William Blair starts J.Jill at Outperform on shareholder return potential

As previously reported, William Blair analyst Dylan Carden initiated coverage of J.Jill with an Outperform rating. Shares currently trade at just below 7 times the firm’s 2025 EPS estimate and its sees “some modest upside to numbers” from potentially better top line results, the analyst tells investors. The primary value opportunity, however, follows from a combination of an exit of the private equity firm that still holds 50% of shares and greater deployment of free cash flow, the analyst added.