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Deckers Outdoor (DECK) walked into its earnings night with everything a footwear company could want.<\/p>\n
Record fiscal 2026 revenue, record EPS, a blockbuster $3.5 billion buyback authorization, and a fiscal 2027 outlook that came in above Wall Street’s consensus.<\/p>\n
Then, Bank of America trimmed its price target the next morning anyway, MarketScreener reports.<\/p>\n
The new figure of $115, down from $120, with a Neutral rating maintained, sits roughly $11 below the Wall Street consensus of $126.62, per Stock Analysis. It’s not a panic call. <\/p>\n
But it’s a quiet signal that the company many investors view as a “growth-at-any-price” story may be running into a more complicated chapter.<\/p>\n
And the actual numbers, when you pull them apart, explain why.<\/p>\n
HOKA delivered its biggest quarter ever, but slowing U.S. demand and softer fiscal 2027 margin guidance prompted Bank of America to cut its Deckers price target to $115.<\/p>\n
Justin Sullivan / Getty Images<\/p>\n
What BofA saw in Deckers’ fiscal 2026 results that the headline missed<\/p>\n
The fourth quarter print looked clean on the surface, as seen on Yahoo Finance. Revenue of $1.12 billion grew 9.6% year over year, and EPS of 96 cents beat the Zacks consensus of 81 cents by 18.5%.<\/p>\n
But underneath, the engine isn’t firing on every cylinder.<\/p>\n
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HOKA and UGG carried the entire quarter. HOKA grew 14.5% to $671 million. UGG climbed 9.2% to $409 million. The “other brands” bucket, which houses Teva and the wind-down of Koolaburra and Sanuk, collapsed 35.6%, per Benzinga.<\/p>\n
That’s the two-brand company problem in one line.<\/p>\n
In terms of location-specific sales, international revenue surged 25.5% to $469.5 million. Domestic revenue rose just 0.3% to $649.8 million. The U.S., still Deckers’ largest market, has effectively stopped growing.<\/p>\n
Why slowing U.S. footwear demand is the bigger story for DECK investors<\/p>\n
The American consumer matters more than the headline numbers admit. And the broader footwear sector has been flashing yellow for months.<\/p>\n
Wells Fargo downgraded Deckers to Underweight on May 8, per Investing.com, cutting its target to $90 from $115 in the same note that downgraded Nike (NKE) on a GLP-1 thesis.<\/p>\n
The argument, led by analyst Ike Boruchow, is that the adoption of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs is rewiring how consumers spend on apparel.<\/p>\n
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The data point that matters: 23% of U.S. households had at least one GLP-1 user as of September 2025, with 55% of active users already buying new clothing or footwear because their sizes changed, per Sporting Goods Intelligence reporting on Circana data.<\/p>\n
The catch: that incremental spending is flowing into denim, casualwear, and intimates, not running shoes.<\/p>\n
That’s the structural backdrop sitting underneath BofA’s $115 target.<\/p>\n
What Deckers’ fiscal 2027 guidance is really telling Wall Street<\/p>\n
Management guided fiscal 2027 revenue to $5.86 billion to $5.91 billion and EPS to $7.30 to $7.45, above the $5.82 billion and $7.29 EPS consensus.<\/p>\n
But the deceleration is visible.<\/p>\n
EPS growth is guided at roughly 4% to 6%, well below the 11% delivered in fiscal 2026. SG&A is projected to grow at roughly double the pace of revenue. Operating margin is expected to be around 21.5%, down from 23.1% last year, according to Deckers’ earnings call transcript, per The Motley Fool.<\/p>\n
Here’s what BofA, Telsey ($113), and Truist ($125) appear to be pricing in:<\/p>\n
Three pressure points sitting inside Deckers’ guidanceMargin compression from $120 million in tariff costs and heavier marketing spend, with no tariff refund baked into guidance.First-quarter EPS guided to 82 to 87 cents, signaling growth won’t be linear.A two-brand portfolio carrying nearly 97% of revenue, with no obvious third growth engine after Teva’s contraction.<\/p>\n
The buyback helps. <\/p>\n
Deckers repurchased $1.075 billion of stock in fiscal 2026 and added $3.5 billion to its authorization, bringing the total to roughly $5 billion. <\/p>\n
With $1.91 billion in cash and zero debt, the balance sheet can absorb plenty of share repurchases.<\/p>\n
But buybacks support EPS arithmetic. They don’t solve a brand-concentration risk.<\/p>\n
What practical investors should weigh before chasing DECK<\/p>\n
The bull case is intact, but narrower than it was a year ago. International runway is real, HOKA is still the fastest-growingpremium running brand, and the cash machine keeps printing.<\/p>\n
The bear case is also real. U.S. growth has flatlined, GLP-1 headwinds are now in the analyst conversation, and the FY27 EPS math leans heavily on buybacks rather than organic earnings power.<\/p>\n
For long-term holders, the Deckers thesis hasn’t broken. <\/p>\n
For new money, the gap between BofA’s $115 and the $126 consensus is the range to watch. <\/p>\n
If Q1 fiscal 2027 confirms the deceleration, more targets are likely to converge toward BofA’s view. If HOKA reaccelerates in the U.S., the bears get squeezed.<\/p>\n
The next earnings print is the tell.<\/p>\n
Related: Tim Cook buys 25,000 shares of Nike stock<\/p>\n
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