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Employees: 13,000
Size Designer Brands (DBI) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Apparel/Footwear Retail) with a market value of $329M, the 3035th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $6.43 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 7.8%, against -4.0% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 0.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.6%); the operating margin is 3.4% (peer median 3.5%).
Valuation It trades at 12.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.8× (8th cheapest of 15).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +5%, so the hurdle is -3 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.5 points below its cost of capital (6.7% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 12.9% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 8 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.89B | $2.89B | $3.01B | $3.07B | $3.32B |
| Revenue growth | — | -4% | -2% | -7% | — |
| Gross profit | $1.28B | $1.19B | $1.22B | $973M | $1.08B |
| EBITDA | $155M | $117M | $114M | $143M | $272M |
| Net income | $16.9M | -$8.37M | -$10.5M | $29.1M | $163M |
| Free cash flow | $120M | $78.3M | $31.3M | $107M | $146M |
| Capital expenditure | $37.1M | $31.6M | $50.9M | $55.0M | $55.0M |
| Total debt | $1.21B | $1.24B | $1.29B | $1.24B | $1.10B |
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| Measure | DBI | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +11.1% | -0.1% | 4th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -7.8% | -4.0% | 8th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -29.9% | -21.3% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -0.8% | +5.6% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 3.5% | 10th lowest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 12.5× | 12.8× | 8th cheapest of 15 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 2.3% | 2.2% | 8th least demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +5.3% | +5.8% | 7th lowest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -3.0 pp | -8.6 pp | 5th most demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.5 pp | -2.8 pp | 9th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.7× | 6.7× | 3rd most expensive of 13 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 7.5× | 2.8× | 2nd most indebted of 19 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Designer Brands DBI | United States | $329M | -8% | -1% | 3% | 12.5× | 2.3% | +5.3% |
| J.Jill JILL | United States | $333M | +70% | -2% | 8% | 10.3× | -5.4% | +6.9% |
| Baazar Style Retail STYLEBAAZA.NS | India | $314M | -6% | +35% | 5% | 33.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Stitch Fix SFIX | United States | $346M | -23% | +6% | -2% | n/a | 10.2% | -8.5% |
| XEBIO 8281.T | Japan | $298M | +7% | +3% | 1% | n/a | -4.4% | +4.5% |
| Smcp SMCP.PA | France | $368M | -17% | -1% | 9% | 6.3× | -6.7% | +6.9% |
| Citi Trends CTRN | United States | $375M | -3% | +11% | 1% | 22.1× | 49.7% | +0.9% |
| Genesco GCO | United States | $390M | +3% | +3% | 1% | 11.6× | 14.5% | +6.4% |
| Shoe Station SHOE | United States | $395M | -19% | -4% | 3% | 13.2× | 8.0% | +3.1% |
| Purple Style Labs PERNIASPOP.NS | India | $417M | n/a | +14% | -14% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Universal Store UNI.AX | Australia | $425M | +24% | +13% | 17% | 14.1× | 4.0% | +12.3% |
| United Arrows 7606.T | Japan | $426M | -1% | +8% | 6% | 10.1× | -10.9% | +6.2% |
| Jinfa Labi Maternity & Baby Articles 002762.SZ | China | $429M | -4% | +12% | -14% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Caleres CAL | United States | $438M | -6% | +7% | 4% | 6.6× | 0.4% | +5.4% |
| EEKA Fashion 3709.HK | Hong Kong | $442M | -20% | -4% | 8% | 6.8× | -19.3% | +2.6% |
| Lindex LINDEX.HE | Finland | $456M | +16% | +4% | 7% | 12.4× | -7.2% | +3.8% |
| Shenzhen Pengfei Green Energy Development 002356.SZ | China | $458M | -29% | -23% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Arvind Fashions ARVINDFASN.NS | India | $486M | -25% | +13% | 8% | 26.8× | 16.6% | +22.5% |
| Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail ABFRL.NS | India | $503M | -42% | -27% | -8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| boohoo DEBS.L | United Kingdom | $526M | +46% | +120% | 0% | 29.6× | n/a | n/a |
| RVRC RVRC.ST | Sweden | $596M | -1% | +5% | 21% | 14.4× | 7.6% | +17.6% |