Designer Brands Inc.
DBI NYSE· Retail-Shoe Stores
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$6.30
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Designer Brands Inc. had $2.9B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 3.9% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +5.3% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 1.7%, up 0.5 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 2 is left after running the business.
- Designer Brands Inc. lost $8.4M in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $78.3M in fiscal 2025, 2.7% of revenue.
- Designer Brands Inc. returned $9.7M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 12% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 8.4%.
- Designer Brands Inc. owes $408M more than it holds in cash, about 3.8 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$353M
P/E
19.7x
Revenue
$2.9B
Net income
−$8.4M
Free cash flow
$78.3M
Operating margin
1.7%
Designer Brands Inc. in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−3.9%
No. Sales fell 3.9% last year.
Does it make a profit?
−0.3%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
2.7%
Partly. 2.7% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
3.8x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 3.8 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 9
Mixed. It passes 6 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
19.7x
One share costs 19.7 times its yearly profit per share.
What Designer Brands Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- January 31, 2026
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Mar 30, 2026
- Legal name
- Designer Brands Inc.
- CIK
- 0001319947
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $3.2B | $3.3B | $3.1B | $3.0B | $2.9B |
| Revenue growth | 43.0% | 3.7% | −7.3% | −2.1% | −3.9% |
| Net interest income | −$32.1M | −$14.9M | −$32.2M | — | — |
| Gross margin | 33.4% | 43.9% | 43.1% | 42.7% | 43.6% |
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 5.7% | 2.4% | 1.2% | 1.7% |
| Net income | $154M | $163M | $29.1M | −$10.5M | −$8.4M |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 4.9% | 0.9% | −0.4% | −0.3% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.00 | $2.26 | $0.46 | −$0.20 | −$0.17 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $171M | $201M | $162M | $82.2M | $110M |
| Capital expenditure | $33.0M | $55.0M | $55.0M | $50.9M | $31.6M |
| Free cash flow | $138M | $146M | $107M | $31.3M | $78.3M |
| FCF margin | 4.3% | 4.4% | 3.5% | 1.0% | 2.7% |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $13.5M | $12.2M | $10.5M | $9.7M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $148M | $102M | $68.6M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | 7.0% | −6.7% | −12.1% | −15.3% | −8.4% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $72.7M | $58.8M | $49.2M | $44.8M | $50.9M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $226M | $281M | $420M | $484M | $459M |
| Shareholders' equity | $412M | $433M | $359M | $275M | $280M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.5x | 0.8x | 2.7x | 4.5x | 3.8x |
| Current ratio | 1.2x | 1.2x | 1.2x | 1.2x | 1.2x |
| Interest coverage | 6.4x | 12.4x | 2.2x | 0.8x | — |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 32.4% | 28.6% | 7.2% | 3.9% | 4.7% |
| Return on equity | 75.5% | 38.5% | 7.3% | −3.3% | −3.0% |
| Return on tangible equity | 50.9% | 53.5% | 19.0% | −17.5% | −12.3% |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$1.8M
5 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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KIRA
At $6.30 a share, the company is worth $353M: 19.7 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001319947). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.