Birkenstock (BIRK)
Consumer Discretionary · footwear and apparel · NYSE
Birkenstock is a heritage footwear brand defined by its iconic orthopedically inspired cork-latex footbed technology.
What Birkenstock does
Birkenstock is a global footwear brand known for its iconic cork-latex footbed design and functional, health-oriented products. The company designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of sandals, shoes, and boots across its premium and lifestyle collections.
Themes: premium consumer brands, footwear and lifestyle, functional fashion, heritage brands
Fundamentals
- Price$35.64 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$7.5B as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return-29.6% 2025-08-21 close $50.64 → 2026-08-21 close $35.64
- P/E18.38 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+16.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+57.3% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+12.9% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.46 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+11.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+19.1% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.33 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earningsn/a no confirmed date — as a foreign private issuer it reports on Form 6-K, which carries no earnings item code
How BIRK compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 266 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit margintop 10% 334 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating margintop 10% 334 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross margintop 25% 331 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 334 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 25% 325 covered Consumer Discretionary peers
Position among covered Consumer Discretionary companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
BIRK is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
Not scored for the long-term list: no shareholder return data.
Short-term score
41.6 #1318 of 1,704 scored · #134 of 186 in Consumer Discretionary
Volume and participation 60th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; catalysts 50th: analysts have raised their average price target by 2.7% since the prior reading; weakest is trend 21st: it is trading 15.3% below its 50-day average, the short-term trend line.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
How Birkenstock looks technically
Birkenstock (BIRK) is trading 11.7% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 35 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 18, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 39, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 3 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago. It is 33.4% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 11.7% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -11.7% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $42.06 | $42.06 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $40.38 | $40.38 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 8 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 8 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five; the labelling fails if price closes above 43.9. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C. | possible downward five-wave sequence, in wave 3 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 35 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 35 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 18, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 18.3 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 39, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 39.2 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($34.52 to $43.90) — its "stochastic" reading is 12 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 11.9 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 3 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 3 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $53.53 | $53.53 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 33.4% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -33.4% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 14.5% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +14.5% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 33.4% below its highest point of the past year | 33.4% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $64.78 (set on 2024-08-26) | $64.78 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($31.19 to $53.40), and it has recovered roughly a quarter of its fall from last year’s high — 20% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $44.92 to $45.63. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 20.0% |
| From the all-time high | it is 45.0% below its all-time high | -45.0% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.5% below a resistance level at $36.19 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-02-02, most recently on 2026-08-12. Since 2024-08-21 it has 0 such levels below the current price and 14 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +1.5% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $31.12 (set on 2026-05-15) | $31.12 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 14.5% above its all-time low | +14.5% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 61st percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $2.02 between its high and its low — about 5.7% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $2.02 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $34.46 and $42.51 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $34.46 – $38.49 – $42.51 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 5.7% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 5.7% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 2.3 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (11.7% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 2.3 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.77× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have raised their average price target by 2.7% since the prior reading | +2.7% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 1.4% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | +1.4% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 3.1% below the previous close 5 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 41 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | -3.0% |
| Gap filled | a 17.2% gap up opened on 2026-08-13 has been "filled" 2 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 4 sessions to close | 2 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 17.9 percentage points (the stock lost 15.6% while the market gained 2.3%) | -17.9% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 13.3 percentage points (the stock lost 10.2% while the market gained 3.1%) | -13.3% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 23.9 percentage points (the stock lost 12.8% while the market gained 11.1%) | -23.9% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 50.1 percentage points (the stock lost 29.6% while the market gained 20.5%) | -50.1% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: trading below its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 12% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thick, spanning 12.3% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | -12.2% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 10% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $39.67 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 154 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -10.2% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
BIRK last closed at $35.64 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 0 prices below its last close and 14 above; the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $36.19 | Resistance | 1.5% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-02-02 to 2026-08-12 |
| $36.83 | Resistance | 3.4% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-01-20 to 2026-05-05 |
| $38.18 | Resistance | 7.1% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-11-06 to 2026-02-24 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $43.90.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $26.08 and $32.88 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C, which fails on a close above $43.90.
This reading has stood for 2 trading days, since 2026-08-20.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Broke down to a new 20-day low · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · Analyst price target recently RAISED | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.64 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 20 analysts
- Mean price target$54.38 range $43.17 – $76.33; median $51.69
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-18. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for BIRK
- Consensus EPS estimate€0.4655 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-18
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Dependence on the global brand equity and consumer perception of its signature footbed products.","Risks associated with managing complex international supply chains and manufacturing operations.","Fluctuations in consumer demand and potential changes in fashion trends."]
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 3 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days0 buys · 1 sell ($1.1B) — 1 selling insider
- Last 90 days0 buys · 3 sells ($1.1B) — 2 selling insiders
- Last 180 days0 buys · 3 sells ($1.1B) — 2 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-17. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about BIRK's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
BIRK had 8,857,909 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for BIRK because its US listing is a depositary receipt and we have not yet read how many ordinary shares each receipt represents, so the share base cannot be converted. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 8,857,909
- Prior settlement (shares) 11,279,208
- Reported change -21.47%
- Days to cover (reported) 6.77
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Crocs (CROX)
- Deckers Outdoor (DECK)
- VF Corporation (VFC)
- Steve Madden (SHOO)
- Nike (NKE)
- Adidas (ADDYY)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Birkenstock (BIRK) do?
Birkenstock is a global footwear brand known for its iconic cork-latex footbed design and functional, health-oriented products. The company designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of sandals, shoes, and boots across its premium and lifestyle collections.
What sector is Birkenstock (BIRK) in?
Birkenstock (BIRK) is classified in the Consumer Discretionary sector. Its industry is footwear and apparel. It trades on NYSE.
Who are Birkenstock's (BIRK) competitors?
Notable peers of Birkenstock (BIRK) include Crocs, Deckers Outdoor, VF Corporation, Steve Madden and Nike. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is Birkenstock (BIRK) overbought or oversold right now?
Birkenstock (BIRK) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 39, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on BIRK come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.