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Designer Brands Inc.

DBI Consumer Cyclical Footwear & Accessories

Designer Brands Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $2.9 billion, down 3.87% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
−1.23%
EPS
+40.9%
Free cash flow
+385.7%
Total debt
−18.1%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

6.61 0.64 −8.83%
Market cap
$340.0M
P/E
23.6×
Fwd P/E
−6.4×
Dividend yield
3.03%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.80
Beneish M
−2.58
Dividend safety
39/100
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Sold, $m 1.77
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 2 — — — — — 1 — — 2 — —
Insider Ownership 29.78%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 339.98
Revenue ttm 2,892.98
Net income ttm 25.11
Free cash flow ttm 119.92
Net debt Q 371.47
Valuation
P/E 23.61
Forward P/E (6.40) (negative: loss-making)
Price / sales 0.12
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 0.00
Price / book 1.12
Financial health
Current ratio Q 1.22
Debt / equity Q 1.41
Interest coverage Q 2.16
Growth
Revenue growth Q −1.23% (below 0%: shrinking)
Operating income growth Q +109.32% (above 0%: growing)
EPS, this year +217.34% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next year A +37.83% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A +0.74%
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +82.78% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 0.2×, against a ten-year median of 0.4×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.2× in 2020 to 0.8× in 2018.
P/E against its own 10 years 72.71%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 17.16%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 21.86%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 13.31%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
3.03%
Annual rate
0.20
Payout ratio
71.4%
Growth, 2017–25
−15.9%/yr
  1. 0.80 ’17
  2. 1.00 ’18 +25
  3. 1.00 ’19 +0
  4. 0.10 ’20 −90
  5. 0.00 ’21 −100
  6. 0.20 ’22
  7. 0.20 ’23 +0
  8. 0.20 ’24 +0
  9. 0.20 ’25 +0
  10. 0.20 ’26e −1
paid forecast change on the year, % Powerpack

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 49 45 51 52
Receivables 84 50 59 80
Inventory 571 600 564 595
Other — — — —
777 735 708 763
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 289 272 236 256
ST’ Debt 7 7 7 7
Other — — — —
622 590 588 627

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 0.99% 5.30% (4.45%)
Cash Flow (7.72%) 0.00% (18.30%)
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value (10.99%) 3.06% (13.26%)

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q2 FY26 Estimate 0.25 Actual 0.34

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q3 FY25 0.18 0.38 Beat by 0.20
Q4 FY25 −0.48 −0.31 Beat by 0.17
Q1 FY26 0.02 0.07 Beat by 0.05
Q2 FY26 0.25 0.34 Beat by 0.09
Q3 FY26 0.30 — Reports 8 December 2026

EPS $

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 0.02 0.31 — — —
’26 (0.36) 0.22 0.35 (0.40) (0.17)
’25 0.01 0.24 0.24 (0.89) (0.20)
’24 0.17 0.56 0.17 (0.52) 0.46
’23 0.34 0.62 0.65 0.66 2.26
’22 0.22 0.55 1.04 0.19 2.00
’21 (3.00) (1.36) (0.56) (1.85) (6.77)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 696 731 — — —
’26 687 740 752 714 2,893
’25 747 772 777 714 3,009
’24 742 792 786 754 3,075
’23 831 859 865 761 3,315
’22 703 817 853 823 3,197
’21 483 490 653 609 2,235
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 (22) 70 — — —
’26 (20) 21 67 42 110
’25 (20) 42 (10) 70 82
’24 23 112 68 (40) 162
’23 (41) 52 27 163 201
’22 (1) 98 68 7 171
’21 (39) (40) (27) (47) (154)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 (32) 58 — — —
’26 (28) 12 57 36 78
’25 (36) 28 (19) 58 31
’24 8 101 51 (53) 107
’23 (53) 37 12 150 146
’22 (7) 90 59 (4) 138
’21 (54) (48) (31) (52) (185)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 TTM Jul ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2027e 2028e 2029e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 2,718 2,806 3,178 3,493 2,235 3,197 3,315 3,075 3,009 2,893 2,893 +0.7% 2,914 2,972 2,996 +1.2%
Gross margin, % 28.87 28.48 29.54 28.62 13.93 33.43 43.88 43.06 42.73 43.57 45.77 +14.7 pt
EBT 202 126 11 120 (609) 173 160 40 (11) 2 47 (39.4%)
EBT margin, % 7.45 4.49 0.34 3.43 (27.24) 5.41 4.81 1.31 (0.36) 0.08 1.63 (7.4) pt
Net income 124 67 (20) 94 (489) 154 163 29 (10) (6) 25 n/m
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 33.34 35.00 39.71 47.45 30.95 43.77 49.04 50.17 56.08 58.87 56.84 +6.5%
Earnings 1.52 0.83 (0.26) 1.27 (6.77) 2.00 2.26 0.46 (0.20) (0.17) 0.28 n/m
Cash flow 2.61 2.38 2.19 2.67 (2.13) 2.35 2.98 2.65 1.53 2.24 3.09 (1.7%)
Capex (1.07) (0.70) (3.31) (1.06) (0.43) (0.45) (0.81) (0.90) (0.95) (0.64) (0.73) (5.5%)
Free cash flow 1.54 1.68 (1.12) 1.62 (2.56) 1.90 2.17 1.75 0.58 1.59 2.36 +0.4%
Book value 11.50 11.92 10.40 9.79 3.37 5.65 6.40 5.86 5.19 5.75 5.92 (7.4%)
Shares, m 82 80 80 74 72 73 68 61 54 49 50 (5.5%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 14.01 24.13 0.00 11.30 0.00 6.59 4.54 22.55 0.00 0.00 23.61 8.3
P/S 0.63 0.57 0.69 0.30 0.39 0.30 0.21 0.16 0.09 0.11 0.12 0.3
P/B 1.84 1.68 2.62 1.45 3.62 2.33 1.61 1.35 0.97 1.17 1.12 1.9
EV/Sales 0.56 0.47 0.68 0.38 0.52 0.41 0.33 0.28 0.24 0.25 0.24 0.4
EV/FCF 12.10 9.69 (22.83) (15.24) (2.96) (19.74) (18.92) (8.83) (4.12) (5.62) (8.31) (7.6)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 213 191 175 197 (154) 171 201 162 82 110 157 (7.1%)
Capex (88) (56) (265) (78) (31) (33) (55) (55) (51) (32) (37) (10.7%)
Free cash flow 125 135 (89) 119 (185) 138 146 107 31 78 120 (5.1%)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 443 543 492 221 28 155 154 155 144 120 135 (13.5%)
Net debt (209) (301) (9) 265 275 355 412 378 446 384 371 n/m
Shareholders’ equity 937 955 832 721 243 412 433 359 278 282 301 (12.5%)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 8.89 4.73 (1.35) 4.63 (22.01) 7.74 8.08 1.42 (0.52) (0.42) 0.87 (9.3) pt
ROIC 17.16 11.94 4.48 8.07 (70.71) 16.72 13.86 6.14 3.01 4.48 9.58 (12.7) pt
ROE 13.51 7.13 (2.29) 12.17 (101.40) 47.14 38.49 7.34 (3.31) (2.99) 6.10 (16.5) pt
People
People Employees 12,600 12,000 16,100 15,800 14,800 13,500 14,000 14,000 14,000 13,000 — +0.3%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.22 0.23 0.20 0.22 0.15 0.24 0.24 0.22 0.21 0.22 — +0.3%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to Jan 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026 · fundamentals updated 26 Oct 2026

Designer Brands Inc. vs peers in Footwear & Accessories (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
CROX Crocs, Inc. $7.0B 11.3× 10.1× +4.65% (above 0%: growing) +68.07% (above 0%: growing) +21.83% (above 0%: growing) 66.16% 28.00% Compare
BIRK Birkenstock Holding PLC $6.6B 17.3× 16.6× +16.05% (above 0%: growing) −10.26% (below 0%: shrinking) −3.15% (below 0%: shrinking) 59.05% 28.22% Compare
SHOO Steven Madden, Ltd. $2.9B 19.2× 16.4× +19.12% (above 0%: growing) n/m +233.50% (above 0%: growing) 46.50% 5.90% Compare
WWW Wolverine World Wide, Inc. $1.8B 16.8× 12.7× +6.79% (above 0%: growing) +15.62% (above 0%: growing) +104.37% (above 0%: growing) 46.47% 9.34% Compare
WEYS Weyco Group, Inc. $602.4M 16.9× 6.9× +6.86% (above 0%: growing) +487.50% (above 0%: growing) −31.69% (below 0%: shrinking) 70.37% 27.36% Compare
FOSL Fossil Group, Inc. $459.2M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −4.86% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −130.01% (below 0%: shrinking) 62.38% 1.53% Compare
RCKY Rocky Brands, Inc. $391.5M 11.3× — (loss-making) +13.28% (above 0%: growing) +78.16% (above 0%: growing) +221.36% (above 0%: growing) 45.02% 13.09% Compare
DBI Designer Brands Inc. $340.0M 23.6× — (loss-making) −1.23% (below 0%: shrinking) +40.91% (above 0%: growing) +385.67% (above 0%: growing) 50.01% 7.49%
VRA Vera Bradley, Inc. $200.3M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +1.12% (above 0%: growing) n/m +462.76% (above 0%: growing) 59.76% 5.83% Compare
Median of peers $1.2B 16.8× 12.7× +6.83% +68.07% +63.10% 59.41% 11.22%

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Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 7 May 2026

Chief executive’s pay

Year Total pay Actually paid $100 invested
2026 7.92m 9.90m 57.90
2025 4.88m (988.66k) 43.63
2024 5.72m 4.97m 77.80
2023 8.53m 4.67m 87.01
2022 9.74m 11.93m 104.41
Total pay is as the Summary Compensation Table states it; actually paid revalues the year’s share awards at its end, as the SEC’s pay-versus-performance rule asks. $100 invested is what $100 in the company’s shares at the start of the earliest year shown was worth at each year’s end. Read the proxy statement

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