Yahoo Finance: Quiksilver (Now Boardriders)

Yahoo Finance and Quiksilver (Boardriders)

While you can no longer find Quiksilver as a publicly traded company on Yahoo Finance, it’s still worth exploring its past presence and what happened to the brand. Formerly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “ZQK,” Quiksilver was a mainstay in the action sports apparel and accessories market.

Yahoo Finance provided investors with a wealth of information about Quiksilver’s financial performance, including:

Stock Quotes: Real-time stock prices, historical price charts, and trading volumes.
Financial Statements: Quarterly and annual reports detailing revenue, expenses, profits, and losses. Analysts and investors used these reports to assess the company’s financial health and growth potential.
Analyst Ratings: Opinions and price targets from financial analysts covering Quiksilver. These ratings helped investors gauge the overall sentiment surrounding the stock.
News and Headlines: The latest news articles, press releases, and market updates related to Quiksilver, keeping investors informed about events that could impact the stock price.
Key Statistics: Important metrics like market capitalization, price-to-earnings ratio (P/E ratio), earnings per share (EPS), and dividend yield.
Competitor Comparison: Data allowing users to compare Quiksilver’s performance against its rivals in the action sports industry.

However, Quiksilver faced significant challenges in the years leading up to its eventual delisting. Declining sales, intense competition from other brands, and changing consumer preferences put pressure on the company’s bottom line. A heavy debt load further compounded these issues.

In September 2015, Quiksilver filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States. Yahoo Finance users closely followed the news and updates related to the bankruptcy proceedings, as the company sought to restructure its debt and revitalize its brand.

Ultimately, Quiksilver emerged from bankruptcy in early 2016 with a restructured balance sheet and a new owner, Oaktree Capital Management. Although the “ZQK” ticker disappeared from the NYSE, the Quiksilver brand continued to operate.

In 2018, Oaktree Capital Management consolidated Quiksilver, Roxy, and DC Shoes under a single holding company named Boardriders Inc. While the individual brands retained their identities, this move streamlined operations and created a larger, more diversified portfolio.

Although you can no longer track Quiksilver’s stock performance directly on Yahoo Finance, the story serves as a reminder of the challenges and cyclical nature of the fashion and retail industries. Analyzing Quiksilver’s past financial data on Yahoo Finance offers valuable lessons in understanding the factors that contribute to a company’s success or failure in a competitive market. Now, focusing on Boardriders (though not publicly traded either) would be the closest equivalent to understanding the current financial health of these brands.