Warby Parker Inc. (WRBY)Healthcare | Medical Instruments & Supplies | New York, United States | NYSE
25.00 USD
-0.27
(-1.068%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 26.56 +1.56 (6.240%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:50 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:42 a.m. EDT
Warby Parker presents a classic high-beta growth story where the recent surge has created a disconnect between the current price and the underlying earnings reality. While the stock has rallied nearly 110% over the last three years, driven by a massive 95% jump in sales last year, the fundamentals remain fragile. The company is still posting negative operating margins (-3.6%) and a trailing P/E of 457x, indicating that the market is pricing in perfection rather than current profitability. The recent news of slowing growth and a rating downgrade adds headwinds, yet the options market remains overwhelmingly bullish, with traders betting on continued expansion into the $30-$45 range. This creates a tense environment: the business quality is improving but not yet robust enough to support the current valuation without further acceleration. For investors, this is a high-risk, high-reward momentum play dependent on execution, not a stable compounder yet. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.072113 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.075319 |
| AutoETS | 0.076997 |
| MSTL | 0.088150 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 38% |
| H-stat | 2.03 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.383 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.01 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 64.028 |
| Revenue per Share | 7.388 |
| Market Cap | 3,090,201,344 |
| Trailing P/E | 416.67 |
| Forward P/E | 40.96 |
| Beta | 1.93 |
| Profit Margins | 0.85% |
| Website | https://www.warbyparker.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:42 a.m. EDT: Speculators are aggressively positioning for upside, evidenced by massive volume and open interest in out-of-the-money calls (strikes $30-$45) relative to puts. The call chain shows significant new flow at distant strikes ($36, $38, $45), while put activity is concentrated in lower strikes ($20-$25) with notably lower volume. Implied volatility is elevated across expirations, reflecting the high beta and speculative nature of the trade.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.01095891 |
| Address1 | 233 Spring Street |
| Address2 | 6th Floor East |
| All Time High | 60.3 |
| All Time Low | 9.5 |
| Ask | 25.08 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Audit Risk | 3 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.7 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 2,131,990 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,982,225 |
| Average Volume | 2,982,225 |
| Average Volume10Days | 2,131,990 |
| Beta | 1.93 |
| Bid | 25.08 |
| Bid Size | 500 |
| Board Risk | 8 |
| Book Value | 3.062 |
| City | New York |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 25.0 |
| Current Ratio | 2.268 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 25.91 |
| Day Low | 25.0 |
| Debt To Equity | 64.028 |
| Display Name | Warby Parker |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,017,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,017,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,019,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,881,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,881,800 |
| Ebitda | 41,468,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.045489997 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 73.515 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.344 |
| Enterprise Value | 3,048,506,368 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.4195 |
| Eps Forward | 0.61034 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.06 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 26.8988 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -1.8987999 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.0705905 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -1.095891 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 31.0 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -6.0 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.19354838 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 14.96 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 10.04 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.67112297 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 14.96 - 31.0 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,632,922,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 94,621,965 |
| Forward Eps | 0.61034 |
| Forward P E | 40.960777 |
| Free Cashflow | 9,525,750 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 2,275 |
| Fullday Change | -0.27 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -1.06846 |
| Fullday Price | 26.56 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.53119 |
| Gross Profits | 484,232,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.05706 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.16685 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 123,608,054 |
| Industry | Medical Instruments & Supplies |
| Industry Disp | Medical Instruments & Supplies |
| Industry Key | medical-instruments-supplies |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,021-09-29 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Warby Parker Inc. sells eyewear products through its retail and e-commerce platform in the United States and Canada. The company offers eyeglasses and sunglasses; and single-vision, progressive, light-responsive, polarized, blue-light-filtering, tinted, non-prescription, and contact lenses. It also provides accessories, such as cases, pouches, lenses kit with anti-fog spray, travel cases, lenses cloth, anti-fog lens spray, and sun clip-ons through its stores, website, and mobile apps. In addition, the company offers eye exams and vision tests, as well as optical services. Warby Parker Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, New York. |
| Long Name | Warby Parker Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 3,090,201,344 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_107146021 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 7,742,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 3,123,575,524 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 13 |
| Open | 25.24 |
| Operating Cashflow | 95,357,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.03596 |
| Overall Risk | 10 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 646 847 7215 |
| Post Market Change | 1.5599995 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 6.2399974 |
| Post Market Price | 26.56 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,049 |
| Previous Close | 25.27 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 59.594757 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 8.164598 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 3.389843 |
| Profit Margins | 0.00849 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.803 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.71429 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.27 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.06846 |
| Regular Market Day High | 25.91 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 25.0 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 25.0 - 25.91 |
| Regular Market Open | 25.24 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 25.27 |
| Regular Market Price | 25.0 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,605,491 |
| Return On Assets | -0.01018 |
| Return On Equity | 0.020550001 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.098 |
| Revenue Per Share | 7.388 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 108,239,371 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1466 |
| Shares Short | 18,118,876 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 17,862,372 |
| Short Name | Warby Parker Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.2084 |
| Short Ratio | 6.45 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NY |
| Symbol | WRBY |
| Target High Price | 35.0 |
| Target Low Price | 24.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 30.46154 |
| Target Median Price | 32.0 |
| Total Cash | 292,673,984 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.368 |
| Total Debt | 250,979,008 |
| Total Revenue | 911,606,016 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.06 |
| Trailing P E | 416.6667 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 24.62495 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.3750496 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.015230471 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,605,491 |
| Website | https://www.warbyparker.com |
| Zip | 10,013 |