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Designer Brands Inc.
DBI
$269M
Mkt Cap
$5.46
+1.87%
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) has a current P/E ratio of 17.6, compared to its historical median P/E of 10.5. The stock is currently considered Expensive based on its historical valuation range.
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 18.5%. This indicates strong capital allocation and a potential competitive advantage.
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) has a market capitalization of $228M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Yes, Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 4.17%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) appears expensive. The current P/E of 17.6 is 68% above its historical median of 10.5. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is 12.7%.
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) operates in the Retail-Shoe Stores industry, within the Consumer Cyclical sector.
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) reported annual revenue of $2.9 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Designer Brands Inc., originally founded as DSW Inc., is one of the world's largest designers, producers, and retailers of footwear and accessories. We operate in three reportable segments: the U.S. Retail segment, the Canada Retail segment, and the Brand Portfolio segment. The U.S. Retail segment operates the DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse ("DSW") banner through its direct-to-consumer stores and e-commerce site in the United States ("U.S."). The Canada Retail segment operates The Shoe Co., DSW, and Rubino banners through its direct-to-consumer stores and e-commerce sites in Canada. The Brand Portfolio segment earns revenue from the wholesale of our branded products to retailers and international distributors, the sale of our Vince Camuto, Keds, and Topo brands through direct-to-consumer e-commerce sites, and commissions for serving retailers as the design and buying agent for products under private labels.
| Metric | TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.9B | 2.9B | 3.0B | 3.1B | 3.3B | 3.2B |
| Net Income | -32M | -8.4M | -11M | 29M | 163M | 154M |
| EPS | $-0.62 | $-0.17 | $-0.20 | $0.46 | $2.26 | $2.00 |
| Free Cash Flow | 23M | 78M | 31M | 107M | 146M | 138M |
| ROIC | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4.8% | 7.6% | 30.7% | 47.3% |
| Gross Margin | 42.3% | 43.6% | 42.7% | 43.1% | 43.9% | 33.4% |
| Debt/Equity | 1.86 | 5.67 | 1.76 | 1.19 | 0.65 | 0.55 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.23 | $0.20 | $0.20 | $0.20 | $0.20 | $0.00 |
| Operating Income | 16M | 48M | 35M | 72M | 187M | 205M |
| Operating Margin | 0.6% | 1.7% | 1.2% | 2.4% | 5.7% | 6.4% |
| ROE | -11.3% | -3.0% | -3.3% | 7.3% | 38.5% | 75.5% |
| Shares Outstanding | 42M | 49M | 53M | 63M | 72M | 77M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | N/A | N/A | 2.7B | 2.8B | 3.2B | 3.5B | 2.2B | 3.2B | 3.3B | 3.1B | 3.0B | 2.9B | 2.9B |
| Gross Margin | N/A | N/A | 28.7% | 28.5% | 29.5% | 28.6% | 13.9% | 33.4% | 43.9% | 43.1% | 42.7% | 43.6% | 42.3% |
| 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 | 513M | 555M | 605M | 617M | 820M | 875M | 753M | 871M | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| EBIT | 242M | 214M | 200M | 125M | 59M | 127M | -586M | 205M | 187M | 72M | 35M | 48M | 16M |
| Op. Margin | N/A | N/A | 7.4% | 4.5% | 1.9% | 3.6% | -26.2% | 6.4% | 5.7% | 2.4% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 0.6% |
| Net Income | 153M | 136M | 124M | 67M | 74M | 94M | -489M | 154M | 163M | 29M | -11M | -8.4M | -32M |
| Net Margin | N/A | N/A | 4.6% | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.7% | -21.9% | 4.8% | 4.9% | 0.9% | -0.4% | -0.3% | -1.1% |
| Non-Recurring | 9.8M | -844K | 3.8M | 53M | 48M | 12M | 169M | 5.0M | 8.0M | 8.5M | 23M | 8.8M | 5.9M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 17.7% | 39.3% | 8.8% | 5.3% | 2.9% | 41.5% | -170.3% | 47.3% | 30.7% | 7.6% | 4.8% | 2.2% | 1.8% |
| ROE | 15.3% | 27.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 75.5% | 38.5% | 7.3% | -3.3% | -3.0% | -11.3% |
| ROA | 10.7% | 9.7% | 8.9% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 4.6% | -22.0% | 7.7% | 8.1% | 1.4% | -0.5% | -0.4% | -1.5% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 197M | 245M | 213M | 191M | 175M | 197M | -154M | 171M | 201M | 162M | 82M | 110M | 61M |
| Free Cash Flow | 99M | 141M | 125M | 135M | 110M | 119M | -185M | 138M | 146M | 107M | 31M | 78M | 23M |
| Owner Earnings | 118M | 158M | 117M | 95M | 79M | 93M | -262M | 70M | 92M | 67M | -243K | 32M | -19M |
| CapEx | 98M | 104M | 88M | 56M | 65M | 78M | 31M | 33M | 55M | 55M | 51M | 32M | 38M |
| Maint. CapEx | 68M | 74M | 83M | 81M | 79M | 87M | 88M | 78M | 81M | 66M | 64M | 59M | 61M |
| Growth CapEx | 30M | 30M | 4.8M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 68M | 74M | 83M | 81M | 79M | 87M | 88M | 78M | 81M | 66M | 64M | 59M | 61M |
| CapEx/OCF | 49.8% | 42.8% | 41.1% | 29.5% | 37.3% | 39.6% | N/A | 19.3% | 27.3% | 33.9% | 61.9% | N/A | 62.1% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 67M | 70M | 65M | 64M | 80M | 73M | 7.2M | 0 | 13M | 12M | 10M | 9.7M | 9.5M |
| Dividend Yield | 3.2% | 3.5% | 4.5% | 5.2% | N/A | 5.9% | 1.5% | N/A | 1.5% | 2.2% | 2.8% | N/A | 4.2% |
| Share Buybacks | 85M | 180M | 50M | 9.4M | 48M | 142M | 0 | 0 | 148M | 102M | 69M | 0 | 0 |
| Buyback Yield | 3.6% | 12.0% | 3.9% | 0.7% | 2.7% | 14.0% | N/A | N/A | 21.5% | 20.2% | 25.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 10M | 14M | 13M | 15M | 17M | 17M | 20M | 24M | 29M | 29M | 19M | 19M | 19M |
| Debt Repayment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2M | 0 | 21M | 0 | 2.3M | 11M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | N/A | N/A | N/A | -301M | 151M | 268M | 275M | 153M | 222M | 378M | 446M | 1.6B | 433M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 59M | 32M | 111M | 176M | 99M | 87M | 60M | 73M | 59M | 49M | 45M | 51M | 90M |
| Long-Term Debt | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 160M | 190M | 272M | 226M | 281M | 420M | 484M | 428M | 510M |
| Debt/Equity | 0.42 | -22.42 | -35.22 | 0.00 | -118.26 | -152.30 | -101.89 | 0.55 | 0.65 | 1.19 | 1.76 | 5.67 | 1.86 |
| Interest Coverage | 2245.2 | 1271.1 | 840.2 | 256.3 | 24.3 | 14.3 | -24.4 | 6.4 | 12.4 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 8.2 | 3.5 |
| Equity | 1.0B | -21M | -14M | -10M | -2.7M | -2.5M | -3.3M | 412M | 433M | 359M | 278M | 282M | 281M |
| Total Assets | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.6B | 2.5B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.1B | 2.0B | 1.9B | 2.1B |
| Total Liabilities | 427M | 464M | 491M | 466M | 788M | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.8B |
| Intangibles | N/A | 46K | 35M | 135K | 46M | 23M | 16M | 16M | 32M | 83M | 85M | 81M | 82M |
| Retained Earnings | 221M | 287M | 347M | 355M | 255M | 267M | -229M | -74M | 82M | 99M | 78M | 60M | 66M |
| Working Capital | 465M | 472M | 443M | 543M | 492M | 221M | 28M | 155M | 154M | 155M | 144M | 120M | 178M |
| Current Assets | 749M | 796M | 759M | 871M | 955M | 901M | 781M | 914M | 790M | 777M | 735M | 708M | 752M |
| Current Liabilities | 284M | 323M | 317M | 328M | 463M | 680M | 753M | 759M | 636M | 622M | 590M | 588M | 573M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 1.69 | 1.54 | 1.51 | 0.84 | -0.26 | 1.27 | -6.77 | 2.00 | 2.26 | 0.46 | -0.20 | -0.17 | -0.62 |
| Owner EPS | 1.30 | 1.80 | 1.42 | 1.19 | N/A | 1.25 | -3.63 | 0.90 | 1.27 | 1.06 | -0.00 | 0.65 | -0.44 |
| Book Value | 11.15 | -0.24 | -0.17 | -0.13 | N/A | -0.03 | -0.05 | 5.34 | 6.01 | 5.69 | 5.28 | 5.73 | 6.72 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 2.17 | 2.79 | 2.58 | 2.38 | N/A | 2.64 | -2.13 | 2.22 | 2.80 | 2.57 | 1.56 | 2.23 | 0.69 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.74 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.25 | 1.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.23 |
| Shares Out. | 90.7M | 88.1M | 82.4M | 80.3M | N/A | 74.4M | 72.2M | 77.2M | 72.0M | 63.2M | 52.7M | 49.3M | 41.8M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 15.5 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 20.0 | N/A | 10.7 | N/A | 5.7 | 4.2 | 17.4 | N/A | N/A | -8.8 |
| P/FCF | 24.0 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.0 | N/A | 8.5 | N/A | 6.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 8.5 | N/A | 9.8 |
| EV/EBIT | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8.4 | 29.6 | 8.6 | N/A | 5.0 | 4.8 | 12.2 | 20.4 | N/A | 40.6 |
| Price/Book | N/A | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | N/A | 0.8 |
| Price/Sales | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | N/A | 0.1 |
| FCF Yield | 4.2% | 9.4% | 9.8% | 10.0% | 6.3% | 11.7% | -23.4% | 15.7% | 21.4% | 21.2% | 11.7% | N/A | 10.2% |
| Market Cap | 2.4B | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.8B | 1.0B | 790M | 883M | 686M | 506M | 268M | 0 | 228M |
| Avg. Price | 23.29 | 22.58 | 17.62 | 15.38 | 20.84 | 16.39 | 6.70 | 13.44 | 12.52 | 8.88 | 7.02 | 0.00 | 5.46 |
| Year-End Price | 26.18 | 17.01 | 15.63 | 16.80 | 22.29 | 13.61 | 10.94 | 11.43 | 9.52 | 8.01 | 5.07 | 0.00 | 5.46 |
Designer Brands Inc. passes 3 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
Designer Brands Inc. trades at 17.6x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 10.5x, suggesting it is currently Expensive relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 1.8x vs a median of 8.5x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 18.5% with a gross margin of 41.3%. Total shareholder yield (dividends) is 4.2%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +20.7%.
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) has a net profit margin of -0.3%. The company is currently unprofitable.
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) generated $78 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.67. This indicates higher leverage, which may increase financial risk.
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.17 in its most recent fiscal year.
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) has a return on equity (ROE) of -3.0%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) has a 5-year average gross margin of 41.3%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 17 years of financial data for Designer Brands Inc. (DBI), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) has a book value per share of $5.73, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.