cash flow with a fortress balance sheet.
What would change my mind is straightforward: if the next two quarters show revenue growth slipping to low single digits or negative, and net margin stays around 12-13% in the off-season while the holiday quarter also compresses materially below the recent 24.6%-25.0% range, then the “temporary deceleration” argument breaks. Likewise, if annualized free cash flow falls decisively below $900M without a clear reinvestment rationale, the cheapness case weakens. On the other hand, if Deckers can keep annual revenue above a 7-10% growth path and defend operating margin near 21-23%, this stock should not sit at 12-13x earnings. That would support a rerating into at least the low-to-mid teens P/E, which on roughly $6.50-$7.00 of earnings power points to something closer to $105-$115.
Grok Reading
The numbers describe a high-quality dual-brand compounder whose growth engine is cooling but whose economics remain exceptional. Annual revenue climbed from $3.15B in FY2022 to $5.47B in FY2026, a 13% CAGR, while net income more than doubled from $452M to $1.02B on expanding net margins from roughly 14% to 18.7%. Gross margin sits at 57.7% and operating margin at 23.1%—premium footwear economics—and the firm converted nearly all of that into cash: $1.18B operating cash flow and $1.10B free cash flow against only $85M of capex. The balance sheet is a fortress: $1.91B cash, zero debt, current ratio 3.5, ROE 41%. At $91.31 the stock trades at 12.8x trailing earnings, 2.4x sales, and roughly 11x FCF with an EV/EBITDA of 7.8. Those are mature-industrial multiples attached to a business still growing high-single to low-double digits with best-in-class returns on capital. Seasonality is extreme and intact—December quarters print ~25% net margins on nearly $2B revenue—so the softer June and March prints ($1.02B and $1.12B revenue, mid-12% margins) are the normal trough, not a collapse. What stands out is the disconnect: the market has already priced a sharp deceleration into a 13x multiple while the trailing and run-rate cash generation still supports a far higher floor.
Recent momentum does show the slowdown the multiple implies. Full-year revenue growth stepped down from the mid-teens to about 9.6% in the latest annual period; the most recent two quarters delivered only mid-single to low-double-digit revenue gains year-over-year while net income actually declined versus the prior-year periods ($130M vs $139M, $136M vs $151M). Earnings CAGR of 16% over the five-year window is therefore front-loaded; recent earnings growth has compressed to roughly 6%. That is the quantitative heart of the “fallen angel” narrative: HOKA’s hyperbolic phase is over, UGG remains a cyclical cash cow rather than a growth brand, and the blended company is settling into mid-single-digit volume growth with less operating leverage. The valuation-synthesis composite at $110–$130 versus a ~$90 handle already embeds some of that caution and still flags mixed signals, so the cheapness is not unambiguous.
The strongest opposing case is that 13x is simply the correct multiple once growth settles at 5–7% and margins stop expanding. A smart bear would point to intensifying performance-running competition with deeper pockets, the structural risk that UGG fashion cycles reverse, wholesale-channel pressure, and the fact that FCF CAGR (7.8%) already lags earnings growth—evidence that working-capital or mix headwinds are appearing. They would also note that ROIC printed at an implausibly high 165%, a sign the capital base is light and any sustained competitive spend or inventory rebuild could compress returns quickly. I weigh this less heavily because the absolute cash generation ($1.1B FCF), net-cash position, and still-elevated gross margins give management multiple years of buffer; even a fade to 6–8% revenue growth and flat 18% net margins produces mid-teens free-cash-flow yields at the current price, which is asymmetric for a sector leader with two distinct brand franchises.
I would reverse to a fair-value or overvalued stance if the next two reported quarters show HOKA brand revenue growth falling below high-single digits on a sustained basis, or if consolidated operating margin compresses more than 150–200 bps year-over-year without an obvious inventory or tariff one-off. Explicit guidance that blended top-line growth is capped at 5% with no margin expansion, or a material step-up in competitive discounting visible in sell-through data, would also flip the risk-reward. Until those prints arrive, the cash-flow math and balance-sheet optionality dominate the decelerating but still positive growth trajectory.
Big-3 Panel — where each AI stands
Advanced Analysis Forensic deep-dive · separate lenses
The business itself is in excellent shape. Revenue has compounded from 3.15B (FY22) to 5.47B (FY26), gross margin has expanded from 51.0% to 57.7%, and operating margin from 17.9% to 23.1%. Net income more than doubled from 452M to 1.02B, and FCF scaled from 121M to 1.10B, with OCF/NI at 1x and accruals slightly negative - earnings are cash-backed. Altman Z of 10.29 and Beneish M of -2.64 corroborate clean quality. Balance sheet is a fortress: 1.91B liquid, zero net debt, and self-funding with 1.10B/yr FCF. The dilution module flags 51.4% share CAGR, but diluted shares jumped from 26.0M (FY24) to 152.7M (FY25) - a roughly 6-for-1 pattern consistent with a stock split, not economic dilution. SBC is a trivial 0.8% of revenue and buybacks run 15.6x SBC, meaning per-share value is being protected, not eroded. Margin expansion of ~600bps at the gross line and ~500bps at the operating line over four years, combined with FCF growing ~9x, points to genuine operating leverage and brand strength (HOKA and UGG carry this portfolio, per broad industry knowledge - to be reverified in filings).
Verify before trusting this (5)
- Confirm the FY25 share count jump from 26.0M to 152.7M reflects a stock split (likely 6-for-1) rather than issuance
- Segment/brand revenue mix - HOKA vs UGG vs other, and customer/channel concentration
- Wholesale vs DTC mix and its contribution to the 600bps gross margin expansion
- Inventory levels and days on hand to test whether margin gains are sustainable or pulled forward
- Geographic and FX exposure driving reported growth
Price is $91.28 against a composite FV of $109.99 (roughly 20% upside) and a signal-adjusted FV of $130.44 (46%). The DCF at $101 and the anchored PE at $169 bracket a reasonable deserved value in the $100-115 range once you trust the cash generation but discount the PE method as too generous for a cyclical footwear name lapping a HOKA growth peak. The EPV floor at $68 is the sober downside anchor - it says even on steady-state earnings with no growth credit, you are not paying a crazy premium. Earnings quality is high and the balance sheet holds ~$1.9B net cash, so deserved value should not be haircut; if anything the cash-adjusted enterprise trades cheaper than the headline multiple suggests. What is priced in: the market believes HOKA deceleration is structural and UGG is cyclically peaking. That is a defensible bear case but not a heroic one - you are not paying for perfection here, you are paying for muddle-through. The gap is real but modest: a genuine margin of safety would want a high-single-digit teens P/E on trough earnings, which likely means a price closer to $75-80.
Verify before trusting this (4)
- HOKA revenue growth trajectory and wholesale vs DTC mix in next print
- UGG order book and international momentum going into holiday
- Gross margin sustainability at current elevated levels
- Any FY guidance revision - the deserved-value math flexes hard on forward EBIT
The macro tape is mildly risk-on with a contained VIX, which in isolation would help a beta-1.17 consumer cyclical. But that tailwind is being overwhelmed by a stock-specific and sector-specific headwind: DECK sits inside a footwear/athletic-apparel cohort where Nike is hitting fresh 52-week lows on China weakness, and every DECK down-day recently has been tagged to that group contagion rather than company news. The narrative has clearly rotated from 'unstoppable growth platform' to 'cyclical footwear with two-speed brands,' and that archetype shift is what re-rates multiples, not earnings. Headlines this week reinforce the frame - 'looks cheap,' 'slides on margin pressure,' 'is 27% undervaluation enough' - which is the exact language of a fallen angel where the value case is on trial and the story is not defending itself. Amer Sports raising guidance on Arc'teryx/Salomon strength also implicitly reframes DECK's HOKA as the decelerating one in the peer set. Offsetting forces are real but modest: strong price momentum on longer horizons, low-vol revenue growth, and a calm tape mean this is a persistent drift lower, not a capitulation. Net: moderate headwind, more narrative than macro.
Verify before trusting this (4)
- Next HOKA constant-currency growth print - a reacceleration breaks the fallen-angel frame
- Whether Nike's China narrative stabilizes or worsens (direct read-through to DECK sentiment)
- Any sell-side downgrade or target cut that would confirm tone flip from 'cheap' to 'value trap'
- Holiday/back-to-school channel checks on UGG that could revive or kill the athleisure tailwind story
The customer need — footwear that performs and signals — is physical and permanent, and the monetized unit is a pair of shoes, not a seat or an hour, so the revenue line is structurally insulated from cheap intelligence. AI reaches Deckers on three narrower paths: it deflates the cost of the creative and planning apparatus that sits between design and consumer (favorable, since gross margin at 57.7% and op margin at 23.1% show pricing is holding while costs are addressable); it accelerates imitation, which matters most for HOKA where the differentiator is visually legible geometry rather than a licence or a network; and it rewires discovery, where a DTC-heavy mix means Deckers owns the customer relationship today but could be re-intermediated by assistants that rank on fit and price. Net: a modest, real cost tailwind against a slow structural erosion of the discovery and imitation moats — direction depends on brand strength, not on any AI capability Deckers ships.
Verify before trusting this (8)
- Run specialty door count and share
- Marketing spend efficiency
- Sheepskin/foam supply agreements
- Fast-fashion HOKA lookalike pricing
- Emerging performance-running brand share
- Counterfeit enforcement spend
- Share of DTC traffic from AI referrals
- DTC gross margin versus wholesale
The world DECK operates in is one of flat unit demand and rising landed cost: tariffs and freight raise the cost of every pair, while a value-seeking US consumer resists price. That combination is exactly what shows up in the print — revenue up, operating profit down. The offsetting structural force is geographic: performance running is still expanding internationally, and DECK's brands are early there, so the growth engine has physically relocated abroad even as North America normalizes. Margin expansion industry-wide suggests the pricing environment is not yet broken, but the burden of proof has shifted from 'can they grow revenue' to 'can they grow profit while growing revenue.'
When we made this prediction on Aug 19, 2026, DECK was $91.28. We expect it to be $108.00 by Feb 2027, and we consider it great value under $78.00. This is an early model (v0.6.0) — the direction is more reliable than the exact price. Made Aug 19, 2026.
Blue is our prediction, starting the day we made it. Grey is a slower route to the same place — the same destination, taking longer. Black is the actual price, so you can see how we are doing.