Designer Brands Inc.

NYSE:DBI Stock Report

Market Cap: US$293.5m

Designer Brands Valuation

Is DBI undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of DBI when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: DBI ($5.52) is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value ($3.93)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: DBI is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for DBI?

Key metric: As DBI is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for DBI. This is calculated by dividing DBI's market cap by their current earnings.
What is DBI's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio26.4x
EarningsUS$10.60m
Market CapUS$293.49m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does DBI's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for DBI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13x
ZUMZ Zumiez
20.5x30.91%US$303.2m
LE Lands' End
1x-80.43%US$334.9m
JILL J.Jill
11.8x34.26%US$244.5m
GCO Genesco
18.7xn/aUS$376.5m
DBI Designer Brands
26.4xn/aUS$293.5m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DBI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.4x) compared to the peer average (13x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does DBI's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Specialty Retail Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
LUXE LuxExperience B.V
2x-81.56%US$1.07b
LE Lands' End
1x-80.43%US$334.92m
TKLF Tokyo Lifestyle
1.9xn/aUS$8.47m
COSG Grand Gallery
0.001xn/aUS$13.18k
No more companies available in this PE range
DBI 26.4xIndustry Avg. 19.6xNo. of Companies14PE01224364860+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DBI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.4x) compared to the US Specialty Retail industry average (19.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DBI's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

DBI PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio26.4x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate DBI's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst DBI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$5.52
US$7.75
+40.40%
3.23%US$8.00US$7.50n/a2
Jun ’27US$8.20
US$7.50
-8.54%
6.67%US$8.00US$7.00n/a2
May ’27US$7.57
US$6.50
-14.13%
7.69%US$7.00US$6.00n/a2
Apr ’27US$5.81
US$6.50
+11.88%
7.69%US$7.00US$6.00n/a2
Mar ’27US$7.12
US$7.25
+1.83%
3.45%US$7.50US$7.00n/a2
Feb ’27US$6.34
US$7.25
+14.35%
3.45%US$7.50US$7.00n/a2
Dec ’26US$4.23
US$4.50
+6.38%
11.11%US$5.00US$4.00n/a2
Nov ’26US$3.69
US$4.50
+21.95%
11.11%US$5.00US$4.00n/a2
Oct ’26US$3.57
US$4.50
+26.05%
11.11%US$5.00US$4.00n/a2
Sep ’26US$3.71
US$3.50
-5.66%
14.29%US$4.00US$3.00n/a2
Aug ’26US$2.56
US$3.50
+36.72%
14.29%US$4.00US$3.00n/a2
Jul ’26US$2.70
US$3.50
+29.63%
14.29%US$4.00US$3.00US$5.782
Jun ’26US$3.55
US$4.00
+12.68%
25.00%US$5.00US$3.00US$8.202
May ’26US$2.89
US$4.00
+38.41%
25.00%US$5.00US$3.00US$7.572
Apr ’26US$3.80
US$4.75
+25.00%
5.26%US$5.00US$4.50US$5.812
Dec ’25US$4.96
US$5.75
+15.93%
4.35%US$6.00US$5.50US$4.232
Nov ’25US$5.08
US$5.75
+13.19%
4.35%US$6.00US$5.50US$3.692
Oct ’25US$6.85
US$5.75
-16.06%
4.35%US$6.00US$5.50US$3.572
Sep ’25US$6.64
US$9.50
+43.07%
5.26%US$10.00US$9.00US$3.712
US$7.75
Fair Value
28.8% undervalued intrinsic discount
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Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but there are not enough analysts covering the stock to determine statistical confidence in agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/02 22:32
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/02 00:00
Earnings2026/05/02
Annual Earnings2026/01/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Designer Brands Inc. is covered by 17 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Camilo LyonCanaccord Genuity
Jeff BlackCitigroup Inc
Steven MarottaCL King & Associates, Inc.