REAL vs ZGN vs VNCE Stock Comparison

TheRealReal, Ermenegildo Zegna and Vince Holding Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
REAL TheRealReal, Inc.
$10.84 +18.5% 1M -10.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.30B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$749.91M
Div. yield
–
Luxury Goods Consumer Discretionary
1 win
ZGN Ermenegildo Zegna N.V.
$13.50 +8.6% 1M +29.4% 1Y
Market cap
$3.48B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Luxury Goods Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
VNCE Vince Holding Corp.
$11.94 +7.5% 1M +304.7% 1Y
Market cap
$146.58M
P/E
19.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$314.66M
Div. yield
–
Luxury Goods Consumer Discretionary
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Vince Holding leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Vince Holding 5, Ermenegildo Zegna 3, TheRealReal 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionREALZGNVNCELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.30B $3.48B $146.58M ZGN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -16.1x — 19.2x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 98.5x 30.7x 9.0x VNCE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +17.7% — +8.0% REAL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -10.8% — 2.4% VNCE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 9.4% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.9x — 0.7x VNCE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -10.0% +29.4% +304.7% VNCE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -2.6%/yr +6.2%/yr +6.2%/yr ZGN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 69.4% 41.4% 104.6% ZGN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 35/100 — 49/100 VNCE

Percentile Scorecard

REALZGNVNCE

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisREALZGNVNCE
Valuation 18 #38 of 46 – 76 #12 of 46
Growth 91 #5 of 43 – 62 #17 of 43
Profitability 32 #29 of 42 – 61 #17 of 42
Financial Health 23 #41 of 53 52 #26 of 53 39 #33 of 53
Shareholder Returns 12 #30 of 34 15 #29 of 34 9 #31 of 34
Overall 35 – 49
  • REAL ranked among 53 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • ZGN ranked among 53 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • VNCE ranked among 53 companies in Apparel and Luxury

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodREALZGNVNCESPY
1 month +18.5%+8.6%+7.5% -1.0%
3 months -2.6%-5.8%+101.3% +2.9%
6 months -11.7%+12.9%+148.7% +6.4%
Year to date -31.3%+31.7%+192.6% +11.4%
1 year -10.0%+29.4%+304.7% +13.1%
3 years +691.2%+17.1%+938.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year +99.4%+5.4%+118.3% +21.5%
5 years -12.5%+35.0%+34.8% +67.7%
5 years, per year -2.6%+6.2%+6.2% +10.9%
10 years ——-79.1% +255.2%
10 years, per year ——-14.5% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureREALZGNVNCESPY
Volatility, 1Y 69.4%41.4%104.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 60.4%39.0%85.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.241.161.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.140.712.91 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -93.9%-61.4%-90.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -35.9%-11.5%-10.6% -2.5%
52-week high $16.90$15.25$13.36 $779.14
52-week low $8.12$8.69$1.99 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleREALZGNVNCE
P/E now vs peer median -16.2xmedian 15.9x —median 15.9x 20.2xmedian 15.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 0.7x —median 0.7x 0.5xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 47.1xmedian 9.2x —median 9.2x 10.1xmedian 9.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 36.4xmedian 12.2x —median 12.2x 8.5xmedian 12.2x
P/B now vs peer median -3.5xmedian 2.2x 3.0xmedian 2.2x 2.6xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -0.51median 0.57 —median 0.57 -1.14median 0.57

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsREALZGNVNCE
Revenue $749.91M – $314.66M
Gross profit $558.66M – $165.27M
Operating income -$5.84M – $13.43M
Net income -$81.13M – $7.62M
Free cash flow $36.21M – $18.11M
EPS (diluted) $-0.67 – $0.58
Cash & equivalents $119.13M $258.95M $1.01M
Total debt $570.24M $256.76M $96.90M
Shares (diluted) 121.02M 261.47M 13.19M
Enterprise value $801.30M $2.21B $143.25M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricREALZGNVNCE
P/E -16.2x – 20.2x
P/FCF 36.4x – 8.5x
P/Operating cash flow 24.5x – 7.8x
P/S 1.8x – 0.5x
P/B -3.5x 3.0x 2.6x
P/Tangible book -3.5x 3.0x 2.6x
EV/EBITDA 47.1x – 10.1x
EV/EBIT -230.3x – 12.3x
EV/Revenue 1.8x – 0.5x
EV/FCF 37.1x – 9.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.0x – 8.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.51 – -1.14

Growth

14 metrics
MetricREALZGNVNCE
Revenue growth (1Y) 17.7% – 8.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.2% – -0.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 17.5% – 13.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.9% – 8.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 86.2% – 178.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 69.5% – -4.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -129.4% – 145.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 27.1% – -16.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -126.5% – 144.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 31.4% – -17.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 930.1% – -7.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 41.5% – 44.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 320.9% – 19.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.4% – 42.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricREALZGNVNCE
Gross margin 74.5% – 52.5%
EBITDA margin 3.8% – 5.2%
Operating margin -0.8% – 4.3%
Pretax margin -10.8% – 3.5%
Net margin -10.8% – 2.4%
FCF margin 4.8% – 5.8%
Operating cash flow margin 7.2% – 6.3%
Return on equity – – 10.7%
Return on assets -21.2% – 2.5%
Return on invested capital – – 9.4%
Return on capital employed -3.9% – 8.8%
Asset turnover 2.0x – 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.7x – 2.6x
Stock comp / revenue 3.6% – 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricREALZGNVNCE
Debt / assets 38.1% 7.3% 5.4%
Debt / equity -0.4x 0.2x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.9x – 0.7x
Debt / FCF 4.0x – 0.7x
Liabilities / assets 199.9% 66.4% 74.3%
Equity / assets -99.9% 33.6% 25.7%
Interest coverage -0.2x – 4.4x
Current ratio 0.8x 1.5x 1.5x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.6x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.4x 0.0x
Altman Z-score -1.90 – -4.44

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricREALZGNVNCE
Dividend yield – 0.9% –
Net buyback yield -0.2% – -1.3%
Shareholder yield -0.2% 0.9% -1.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusREALZGNVNCE
Forward P/E 98.5xFY2026 30.7xFY2026 9.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.11FY2026 $0.44FY2026 $1.33FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -2.2%FY2026 +202.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +118.2% +34.1% -6.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $753.70MFY2026 $2.22BFY2026 $373.95MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.8%FY2026 -1.5%FY2026 +24.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +21.1% +17.0% +2.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersREALZGNVNCE
Held by institutions 92.8% 29.0% 14.2%
Institutions holding 250 135 35
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.4% +14.6% +98.6%
Institutions buying 154 77 20
Institutions selling 67 39 6
Buyers to sellers 2.30 1.97 3.33

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

REALZGNVNCE
REAL 1.00 0.19 0.13
ZGN 0.19 1.00 0.15
VNCE 0.13 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, REAL, ZGN and VNCE?

Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN) is the largest by market capitalisation: TheRealReal (REAL) $1.30B, Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN) $3.48B, Vince Holding (VNCE) $146.58M.

Which company is growing faster?

TheRealReal (REAL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: TheRealReal (REAL) +17.7%, Vince Holding (VNCE) +8.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Vince Holding (VNCE) has the highest net margin (TheRealReal (REAL) -10.8%, Vince Holding (VNCE) 2.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Vince Holding (VNCE) returned the most: TheRealReal (REAL) -10.0%, Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN) +29.4%, Vince Holding (VNCE) +304.7%. Over five years, Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN) compounded fastest (TheRealReal (REAL) -2.6%/yr, Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN) +6.2%/yr, Vince Holding (VNCE) +6.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN) has been the steadiest (TheRealReal (REAL) 69.4%, Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN) 41.4%, Vince Holding (VNCE) 104.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, REAL, ZGN and VNCE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Vince Holding (VNCE) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.