Designer Brands Inc. · Shoe Stores

DBI

Moderate riskNext report: Around Dec 8 (est.)

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The short version

A company still losing money with steady sales.

Going well

Pays a 3.1% dividend yield
Buying back shares: share count down 32% in 3 years

Watch out for

Losing money

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 1.8% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (69 bought, 62 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$6.39+0.8% that day

Company value: $358M; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 22.8x; You pay about $23 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 0.12x; Company value is 0.12 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 3.1%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value: 14%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 120%; Owes more than the whole company is worth

From DBI'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

$730.6M-1.2% vs a year earlier

Oct '23Tap a barAug '26

Last 12 months: $2.9B, down 0.8% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 5.3% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

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

Sales growth-1% a yearRecently: -0.8% a yearProfit margin1%Last 12 months: 0.6%P/E at the end23xToday: 22.8x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-5% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$2.8B

Profit in 5 years$28M

Price these guesses point to$14.61+129% vs $6.39 todayAbout +18% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 1% margin and a 23x P/E, sales could shrink about 16% 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.

3/5Mixed

MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-0.3%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.6 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$78.3M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-31.9% in 3 years
PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.43.6%

Revenue: $2.9B; -3.9% vs prior year
5-year growth: +5.3%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $428.2M
Current ratio: 1.19x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: return on equity 15%+, 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 10

Revenue: $730.6M; -1.2% YoY
EPS: $0.31; vs $0.21
Op. margin: 7.5%; +4.0 pts
Gross margin: 50.0%; +6.4 pts
Free cash flow: $57.9M
Share count: +12.5%; 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: 2.3
vs normal: 0.0x

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

Institutional ownership

Steady+1.8%

Institutions added 1.8% to their holdings. 69 bought, 62 sold.

Shares held by institutions35.9M

Sep '24Jun '26

Safety check

From SEC filings

Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years

-5.8%

Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn

Cash flow positive

Debt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have

1.4x · $416.3M debt

Shares outstandingLatest reported

56M

Why moderate risk

Losing money
Debt above equity: 1.38x

Earnings reports

Last 12

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

Results filedSep 10
Results filedJun 9
Results filedMar 26
Results filedDec 9, 2025
Results filedSep 9, 2025

Flags and big holders

Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days

5%+ holder update (active)Oct 7 · View filing ↗Activist 5%+ holder update (active)Sep 15 · View filing ↗Activist

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

Option exerciseMark HaleySVP, Controller & PAO

14,492 shares

Now owns 14,492 shares
Filed 4 days after trade
Also: Shares withheld for taxes

Oct 15Form 4 ↗

Stock awardPeter CobbDirector

1,870 shares

+1% of holdings
Now owns 222,177 shares
Stock Unit
Filed 2 days after trade

Oct 7Form 4 ↗

Stock awardElaine J EisenmanDirector

2,427 shares

+1% of holdings
Now owns 288,264 shares
Stock Unit
Filed 2 days after trade

Oct 7Form 4 ↗

Stock awardJoanna T LauDirector

1,343 shares

+1% of holdings
Now owns 159,567 shares
Stock Unit
Filed 2 days after trade

Oct 7Form 4 ↗

Stock awardHarvey L SonnenbergDirector

580 shares

+1% of holdings
Now owns 68,784 shares
Stock Unit
Filed 2 days after trade

Oct 7Form 4 ↗

Stock awardAllan J TanenbaumDirector

2,677 shares

+1% of holdings
Now owns 317,895 shares
Stock Unit
Filed 2 days after trade

Oct 7Form 4 ↗

Insider tradeOct 9 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeOct 9 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeOct 9 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeOct 9 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeOct 9 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeOct 9 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeOct 9 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeOct 9 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeOct 9 · Form 4 ↗

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

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