VSXY · Consumer discretionary(retail-women's clothing stores) · 9 years of annual accounts filed with the SEC · latest fiscal year ended 2026-01-31
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Victoria's Secret & Co. reported revenue of $6.6 billion in fiscal 2026. Of the $3.6 billion its operations generated over 9 years, 36.4% went back into the business and 17.4% to buybacks. On the accounting screens, it passes 5 of 9 Piotroski tests, its Altman Z'' of 1.40 is in the grey zone and its Beneish M-score is below the -1.78 line; 1 of the six cross-checks between its statements fires.
Revenue, fiscal 20266.6B
Operating margin4.1%gross margin 36.4%
Return on invested capital13.4%23.6% on average over 5 years
Free cash flow after stock pay257.0M3.9% of revenue
Net debt ÷ EBITDA0.9×net debt 457.0M
Piotroski F-score5/9tests of improvement passed
Is it growing?
Revenue and the operating income it turns into. Growth that does not reach operating income is growth bought with margin.
RevenueOperating income
-2.5B02.5B5.0B7.5B10.0B
2019
2020Revenue 7.5BOperating income -892.0M
2021Revenue 5.4BOperating income -101.0M
2021
2022Revenue 6.8BOperating income 870.0M
2023Revenue 6.3BOperating income 478.0M
2024Revenue 6.2BOperating income 246.0M
2025Revenue 6.2BOperating income 310.0M
2026Revenue 6.6BOperating income 271.0M
201920202021202120222023202420252026
Compound growth a year
3 yrs
5 yrs
8 yrs
Revenue
+1.1%
—
—
Operating income
-17.2%
—
—
Net income
-22.7%
—
—
Earnings per share
-22.3%
—
—
Free cash flow per share
+5.0%
—
—
Shares
-0.4%
-1.2%
—
Falling shares are buybacks: each remaining share owns more of the company.
Does it earn more than its capital costs?
Margins say how much of each sale is kept; return on invested capital says how much the business earns on the money it needs to operate. Growth only creates value when that return is above the cost of the capital.
Return on invested capitalCost of capital today · 8.3%
-20%0%20%40%60%
2019
2020
2021Return on invested capital -13.5%
2021
2022Return on invested capital 53.8%
2023Return on invested capital 23.4%
2024Return on invested capital 12.6%
2025Return on invested capital 14.7%
2026Return on invested capital 13.4%
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Economic profit
Economic profit
-400M-200M0200M400M600M
2019
2020
2021Economic profit -215.0M
2021
2022Economic profit 564.3M
2023Economic profit 250.5M
2024Economic profit 66.8M
2025Economic profit 103.5M
2026Economic profit 95.0M
201920202021202120222023202420252026
(return on capital − cost of capital) × capital invested: the profit left after paying for the money used. Today's cost of capital is applied to every year, since a past one cannot be rebuilt honestly.
Return on equity
18.8%
Return on assets
3.2%
Asset turnover
1.31×
Overheads (SG&A)
32.2% of revenue
Is the profit cash, and where does the cash go?
Net income is an accounting opinion; free cash flow is what was left in the bank after investing. Stock-based pay does not leave the bank — shareholders pay it through dilution — so it is shown taken off as well.
Net incomeFree cash flowAfter stock-based pay
-1.0B-0.5B00.5B1.0B
2019
2020Net income -897.0MFree cash flow 90.0MAfter stock-based pay 52.0M
2021Net income -72.0MFree cash flow 547.0MAfter stock-based pay 522.0M
2021
2022Net income 646.0MFree cash flow 682.0MAfter stock-based pay 649.0M
2023Net income 348.0MFree cash flow 273.0MAfter stock-based pay 225.0M
2024Net income 109.0MFree cash flow 133.0MAfter stock-based pay 77.0M
2025Net income 165.0MFree cash flow 247.0MAfter stock-based pay 187.0M
2026Net income 161.0MFree cash flow 312.0MAfter stock-based pay 257.0M
201920202021202120222023202420252026
Where 9 years of operating cash went, 2019–2026
3.6B generated by the business. Each band is its share of that total.
Reinvested in the business 36%1.3B
Acquisitions 10%370.0M
Dividends 0%0
Share buybacks 17%625.0M
Kept, or used to pay down debt 36%1.3B
Over the same years it paid 315.0M in stock. 310.0M of the buybacks went beyond offsetting that dilution.
Per share
Earnings per shareFree cash flow per shareDividend per share
-$15-$10-$5$0$5$10
2019
2020Earnings per share $-10.19Free cash flow per share $1.02
2021Earnings per share $-0.82Free cash flow per share $6.22
2021
2022Earnings per share $7.18Free cash flow per share $7.58
2023Earnings per share $4.14Free cash flow per share $3.25
2024Earnings per share $1.38Free cash flow per share $1.68
2025Earnings per share $2.04Free cash flow per share $3.05
2026Earnings per share $1.94Free cash flow per share $3.76
201920202021202120222023202420252026
Shares outstanding
Diluted shares
75M80M85M90M
2019
2020Diluted shares 88.0M
2021Diluted shares 88.0M
2021Diluted shares 88.0M
2022Diluted shares 90.0M
2023Diluted shares 84.0M
2024Diluted shares 79.0M
2025Diluted shares 81.0M
2026Diluted shares 83.0M
201920202021202120222023202420252026
Debt and liquidity
Debt is not bad in itself; debt the business cannot service in a bad year is. Net debt is debt minus cash, and below zero the company holds more cash than it owes.
Net debt
-0.5B00.5B1.0B
2019
2020
2021Net debt -238.0M
2021
2022Net debt 492.0M
2023Net debt 848.0M
2024Net debt 854.0M
2025Net debt 750.0M
2026Net debt 457.0M
201920202021202120222023202420252026
Net debt ÷ EBITDA
0.9×
Interest coverage
4× operating income ÷ interest
Current ratio
1.25 current assets ÷ current liabilities
Cash conversion cycle
61 days collects in 10d, stock 94d, pays in 43d
Three classic screens of the accounts
Each asks a different question of the same statements — is it improving, does it look like a company heading for distress, do the accounts resemble ones that were manipulated. None is a verdict; each shows what moves it.
Piotroski F-score
Is the business improving? Nine yes-or-no tests, this year against last.
5of 9 tests passed
✓ProfitableReturn on assets above zeropassed
✓Cash from operationsOperating cash flow above zeropassed
✕Profitability improvedReturn on assets higher than a year beforefailed
✓Profit backed by cashOperating cash flow above net income (low accruals)passed
✓Less long-term debtLong-term debt as a share of assets fellpassed
✓More liquidCurrent ratio higher than a year beforepassed
✕No new sharesShare count did not growfailed
✕Better gross marginGross margin higher than a year beforefailed
✕Sells more per assetAsset turnover higher than a year beforefailed
Where it misleads: it measures change, not level. An excellent business that stood still for a year scores low; a poor one recovering from a disaster scores high.
Altman Z''-score
Does the balance sheet look like those of companies that went bankrupt?
1.40grey zone
1.12.6
Working capital ÷ assets 0.08 × 6.56+0.49
Retained earnings ÷ assets 0.10 × 3.26+0.33
Operating income ÷ assets 0.05 × 6.72+0.36
Equity ÷ liabilities 0.21 × 1.05+0.22
Where it misleads: buybacks. A company that returns so much cash that its equity turns small or negative sinks the last two ratios without being anywhere near bankruptcy. Banks and insurers do not fit the model at all.
Beneish M-score
Do the accounts resemble those of companies that manipulated their earnings?
-2.65below the -1.78 line
-1.78
Receivables vs sales 1.11+1.02
Gross margin slipping 1.01+0.53
Soft assets 0.94+0.38
Sales growth 1.05+0.94
Slower depreciation 1.02+0.12
Overheads vs sales 1.02-0.18
Profit not in cash -0.07-0.32
Leverage rising 0.95-0.31
Where it misleads: fast growth and acquisitions. Sales growth carries a heavy weight, so a company growing 50% a year scores like a suspect without having done anything. It is a screen from a 1999 study, not an accusation.
Where the statements disagree
Cross-checks between the income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow for the latest year, each with the benign reading and the worrying one.
The effective tax rate is 9.1%.
Benign
A favourable geographic mix, or legitimate tax credits.
Worrying
Not sustainable; projecting it forward inflates the valuation.
What is it worth, under which assumptions?
A company is worth the cash it will generate, brought back to today. This model projects revenue with growth that fades over the years, applies a free cash flow margin, and discounts the result at the cost of capital. Every assumption says where it came from, and all of them can be changed.
Value per share, with these assumptions$33.61discounted at 8.3% a year · 57% of it from after year 10
Type a share price on the left to ask the reverse questions: what growth, what margin or what discount rate that price implies.
What the value implies, in the usual multiples
At this model's value
Price ÷ earnings
17.3×
Enterprise value ÷ EBITDA
6.4×
Enterprise value ÷ revenue
0.5×
Free cash flow yield
9.2%
From cash flows to a value per share
10 years of cash flow, today1.4B
Everything after, today1.8B
The whole business3.2B
Minus net debt-457.0M
What belongs to shareholders2.8B
Divided among 83.0M shares: <strong>$33.61</strong> each.
The projection next to its history
Reported free cash flow after stock pay, then the model's. A projection that looks nothing like the past needs a reason.
ReportedProjected
0200M400M600M800M
2019
2020Reported 52.0M
2021Reported 522.0M
2021
2022Reported 649.0M
2023Reported 225.0M
2024Reported 77.0M
2025Reported 187.0M
2026Reported 257.0M
2027Projected 209.8M
2028Projected 208.6M
2029Projected 208.1M
2030Projected 208.4M
2031Projected 209.6M
2032Projected 211.6M
2033Projected 214.4M
2034Projected 218.1M
2035Projected 222.7M
2036Projected 228.3M
2019202120222024202620282030203220342036
Year by year
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
2033
2034
2035
2036
Revenue
6.5B
6.4B
6.4B
6.4B
6.5B
6.5B
6.6B
6.7B
6.9B
7.1B
Growth
-1.0%
-0.6%
-0.2%
0.2%
0.6%
0.9%
1.3%
1.7%
2.1%
2.5%
Cash margin
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
Free cash flow
209.8M
208.6M
208.1M
208.4M
209.6M
211.6M
214.4M
218.1M
222.7M
228.3M
Worth today
193.8M
177.9M
164.0M
151.7M
140.9M
131.4M
123.0M
115.6M
109.0M
103.2M
If the least-known inputs move
Value per share as two inputs change at a time. Neighbouring cells that differ a lot are the conclusion: the value depends on numbers nobody knows to a point.
The discount rate and growth forever
discount ↓ · forever →
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
7.3%
35
38
42
46
52
7.8%
32
34
37
41
45
8.3%
29
31
34
37
40
8.8%
27
28
31
33
36
9.3%
25
26
28
30
32
Year-one growth and the final margin
margin ↓ · growth →
-5.0%
-3.0%
-1.0%
1.0%
3.0%
2.6%
22
25
28
30
34
2.9%
25
28
31
34
37
3.2%
27
30
34
37
41
3.6%
30
33
37
40
45
3.9%
32
36
40
44
48
All the inputs moving at once
5,000 valuations, each with growth, final margin, discount rate and growth forever drawn at random around the values on the left (spreads of 3.0%, 2.0%, 1.0% and 0.5%). Not a probability — the spreads are assumptions too — but an honest picture of how wide the answer is.
10th percentile$9.48
Median$33.69
90th percentile$65.07
$0.00$50.00$100.00
Half of the simulations land between <b>$20.34</b> and <b>$48.40</b>; one in ten below $9.48, one in ten above $65.07.
Does the long run make sense?
7.4×The terminal value prices the business in year 10 at 7.4 times that year's EBITDA.
18%To grow 2.5% forever while reinvesting 14% of its after-tax operating profit, the business must earn 18% on the new capital — it has earned 24% on average over the last five years.
57%of the value comes from after year 10. The more of it, the more the answer depends on the part nobody can see.
Every Form 4 filed in the last twelve months, read line by line: 6 filings by 4 people. Open-market purchases and sales are counted apart from awards, option exercises and shares withheld for taxes.
Bought on the open market—none in the period
Sold on the open market$121.4M5 sale(s) by 1 insider(s)
Under pre-arranged plans0%of the sales followed a 10b5-1 plan set months earlier
A Form 4 says what happened, when, how many shares and at what price. It does not say why: a sale can be diversification, a tax bill or a plan fixed months earlier, and an award is pay, not a purchase. Nothing here is a reason to buy or sell anything.
Which large funds report holding it
From the Form 13F of the 28 institutions followed on this site, as of the end of their last reported quarter. A 13F is filed up to 45 days later and shows only long positions in US-listed shares.
Accounts from the company's own SEC filings; lines some companies do not report are shown as a dash rather than estimated. The risk-free rate is the 10-year US Treasury yield. A DCF is a way of making assumptions explicit, not a forecast: it states what the company would be worth if the assumptions held. The scores are screens that point where to look, not verdicts. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell.