Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) vs Fossil Group, Inc. (FOSL)

Designer Brands Inc. and Fossil Group, Inc. are both Footwear & Accessories companies. Fossil Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $459.2M against $340.0M — 1.4× the size. Fossil Group, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Designer Brands Inc. trades at 23.6×. Designer Brands Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.84% against −9.10%. Designer Brands Inc. has the higher net margin (0.61% vs −7.09%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.58% vs −1.76%). Across the 19 metrics below, Designer Brands Inc. leads on 14 and Fossil Group, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric DBI FOSL Footwear & Accessories median
P/E 23.61 n/m 17.09
P/S 0.12 0.46 1.01
P/B 1.12 6.16 2.84
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 12.64
EV/EBITDA 4.40 99.03 11.19
EV/Sales 0.24 0.59 1.27
Earnings yield 4.24% (16.60%) 5.29%
Free cash flow yield (25.32%) (8.15%) 6.01%

Profitability

Metric DBI FOSL Footwear & Accessories median
Gross margin 45.77% 56.73% 49.08%
Operating margin 3.56% (0.57%) 8.69%
Net margin 0.61% (7.09%) 6.62%
Free cash flow margin 4.15% (3.77%) 8.58%
Return on equity 6.10% (67.21%) 13.50%
Return on assets 0.87% (10.29%) 6.62%
Return on invested capital 9.58% (1.76%) 10.98%

Growth

Metric DBI FOSL Footwear & Accessories median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.84%) (9.10%) 0.70%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.00% 25.26% 12.95%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.30% (9.04%) 9.43%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric DBI FOSL Footwear & Accessories median
Debt to equity 1.41 2.74 0.47
Current ratio 1.22 1.76 2.26
Net debt to EBITDA 3.59 (13.61) 0.38

Dividend

Metric DBI FOSL Footwear & Accessories median
Dividend yield 3.03% — 2.01%
Payout ratio 0.71 — 0.37

Size

Metric DBI FOSL Footwear & Accessories median
Market cap 339.98m 459.20m 1.27b

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