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CALERES INC
CAL
$375M
Mkt Cap
$11.78
+0.86%
CALERES INC (CAL) has a current P/E ratio of 2.7, compared to its historical median P/E of 6.3. The stock is currently considered Cheap based on its historical valuation range.
CALERES INC (CAL) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 28.7%. This indicates strong capital allocation and a potential competitive advantage.
CALERES INC (CAL) has a market capitalization of $384M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Yes, CALERES INC (CAL) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 2.38%. The company also returns capital through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 1.31%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, CALERES INC (CAL) appears cheap. The current P/E of 2.7 is 57% below its historical median of 6.3. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is 55.0%.
CALERES INC (CAL) operates in the Footwear, (No Rubber) industry, within the Consumer Cyclical sector.
CALERES INC (CAL) reported annual revenue of $-18 million in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Caleres, Inc. (the "Company"), originally founded as Brown Shoe Company in 1878 and incorporated in 1913, is a global footwear company that operates retail shoe stores and e-commerce websites, and designs, develops, sources, manufactures and distributes footwear for people of all ages. Our mission is to inspire people to feel great...feet first. We meet consumers where they want to shop, whether in-store or online. We employ our “One Caleres” capabilities – design, sourcing, speed and marketing, working in unison to accelerate growth. The Company’s business operations are organized into two reportable segments—Famous Footwear and Brand Portfolio. The Famous Footwear segment is comprised of our Famous Footwear retail stores, famousfootwear.com and famousfootwear.ca. The Famous Footwear segment operated 846 stores at the end of 2024, selling primarily branded footwear for the entire family.
| Metric | TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 0 | -18M | - | - | - | 2.8B |
| Net Income | 0 | -6.7M | 107M | 171M | 182M | 137M |
| EPS | $0.00 | $-0.21 | $3.09 | $4.80 | $4.92 | $3.56 |
| Free Cash Flow | 0 | 39M | 55M | 156M | 70M | 113M |
| ROIC | 0.0% | 1.7% | 21.2% | 39.8% | 53.5% | 27.4% |
| Gross Margin | - | -6416.7% | - | - | - | 44.2% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | 2.25 | 2.15 | 2.21 | 3.35 | 0.91 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | $0.28 | $0.28 | $0.28 | $0.28 | $0.28 |
| Operating Income | 0 | 9.4M | 150M | 194M | 214M | 206M |
| Operating Margin | 0.0% | -51.1% | - | - | - | 7.4% |
| ROE | 0.0% | -1.1% | 18.5% | 34.9% | 49.2% | 43.0% |
| Shares Outstanding | 33M | 32M | 35M | 36M | 37M | 38M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 114M | 100M | 91M | 85M | 86M | -33M | 2.1B | 2.8B | N/A | N/A | N/A | -18M | 0 |
| Gross Margin | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | -3575.6% | 37.2% | 44.2% | N/A | N/A | N/A | -6416.7% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 911M | 913M | 943M | 1.0B | 1.0B | 1.1B | 889M | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| EBIT | 130M | 125M | 111M | 140M | 401K | 112M | -486M | 206M | 214M | 194M | 150M | 9.4M | 0 |
| Op. Margin | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.5% | -339.5% | -22.9% | 7.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A | -51.1% | 0.0% |
| Net Income | 83M | 81M | 66M | 87M | -5.4M | 63M | -439M | 137M | 182M | 171M | 107M | -6.7M | 0 |
| Net Margin | 72.4% | 81.3% | 71.8% | 102.4% | -6.4% | -189.7% | -20.7% | 4.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 36.2% | 0.0% |
| Non-Recurring | 3.9M | 4.7M | 29M | 3.6M | 52M | 13M | 97M | 13M | 1.5M | 4.8M | 6.7M | 24M | 24M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 12.7% | 11.2% | 9.2% | 12.4% | 0.0% | 11.1% | -110.0% | 27.4% | 53.5% | 39.8% | 21.2% | 1.7% | 0.0% |
| ROE | 16.3% | 14.3% | 10.8% | 13.1% | -0.8% | 9.8% | -219.3% | 43.0% | 49.2% | 34.9% | 18.5% | -1.1% | 0.0% |
| ROA | 7.0% | 6.5% | 4.7% | 5.9% | -0.3% | 2.9% | -23.5% | 7.4% | 9.9% | 9.4% | 5.8% | -0.3% | 0.0% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 119M | 149M | 184M | 191M | 130M | 171M | 126M | 168M | 126M | 200M | 105M | 103M | 0 |
| Free Cash Flow | 74M | 76M | 133M | 147M | 67M | 126M | 110M | 113M | 70M | 156M | 55M | 39M | 0 |
| Owner Earnings | 61M | 90M | 120M | 116M | 53M | 95M | 64M | 110M | 60M | 132M | 38M | 31M | -72M |
| CapEx | 45M | 73M | 51M | 45M | 62M | 45M | 17M | 56M | 56M | 45M | 49M | 64M | 0 |
| Maint. CapEx | 52M | 51M | 56M | 64M | 63M | 66M | 55M | 47M | 49M | 53M | 51M | 60M | 60M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 22M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3M | 6.9M | 0 | 0 | 4.1M | 0 |
| D&A | 52M | 51M | 56M | 64M | 63M | 66M | 55M | 47M | 49M | 53M | 51M | 60M | 60M |
| CapEx/OCF | N/A | N/A | N/A | 23.4% | 48.2% | 26.1% | 13.3% | 10.9% | 44.4% | 22.3% | 47.0% | N/A | 0.0% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 12M | 12M | 12M | 12M | 12M | 11M | 11M | 11M | 10M | 10.0M | 9.7M | 9.4M | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 3.2% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 4.9M | 23M | 6.0M | 44M | 33M | 23M | 63M | 63M | 17M | 65M | 5.0M | 5.0M |
| Buyback Yield | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 4.1% | 4.5% | 4.4% | 2.0% | 7.1% | 1.6% | 9.9% | 0.0% | 1.3% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 6.2M | 7.5M | 7.7M | 11M | 14M | 10M | 8.1M | 12M | 17M | 15M | 15M | 12M | 12M |
| Debt Repayment | 2.6M | 3.6M | 0 | 0 | 1.3M | 0 | 0 | 1.2M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9M | 2.9M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 129M | 78M | 142M | 133M | 168M | 153M | 272M | 230M | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | -34M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 67M | 118M | 55M | 64M | 30M | 45M | 88M | 30M | 34M | 21M | 30M | 30M | 34M |
| Long-Term Debt | 197M | 197M | 197M | 197M | 198M | 198M | 199M | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Debt/Equity | 0.36 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 2.24 | 0.91 | 3.35 | 2.21 | 2.15 | 2.25 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | 6.4 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 3.4 | -10.1 | 6.7 | 15.0 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Equity | 541M | 601M | 613M | 717M | 634M | 646M | 200M | 319M | 421M | 561M | 599M | 602M | 617M |
| Total Assets | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.8B | 2.4B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 2.0B | 2.1B |
| Total Liabilities | 673M | 702M | 861M | 770M | 1.2B | 1.8B | 1.7B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 13M |
| Intangibles | 121M | 117M | 217M | 212M | 307M | 294M | 0 | 0 | 210M | 198M | 187M | 189M | 192M |
| Retained Earnings | 399M | 468M | 522M | 596M | 519M | 524M | 158M | 158M | 266M | 410M | 442M | 421M | 446M |
| Working Capital | 421M | 485M | 316M | 417M | 123M | 31M | -123M | -189M | -80M | 46M | 79M | 17M | 57M |
| Current Assets | 790M | 875M | 844M | 847M | 976M | 882M | 783M | 836M | 831M | 789M | 837M | 863M | 981M |
| Current Liabilities | 370M | 390M | 528M | 430M | 853M | 851M | 906M | 1.0B | 911M | 743M | 758M | 846M | 924M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 1.89 | 1.85 | 1.52 | 2.02 | -0.13 | 1.53 | -11.80 | 3.56 | 4.92 | 4.80 | 3.09 | -0.21 | 0.00 |
| Owner EPS | 1.39 | 2.05 | 2.77 | 2.69 | 1.27 | 2.31 | 1.71 | 2.85 | 1.61 | 3.70 | 1.10 | 0.98 | -2.21 |
| Book Value | 12.34 | 13.66 | 14.19 | 16.62 | 15.15 | 15.73 | 5.38 | 8.28 | 11.39 | 15.70 | 17.26 | 18.89 | 18.90 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 2.71 | 3.39 | 4.25 | 4.43 | 3.10 | 4.16 | 3.40 | 4.38 | 3.41 | 5.61 | 3.01 | 3.24 | 1.83 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 43.8M | 44.0M | 43.2M | 43.2M | 41.9M | 41.1M | 37.2M | 38.5M | 36.9M | 35.7M | 34.7M | 31.9M | 32.6M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13.7 | N/A | 11.8 | N/A | 6.2 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 6.1 | N/A | N/A |
| P/FCF | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8.2 | 16.0 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 7.5 | 12.8 | 7.1 | 11.9 | N/A | N/A |
| EV/EBIT | N/A | N/A | N/A | 10.4 | N/A | 8.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Book | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.1 | N/A | 0.6 |
| Price/Sales | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | N/A | N/A |
| FCF Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12.3% | 6.2% | 17.1% | 20.5% | 13.3% | 7.8% | 14.1% | 8.4% | N/A | N/A |
| Market Cap | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2B | 1.1B | 740M | 533M | 844M | 892M | 1.1B | 659M | 0 | 384M |
| Avg. Price | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.29 | 29.46 | 20.44 | 8.99 | 21.75 | 23.30 | 24.97 | 32.66 | 0.00 | 11.78 |
| Year-End Price | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27.71 | 25.67 | 18.03 | 14.33 | 21.92 | 24.16 | 30.80 | 19.00 | 0.00 | 11.78 |
CALERES INC passes 5 of 9 quality checks, suggesting mixed fundamentals.
CALERES INC trades at 2.7x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 6.3x, suggesting it is currently Cheap relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 2.9x vs a median of 7.8x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 28.7%. Total shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) is 3.7%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +10.1%.
CALERES INC (CAL) has a net profit margin of 36.2%. This is a strong margin indicating high profitability.
CALERES INC (CAL) generated $39 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
CALERES INC (CAL) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.25. This indicates higher leverage, which may increase financial risk.
CALERES INC (CAL) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.21 in its most recent fiscal year.
CALERES INC (CAL) has a return on equity (ROE) of -1.1%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
CALERES INC (CAL) has a 5-year average gross margin of -3186.3%. This lower margin is typical of capital-intensive or commodity businesses.
The Ledger Terminal provides 16 years of financial data for CALERES INC (CAL), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
CALERES INC (CAL) has a book value per share of $18.89, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.