Macy’s Stock Has Rallied This Year — But Here's Why One Fund Cut 6.7 Million Shares

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Jonathan Ponciano, The Motley Fool

Sun, November 30, 2025 astatine 2:18 PM CST 4 min read

New York City-based Cooper Creek Partners Management sold astir 6.7 cardinal shares of Macy's successful the 3rd quarter.
In airy of the sales, the worth of the wide presumption fell by astir $73 cardinal 4th to quarter.
Cooper Creek inactive holds 740,517 shares of Macy's valued astatine $13.3 cardinal arsenic of quarter-end.
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On November 14, Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC disclosed a large merchantability of Macy's shares successful the 3rd quarter, according to a caller SEC filing.

According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing published November 14, Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC sold astir 6.7 cardinal shares of Macy's (NYSE:M) successful the 3rd quarter, contributing to the wide worth of the presumption falling by astir $73 million. The remaining involvement stands astatine 740,517 shares, valued astatine $13.3 cardinal arsenic of September 30.

The fund’s merchantability leaves Macy's arsenic 0.4% of reported AUM, which places it extracurricular the fund's apical 5 holdings. The presumption was antecedently 2.7% of the fund's AUM arsenic of the anterior quarter.

Top holdings aft the filing:

NYSE:OI: $130.5 cardinal (4.9% of AUM)
NASDAQ:NWL: $130.2 cardinal (4.9% of AUM)
NYSE:CXW: $129.7 cardinal (4.9% of AUM)
NYSE:BBWI: $129 cardinal (4.8% of AUM)
NYSE:AAP: $107 cardinal (4% of AUM)

As of Friday, Macy's shares were priced astatine $22.36, up 40% implicit the past twelvemonth and good outperforming the S&P 500's 14% summation successful the aforesaid period.

Metric

Value

Price (as of marketplace adjacent Friday)	$22.36
Market capitalization	$6 billion
Revenue (TTM)	$22.7 billion
Net income (TTM)	$494 million

Macy's is simply a starring U.S. section store relation with a important nationalist footprint and a diversified marque portfolio. The institution leverages an omni-channel strategy to integrate in-store and integer experiences, driving income crossed aggregate user segments. More specifically, it offers apparel, accessories, cosmetics, location furnishings, and different user goods done section stores, websites, and mobile applications. The retailer targets a wide user basal successful the United States and prime planetary markets, serving some value- and premium-oriented shoppers.

Macy’s has staged a crisp rebound since the spring, demonstrated by stronger-than-expected second-quarter net (released successful September), yet Cooper Creek opted to dramatically trim exposure. With the crisp rally successful mind, the determination could suggest the money is rotating into opportunities with much payoff imaginable alternatively than expressing a presumption that the Macy's betterment is over.

The retailer's latest results underscore wherefore sentiment improved this year. Second-quarter nett income of $4.8 cardinal bushed guidance, portion adjusted net per stock came successful astatine $0.41—also supra expectations. Comparable income grew crossed each banners (marking the champion specified maturation successful 12 quarters), with Bluemercury, for example, posting its 18th consecutive 4th of gains. The institution besides returned $100 cardinal to shareholders during the archetypal fractional of the twelvemonth done an adjacent divided of dividends and stock repurchases.

For semipermanent investors, Macy’s remains a cyclical sanction tied to user strength—but its improving equilibrium sheet, amended inventory discipline, and multi-brand omnichannel footing could enactment much durable show than its estimation suggests.