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Culp Inc. (CULP)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Culp Inc. The latest annual period is FY2026. The latest reported quarter is Q1 FY2027. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Culp Inc.

Culp Inc is a North American company that markets mattress fabrics and upholstery fabrics for residential, commercial, and hospitality furniture. It serves leading bedding and furniture manufacturers globally by providing fabrics produced at its own manufacturing facilities and sourced from other suppliers. The company operates two main segments: mattress fabrics, which include knitted and woven fabrics and sewn covers for bedding products, and upholstery fabrics, which include fabrics for residential, commercial, and hospitality furniture as well as window treatment products and installation services.

Snapshot

Revenue
$203.5M
Revenue growth (YoY)
-4.6%
Net income
$-10.2M
Diluted EPS
$-0.81
Gross margin
12.4%
Operating margin
-3.5%
Net margin
-5.0%
FCF margin
-4.9%
ROE
-21.2%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
n/m
not meaningful: a reported loss in the fiscal year or the trailing twelve months
Market cap
$47.8M
Long-term debt / equity
—
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2026, the latest annual period (ended May 3, 2026). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Culp

  • Revenue fell 4.6% to $203M in FY2026, after a 5.4% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is now a 3.5% loss in FY2026, from 0.2% in FY2022.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2027: revenue $54M, up 6.5% from Q1 FY2026.
  • Free cash flow was negative $10M in FY2026.
  • Net loss narrowed to $10M in FY2026, from $19M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Culp’s fundamentals sit among the 410 Consumer Discretionary companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin12.4%
9th percentile of 277
Operating margin-3.5%
20th percentile of 348
Net margin-5.0%
20th percentile of 384
FCF margin-4.9%
11th percentile of 358
Revenue growth (YoY)-4.6%
23rd percentile of 401
ROE-21.2%
20th percentile of 349
Short interest1.00d
1st percentile of 408

Culp’s gross margin of 12.4% ranks in the 9th percentile of the 277 Consumer Discretionary companies reporting it. Culp’s FCF margin of -4.9% ranks in the 11th percentile of the 358 Consumer Discretionary companies reporting it.

3 reported insider purchases (code P) totaling $47,938 in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 2 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+2 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
1
0 new, 1 added
Reduced / exited
1
1 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$1.9M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$1.7M553.8KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$178,69357.6KAdded

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4. Multiple insiders have bought recently (a cluster buy).

Buys (90d)
3
2 insiders
Bought (90d)
$48K
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
—
Reported activity
Cluster buy
≥2 insiders buying
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-09-28
filed 2026-09-30
Robert George Culp IVPresident & CEOBuy3.0K$3.89$12K
2026-09-22
Mary Elizabeth HunsbergerChief Financial OfficerBuy5.0K$3.60$18K
2026-09-18
filed 2026-09-21
Robert George Culp IVPresident & CEOBuy4.9K$3.78$18K
2026-07-13
filed 2026-07-14
John Douglas CollierDirectorBuy5.0K$3.45$17K
2026-07-09
filed 2026-07-10
Robert George Culp IVPresident & CEOBuy2.8K$3.33$9K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
37.3K
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
-43.5%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
1.00
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
103.4K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-3037.3K-43.5%1.00
2026-09-1566.0K+70.8%1.00
2026-08-3138.7K-9.6%2.33
2026-08-1442.8K+14.2%2.72
2026-07-3137.5K-11.5%3.29
2026-07-1542.3K+35.6%1.00
2026-06-3031.2K+12.9%1.00
2026-06-1527.6K+1.8%1.05

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$203.5M$213.2M$225.3M$234.9M$294.8M
Gross profit
Operating income$-7.2M$-18.4M$-11.3M$-28.5M$678,000
Net income$-10.2M$-19.1M$-13.8M$-31.5M$-3.2M
Diluted EPS$-0.81$-1.53$-1.11$-2.57$-0.26

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Cash and equivalents$8.3M$5.6M$10.0M$21.0M$14.6M
Current assets$80.7M$83.5M$80.9M$95.5M$107.2M
Total assets$112.0M$123.4M$132.1M$152.2M$177.6M
Current liabilities$45.0M$47.0M$38.1M$44.0M$32.6M
Long-term debt—————
Total liabilities$63.8M$65.7M$55.9M$63.1M$58.1M
Total equity$48.1M$57.6M$76.1M$89.1M$119.5M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Operating cash flow$-9.4M$-17.6M$-8.2M$7.8M$-17.4M
Capital expenditure$596,000$2.9M$3.7M$2.1M$5.7M
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2027$54.0M6.5%$6.0M$0.47
Q4 FY20265.8%
Q3 FY2026$48.0M-8.2%$-3.4M$-0.27
Q2 FY2026$53.2M-4.4%$-4.3M$-0.34
Q1 FY2026$50.7M-10.3%$-231,000$-0.02
Q4 FY2025-1.5%
Q3 FY2025$52.3M-13.5%$-4.1M$-0.33
Q2 FY2025$55.7M-5.2%$-5.6M$-0.45

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorConsumer Discretionary
SIC industryBroadwoven Fabric Mills, Cotton
Latest annual periodFY2026 (ended May 3, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ1 FY2027 (ended August 2, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2012
SEC CIK723603

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-07-17
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10-Q2026-09-11
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10-Q2026-03-13
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10-Q2025-12-12
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10-Q2025-09-12
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8-K2026-09-23
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8-K2026-09-09
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8-K2026-07-01
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.