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Designer Brands DBI Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin44.1%+0.6pp43.5%+0.7pp42.9%+0.6pp42.3%-0.1pp42.4%-0.3pp
Net margin0.4%+0.7pp-0.3%+0.6pp-0.9%+0.2pp-1.1%-0.1pp-1%-0.6pp
Free cash flow margin2.5%-0.2pp2.7%-0.7pp3.5%+2.7pp0.8%-0.5pp1.3%+0.3pp
Returns
Return on equity3.8%+6.9pp-3.2%+5.6pp-8.7%+1.4pp-10.1%-0.7pp-9.4%-6.0pp
Return on assets0.5%+0.9pp-0.4%+0.9pp-1.3%+0.2pp-1.5%-0.2pp-1.4%-0.9pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover1.4×0.0×1.5×+0.1×1.4×0.0×1.4×0.0×1.4×-0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio1.3×+0.1×1.2×-0.1×1.3×0.0×1.3×0.0×1.3×0.0×
Quick ratio0.3×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×
Cash ratio0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity4.4×-0.1×4.4×+0.1×4.4×-0.5×4.8×-0.4×5.2×+0.5×
Debt-to-assets0.6×0.0×0.6×0.0×0.6×0.0×0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×
Per Share
Book value per share$5.02-11.8%$5.70-1.6%$5.79+2.6%$5.65+3.4%$5.46+6.4%
Valuation
Market capitalization$296.03M+151%$314.69M+72.1%$182.82M+32.8%$137.68M+2.5%$134.33M-44.3%
Enterprise value$1.47B+2.6%$1.5B+4.7%$1.43B-0.7%$1.44B-0.5%$1.45B-2.1%
Price / earnings29×
Price / sales0.1×+0.1×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.0×0.0×
Price / book1.1×+0.6×1.1×+0.5×0.6×+0.1×0.5×0.0×0.5×-0.4×
EV / sales0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×
Free cash flow yield25%-8.3pp24.9%-29.8pp54.7%+37.8pp16.9%-12.4pp29.3%+16.3pp
Earnings yield3.4%+28.1pp-2.8%+12.0pp-14.7%+8.6pp-23.3%-1.6pp-21.7%-17.3pp
Dividend yield3.3%-5.2pp3.1%-2.2pp5.2%-1.7pp6.9%-0.5pp7.4%+3.1pp

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Questions, answered.

What are Designer Brands's profit margins?
Designer Brands (DBI) runs a 44.1% gross margin and a 1.2% operating margin, with a 0.4% net margin.
Where do Designer Brands's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Designer Brands's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.