Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Footwear & Accessories
Designer Brands Inc. DBI
$6.06 +0.00% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $307.7M
Inexpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Dec 8, 2026
Scroll or pinch to zoom, drag to move. Daily prices adjusted for splits. Markers: E = earnings (green beat, red miss), S = split, D = dividend.
Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 15.0% in a year.
- Net debt is 7.4× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 5 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +100.0%).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 28%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 2%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 20%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 36%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 50%
- Gross marginTop 30%
- Operating marginBottom 33%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 39%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Interest coverBottom 40%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 48%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 1%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 27%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 13%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 27%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 14%
- 6-month returnTop 46%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 7%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 37%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 34%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 23%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 16%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 9%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 16%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 10%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 6%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 15%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.6% | -0.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 48.2% | 45.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 0.6% | 3.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 0.8% | 5.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -0.8% | -1.6% | ↑ | Bottom 28% |
| Gross margin | 45.7% | 48.2% | ↓ | Top 30% |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 0.6% | ↑ | Bottom 33% |
| Net margin | 0.6% | -1.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.0% | 0.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.2% | — | Top 50% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -4.4% | — | Bottom 20% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +45.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 7.36×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.19%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.19%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +15.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -5.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 5
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +5.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $6.00
- Target vs current price
- -1.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 29
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 28%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | +31.9% | +14.8% | +15.7% | — | — |
| Jun 9, 2026 | +250.0% | -20.9% | -22.2% | -37.5% | -40.9% |
| Mar 26, 2026 | +35.4% | +4.1% | +7.0% | +52.1% | +12.5% |
| Dec 9, 2025 | +111.1% | +48.5% | +77.3% | +49.7% | +27.0% |
| Sep 9, 2025 | +54.5% | +5.5% | +5.8% | -16.3% | +0.5% |
| Jun 10, 2025 | -2700.0% | -18.2% | -35.9% | -20.1% | +18.2% |
| Mar 20, 2025 | +6.4% | +6.3% | -1.1% | -33.4% | -41.6% |
| Dec 10, 2024 | -28.9% | +3.8% | +1.0% | -5.5% | -30.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | $0.34 | $0.26 | +31.9% | $730.6M |
| Jun 9, 2026 | $0.07 | $0.02 | +250.0% | $696.4M |
| Mar 26, 2026 | -$0.31 | -$0.48 | +35.4% | $713.6M |
| Dec 9, 2025 | $0.38 | $0.18 | +111.1% | $752.4M |
| Sep 9, 2025 | $0.34 | $0.22 | +54.5% | $739.8M |
| Jun 10, 2025 | -$0.26 | $0.01 | -2700.0% | $686.9M |
| Mar 20, 2025 | -$0.44 | -$0.47 | +6.4% | $713.6M |
| Dec 10, 2024 | $0.27 | $0.38 | -28.9% | $777.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 21.6× | 7.1× | 75th | Top 48% |
| P/E (forward) | 11.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.3× | — | — | Top 27% |
| EV / Sales | 0.51× | — | — | Top 13% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 46.92% | — | — | Top 1% |
| Earnings yield | 4.63% | — | — | Top 48% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.1× – 39.4× since Jan 31, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 17
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -8.2%
- RSI (14)
- 51.1
- Relative volume
- 0.80×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 63.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 40th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.01
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.33
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -33.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -82.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2021 | Jun 13, 2025 | -88.9% | 1024 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -31.1% | 19 days | 6 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Nov 24, 2020 | Dec 21, 2020 | -23.2% | 18 days | 13 days (Jan 11, 2021) |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -13.2% | 5 days | 4 days (Mar 30, 2021) |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Jan 20, 2021 | -11.6% | 3 days | 3 days (Jan 25, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $307.7M
- P/E (TTM)
- 21.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.28
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.89B
- Dividend yield
- 3.30%
- 52-week range
- $3.11 – $9.17
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.20B | $3.32B | $3.07B | $3.01B | $2.89B |
| Gross profit | $1.07B | $1.08B | $974.9M | $1.29B | $1.26B |
| Operating income | $129.0M | $110.3M | $72.4M | $34.9M | $41.2M |
| Net income | $154.5M | $162.7M | $29.1M | -$10.5M | -$8.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.00 | $2.26 | $0.46 | -$0.20 | -$0.17 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $777.2M | $713.6M | $686.9M | $739.8M | $752.4M | $713.6M | $696.4M | $730.6M |
| Net income | $13.0M | -$38.2M | -$17.4M | $10.8M | $18.2M | -$20.0M | $1.2M | $17.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.24 | -$0.71 | -$0.36 | $0.22 | $0.35 | -$0.40 | $0.02 | $0.31 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $171.4M | $201.4M | $162.4M | $82.2M | $109.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$33.0M | -$55.0M | -$55.0M | $5.0M | $2.8M |
| Free cash flow | $138.4M | $146.5M | $107.4M | $87.3M | $112.6M |
| Dividends paid | -$13.5M | -$13.5M | -$12.2M | -$10.5M | -$9.7M |
| Net share buybacks | -$147.5M | -$147.5M | -$102.2M | -$68.6M | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $51.6M
- Total assets
- $2.01B
- Total liabilities
- $1.70B
- Total debt
- $1.21B
- Net debt
- $1.16B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $301.1M
As of Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 10, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | $0.05 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Jun 25, 2026 | $0.05 | Jul 8, 2026 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | $0.05 | Apr 10, 2026 |
| Dec 5, 2025 | $0.05 | Dec 19, 2025 |
| Oct 3, 2025 | $0.05 | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Jun 5, 2025 | $0.05 | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | $0.05 | Apr 11, 2025 |
| Dec 6, 2024 | $0.05 | Dec 20, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,353,920
- Days to cover
- 5.89
- Change vs previous report
- +3.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Nov 4, 2013
- 2-for-1