DBI

Designer Brands Inc.
NYSEUSDEQUITY Consumer Cyclical DELAYED
Last price
5.94
▼ 0.03 (0.50%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
—
Prev close
5.97
Day high
6.12
Day low
5.87
Volume
660.87K
Market cap
$303.67M
P/E (TTM)
20.48
52W range
3.11 – 9.17

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
-5.71% -7.7%
1M
+12.93% +11.8%
3M
+7.03% +2.5%
6M
+1.37% -16.8%
YTD
-20.05% -34.3%
1Y
+65.00% +48.6%
3Y
-53.08% -135.3%
5Y
— —

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

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Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

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Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
+96.76K
Net buying
Buy transactions
8
174.97K shares
Sell transactions
3
78.21K shares
Net transactions
+11
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
0.4 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
8.91M
Total on file
Bought 174.97KSold 78.21K

Insider transactions

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DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Sep 17, 26
SONNENBERG HARVEY L
Director
SELL 24.00K $147.60K Direct
Sep 14, 26
HALEY MARK A
Officer
SELL 19.50K $123.52K Direct
Jul 31, 26
SCHOTTENSTEIN JOSEPH A
Director
STOCK 3.73K $0 Direct
Jul 31, 26
DAVIS LAURA
Officer
— 114.50K — Direct
Jul 8, 26
PAUL RICHARD A
Director
STOCK 239 $0 Direct
Jul 8, 26
SONNENBERG HARVEY L
Director
STOCK 239 $0 Direct
Jul 8, 26
SCHOTTENSTEIN JOSEPH A
Director
STOCK 239 $0 Direct
Jun 17, 26
PAUL RICHARD A
Director
STOCK 26.53K $0 Direct
Jun 17, 26
SONNENBERG HARVEY L
Director
STOCK 26.53K $0 Direct
Jun 10, 26
TURNER MARY JANE
Officer
SELL 34.71K $242.84K Direct
May 1, 26
SCHOTTENSTEIN JOSEPH A
Director
STOCK 2.97K $0 Direct
Mar 23, 26
SCHOTTENSTEIN JAY L
Officer, Director and Beneficial Owner
— 196.54K — Direct
Mar 23, 26
HOWE DOUGLAS M
Chief Executive Officer
— 294.82K — Direct
Mar 23, 26
TURNER MARY JANE
Officer
— 17.20K — Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

10 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
DAVIS LAURA
Officer 100.15K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
FERREE DEBORAH L
Officer and Director 427.87K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
FUND 1 INVESTMENTS, LLC
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security — Sale
HOWE DOUGLAS M
Chief Executive Officer 526.69K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
LAU JOANNA T
Director 84.75K Sale
PAUL RICHARD A
Director 145.87K Stock Award(Grant)
POFF JARED A
Chief Financial Officer 284.74K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
SCHOTTENSTEIN JAY L
Officer, Director and Beneficial Owner 5.78M Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
SCHOTTENSTEIN JOSEPH A
Director 1.63M Stock Award(Grant)
STONE HOUSE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L C
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security — Purchase

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$303.67M
Enterprise value$1.47B
Revenue (TTM)$2.89B
Gross profit$1.29B
EBITDA$123.50M
Net income$17.62M
EPS (TTM)$0.29
Free cash flow$85.08M
Total cash$51.59M
Total debt$1.21B
Book value / share$5.90
Shares outstanding43.39M
Float29.08M
Short % of float36.10%
Dividend yield3.37%
Beta (5Y)1.25

Valuation & profitability ratios

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Trailing P/E20.48
Forward P/E8.49
PEG ratio2.34
Price / sales—
Price / book1.01
EV / revenue0.51
EV / EBITDA11.88
Gross margin44.54%
Operating margin2.25%
Profit margin0.61%
Return on equity8.49%
Return on assets2.02%
Debt / equity393.37
Current ratio1.22
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Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 4 years · 6 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2026202520242023YoY
Total revenue $2.89B$3.01B$3.07B$3.32B -3.9%
Operating revenue $2.89B$3.01B$3.07B$3.32B -3.9%
Cost of revenue $1.63B$1.72B$1.75B$1.86B -5.3%
Gross profit $1.26B$1.29B$1.32B$1.45B -2.0%
Total operating expense $1.22B$1.25B$1.26B$1.27B -2.1%
Operating income $41.16M$40.12M$67.84M$182.84M +2.6%
Net interest income -$45.34M-$45.29M-$32.17M-$14.87M -0.1%
Pre-tax income $2.23M-$10.73M$40.20M$159.52M +120.8%
Tax provision $6.96M-$755.00K$10.98M-$3.14M +1,021.6%
Net income -$8.37M-$10.55M$29.06M$162.68M +20.6%
Net income to common -$8.37M-$10.55M$29.06M$162.68M +20.6%
Basic EPS -0.17-0.200.472.41 +15.9%
Diluted EPS -0.17-0.200.462.26 +15.0%
EBIT $47.57M$34.56M$72.37M$174.62M +37.6%
EBITDA $106.65M$98.38M$138.51M$255.94M +8.4%
Basic shares 49.79M53.66M61.30M67.60M -7.2%
Diluted shares 49.79M53.66M63.38M72.10M -7.2%

Options analytics

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Put / call volume
0.82
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.00
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
2.50
-57.9% from spot
ATM implied vol
0.0%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
-25.0%
Calls bid over puts
Call volume
11
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
9
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
12.50
136 contracts
Heaviest put OI
2.50
0 contracts

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

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Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jul 2026 0.260.34 +31.9%
Apr 2026 0.030.07 +100.7%
Jan 2026 -0.50-0.31 +37.4%
Oct 2025 0.180.38 +113.2%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 0.31 2 $764.06M +1.6%
Next quarter -0.22 2 $722.60M +1.3%
Current year 0.51 2 $2.91B +0.7%
Next year 0.70 2 $2.97B +2.0%

Analyst targets & ownership

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Mean target$6.75
High target$7.00
Low target$6.50
Implied upside13.64%
Analyst count2
ConsensusHOLD
Strong buy / Buy0 / 0
Hold2
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders17.44%
Held by institutions91.05%
Institutions holding194
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Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
6.13
-3.08% from price
SMA 20
6.10
-2.55% from price
SMA 50
5.99
-0.89% from price
SMA 100
6.25
-4.93% from price
SMA 200
6.58
-9.70% from price
EMA 12
6.07
-2.07% from price
EMA 26
6.01
-1.20% from price
EMA 50
6.02
-1.26% from price
RSI (14)
48.0
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
0.05
Hist -0.03
ATR (14)
0.27
4.55% of price
Realised vol 30D
64.2%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
6.61
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
5.58
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Death
5.99 vs 6.58
Trend bias
Below 200
-9.70%

Options chain

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Expiry
Spot 5.94
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
1.65
More volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.25
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
64.2%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-43.5%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-88.2%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
0.27
4.55% of price
Beta (reported)
1.25
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
5.35M
Prior 5.32M
Change vs prior
+0.6%
Shorts adding
% of float
36.10%
Heavily shorted
% of shares out
10.47%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
7.8
Crowded exit
Float
29.08M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

80 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Sep 14, 26 UBS MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Sep 11, 26 Telsey Advisory Group MAINTAINED Market Perform Market Perform
Sep 1, 26 UBS MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Jun 10, 26 Telsey Advisory Group MAINTAINED Market Perform Market Perform
Jun 10, 26 UBS MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Jun 1, 26 UBS MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Mar 27, 26 Telsey Advisory Group MAINTAINED Market Perform Market Perform
Mar 26, 26 Telsey Advisory Group MAINTAINED Market Perform Market Perform
Mar 19, 26 Telsey Advisory Group MAINTAINED Market Perform Market Perform
Mar 11, 26 UBS MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Feb 12, 26 Telsey Advisory Group MAINTAINED Market Perform Market Perform
Jan 8, 26 UBS MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate$0.20 / yr
Forward yield3.37%
5-year avg yield1.79%
Payout ratio68.97%
Ex-dividend dateSep 24, 2026
Next pay dateOct 7, 2026
Last split2:1
Split dateNov 4, 2013

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