CALERES INC · Footwear,

CAL

Low riskNext report: Around Dec 8 (est.)

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The short version

A company still losing money with steady sales.

Going well

Buying back shares: share count down 8.2% in 3 years
Pays a 2.2% dividend yield

Watch out for

Losing money

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions cut 1.4% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (81 bought, 75 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$12.93-0.1% that day

Company value: $446M; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 8.5x; You pay about $9 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 0.16x; Company value is 0.16 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 2.2%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value: 11%; Cash as a share of company value

From CAL's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Aug '26

$695.5M+5.6% vs a year earlier

Oct '23Tap a barAug '26

Last 12 months: $2.8B, up 7.3% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 5.4% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of CAL. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+7% a yearRecently: +7.3% a yearProfit margin2%Last 12 months: 1.7%P/E at the end9xToday: 8.5x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-3% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$4.0B

Profit in 5 years$80M

Price these guesses point to$24.26+88% vs $12.93 todayAbout +13% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 2% margin and a 9x P/E, sales could shrink about 5.7% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

3/6Mixed

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.-1.6%
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-0.4%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.7 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$39.4M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-8.2% in 3 years
PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.43.0%

Revenue: $2.8B; +1.3% vs prior year
5-year growth: +5.4%/yr; revenue, per year
Current ratio: 1.02x; short-term assets / bills due
Free cash flow: $39.4M; 1.4% of revenue

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: debt under half of equity. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.

Latest quarter

Quarter ended Aug 1, 2026

Reported Sep 9

Revenue: $695.5M; +5.6% YoY
EPS: $1.71; vs $0.20
Op. margin: 11.2%; +9.8 pts
Gross margin: 54.8%; +11.4 pts
Free cash flow: $75.6M
Share count: +0.6%; vs a year ago

Insider rating

Last 90 days

No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.

Weekly insider trend

No trades to chart yet.

Filing buzz

Last 7 days vs normal

0/ 100

This week: 0
Normal week: 1.0
vs normal: 0.0x

SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.

Institutional ownership

Steady-1.4%

Institutions cut 1.4% from their holdings. 81 bought, 75 sold. 4 quarters of net selling in a row.

Shares held by institutions29.8M

Sep '24Jun '26

Safety check

From SEC filings

Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years

-1.0%

Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn

Cash flow positive

Shares outstandingLatest reported

35M

Why low risk

Losing money

Earnings reports

Last 12

Next reportAround Dec 8 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year

Results filedSep 9
Results filedJun 4
Results filedMar 19
Results filedDec 9, 2025
Results filedSep 4, 2025

Flags and big holders

Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days

5%+ holder update (passive)Jul 31 · View filing ↗Big holder

Insider trades

Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days

No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.

"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.

Latest filings

Straight from SEC EDGAR

Stock awardThomas C BurkeSVP, General Counsel

26,318 shares

Now owns 26,318 shares
Stock Price Incentive Award
Filed 4 days after trade

Sep 11Form 4 ↗

Stock awardKathleen K WelterSVP, Chief HR Officer

21,706 shares

Now owns 21,706 shares
Stock Price Incentive Award
Filed 4 days after trade

Sep 11Form 4 ↗

Stock awardJohn W SchmidtPresident & CEO, Caleres, Director

116,280 shares

Now owns 116,280 shares
Stock Price Incentive Award
Filed 4 days after trade

Sep 11Form 4 ↗

Stock awardDaniel L KarpelSVP, Chief Financial Officer

29,845 shares

Now owns 29,845 shares
Stock Price Incentive Award
Filed 4 days after trade

Sep 11Form 4 ↗

Stock awardBrian P CostelloDiv President, Famous Footwear

29,845 shares

Now owns 29,845 shares
Stock Price Incentive Award
Filed 4 days after trade

Sep 11Form 4 ↗

Stock awardDaniel R FreidmanChief Sourcing Officer

29,303 shares

Now owns 29,303 shares
Stock Price Incentive Award
Filed 4 days after trade

Sep 11Form 4 ↗

Insider tradeSep 15 · Form 4 ↗Quarterly reportSep 10 · Form 10-Q ↗Earnings resultsSep 9 · Form 8-K ↗Insider tradeSep 9 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeAug 3 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeAug 3 · Form 4 ↗5%+ holder update (passive)Jul 31 · Form SCHEDULE 13G/A ↗11-KJun 25 · Form 11-K ↗Insider tradeJun 10 · Form 4 ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR filings. For informational purposes. Not investment advice.

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