Caleres Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Caleres' CEO is Jay Schmidt, appointed in Dec 2020, has a tenure of 3.92 years. total yearly compensation is $7.80M, comprised of 13.7% salary and 86.3% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 1.01% of the company’s shares, worth €10.80M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.8 years and 7.6 years respectively.

Key information

Jay Schmidt

Chief executive officer

US$7.8m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	13.7%
CEO tenure	3.9yrs
CEO ownership	1.0%
Management average tenure	4.8yrs
Board average tenure	7.6yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Jay Schmidt's remuneration changed compared to Caleres's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Aug 03 2024	n/a	n/a	US$157m
May 04 2024	n/a	n/a	US$160m
Feb 03 2024	US$8m	US$1m	US$164m
Oct 28 2023	n/a	n/a	US$150m
Jul 29 2023	n/a	n/a	US$142m
Apr 29 2023	n/a	n/a	US$159m
Jan 28 2023	US$5m	US$769k	US$174m
Oct 29 2022	n/a	n/a	US$168m
Jul 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$188m
Apr 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$175m
Jan 29 2022	US$3m	US$760k	US$132m
Oct 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$22m
Jul 31 2021	n/a	n/a	-US$21m
May 01 2021	n/a	n/a	-US$87m
Jan 30 2021	US$2m	US$661k	-US$439m
Oct 31 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$362m
Aug 01 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$349m
May 02 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$294m
Feb 01 2020	US$2m	US$700k	US$61m
Nov 02 2019	n/a	n/a	-US$13m
Aug 03 2019	n/a	n/a	-US$12m
May 04 2019	n/a	n/a	-US$13m
Feb 02 2019	US$2m	US$650k	-US$5m
Nov 03 2018	n/a	n/a	US$88m
Aug 04 2018	n/a	n/a	US$93m
May 05 2018	n/a	n/a	US$87m
Feb 03 2018	US$2m	US$625k	US$85m

Compensation vs Market: Jay's total compensation ($USD7.80M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.46M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Jay's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Jay Schmidt (63 yo)

3.9yrs

Tenure

US$7,804,523

Compensation

Mr. John W. Schmidt, also known as Jay, serves as President since December 2, 2020 and Chief Executive Officer since January 2023 at Caleres,Inc. and Director since 2022 at Caleres, Inc. and was its Divisi...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Diane Sullivan	Executive Chairman	17.5yrs	US$7.19m	0.77% € 8.2m
John Schmidt	President	3.9yrs	US$7.80m	1.01% € 10.8m
Jack Calandra	Senior VP & CFO	2.2yrs	US$2.19m	0.13% € 1.4m
Daniel Friedman	Chief Sourcing Officer	18.3yrs	US$2.30m	0.20% € 2.1m
Michael Edwards	Division President of Famous Footwear	no data	US$2.40m	0.30% € 3.2m
Todd Hasty	Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer	5.7yrs	no data	0.071% € 756.9k
Willis Hill	Senior VP & Chief Information Officer	6.2yrs	no data	0.14% € 1.5m
Logan Bonacorsi	Vice President of Investor Relations	no data	no data	no data
Thomas Burke	Senior VP	12.7yrs	no data	0.18% € 1.9m
Liz Dunn	Senior Vice President of Corporate Development & Strategic Communications	less than a year	no data	no data
Douglas Koch	SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer	1.2yrs	US$1.45m	0.19% € 2.0m
Thomas Lucas	Senior VP of Finance & Treasurer	17.4yrs	no data	no data

4.8yrs

Average Tenure

56yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: BRP's management team is considered experienced (4.8 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Diane Sullivan	Executive Chairman	17.5yrs	US$7.19m	0.77% € 8.2m
John Schmidt	President	2.8yrs	US$7.80m	1.01% € 10.8m
Ward Klein	Lead Independent Director	17.7yrs	US$305.22k	0.24% € 2.6m
Wenda Millard	Independent Director	7.6yrs	US$271.81k	0.098% € 1.0m
Bruce Thorn	Independent Director	2.7yrs	US$246.81k	0.035% € 372.9k
Steven Korn	Independent Director	20.3yrs	US$256.81k	0.052% € 554.7k
Brenda Freeman	Independent Director	7.6yrs	US$266.81k	0.020% € 210.6k
Lori Greeley	Independent Director	9.8yrs	US$246.81k	0.0028% € 30.3k
Kyle Gendreau	Director	no data	no data	no data
Lisa Flavin	Independent Director	5.7yrs	US$276.81k	no data
Molly Langenstein	Director	no data	no data	no data
Mahendra Gupta	Independent Director	13.1yrs	US$266.81k	0.077% € 817.6k

7.6yrs

Average Tenure

63.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: BRP's board of directors are considered experienced (7.6 years average tenure).

Caleres Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Caleres Appoints Nancy Bitetto as Senior Vice President of New York Brands

Caleres Elects Kyle Gendreau and Molly Langenstein to the Board of Directors

Caleres, Inc. Announces Resignation of Carla C. Hendra as Member of the Board

Independent Director recently sold €162k worth of stock

Caleres, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 23, 2024

Caleres, Inc. Appoints Liz Dunn as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategic Communications

Recent updates

Caleres Appoints Nancy Bitetto as Senior Vice President of New York Brands

Caleres Elects Kyle Gendreau and Molly Langenstein to the Board of Directors

Caleres, Inc. to Report Q3, 2025 Results on Dec 05, 2024

Second quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: US$0.85 (vs US$0.95 in 2Q 2024)

First quarter dividend of US$0.07 announced

Caleres Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend, Payable on September 27, 2024

Caleres, Inc. to Report Q2, 2025 Results on Sep 12, 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 15%

Caleres, Inc. Announces Resignation of Carla C. Hendra as Member of the Board

Independent Director recently sold €162k worth of stock

First quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: US$0.88 (vs US$0.97 in 1Q 2024)

Caleres, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter of 2024 and Reiterates Earnings Guidance for the Full Year of 2024

Fourth quarter dividend of US$0.07 announced

Caleres Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend, Payable on June 20, 2024

Caleres, Inc. to Report Q1, 2025 Results on May 30, 2024

Caleres, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 23, 2024

Naturalizer, Lead Caleres Brand, Debuts Gen N Project Series with Deepica Mutyala

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$4.80 (vs US$4.98 in FY 2023)

Upcoming dividend of US$0.07 per share

Third quarter dividend of US$0.07 announced

Caleres, Inc. Appoints Liz Dunn as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategic Communications

Caleres, Inc. to Report Q4, 2024 Results on Mar 19, 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 15%

Caleres Announces Andrew Leckie Joined Famous Footwear as Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager

Senior VP & Chief Information Officer recently sold €386k worth of stock

Caleres, Inc. Reaffirms Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Year 2023

Insider recently sold €596k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.07 per share at 1.0% yield

Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer recently sold €163k worth of stock

Caleres Names Erica Mackoul as Senior Vice President of International

Caleres, Inc. Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Year 2023

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$1.32 (vs US$1.09 in 3Q 2023)

Caleres, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 21, 2023

Caleres, Inc. Reiterates Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023

Caleres, Inc. Appoints Natelle Baddeley as Chief Design & Product Officer

Insider recently sold €322k worth of stock

Caleres, Inc. Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter 2023 and Reiterates Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2023

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.95 (vs US$1.40 in 2Q 2023)

Upcoming dividend of US$0.07 per share at 1.1% yield

Caleres Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on September 29, 2023

Caleres, Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Aug 31, 2023

Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer recently sold €132k worth of stock

Senior VP & Chief Information Officer recently sold €182k worth of stock

Caleres, Inc.(NYSE:CAL) dropped from Russell Small Cap Comp Growth Index

New minor risk - Share price stability

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.97 (vs US$1.34 in 1Q 2023)

Caleres, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2023

Upcoming dividend of US$0.07 per share at 1.6% yield

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 21%

Caleres, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on June 28, 2023

Caleres, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Jun 01, 2023

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$4.98 (vs US$3.59 in FY 2022)

Upcoming dividend of US$0.07 per share at 1.2% yield

Caleres, Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Mar 14, 2023

Caleres, Inc. Reaffirms Revenue Guidance for Fiscal Year 2022

Caleres, Inc. Elects John W. Schmidt to Its Board of Directors, Effective from January 15, 2023

Upcoming dividend of US$0.07 per share

Caleres Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend, Payable on January 6, 2023

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$1.09 (vs US$1.56 in 3Q 2022)

Caleres, Inc. Reiterates Earnings Guidance for the Year 2022

Insufficient new directors

Caleres, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 22, 2022

Upcoming dividend of US$0.07 per share

Caleres Announces Executive Changes

Caleres Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on September 30, 2022

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$1.40 (vs US$0.98 in 2Q 2022)

Caleres, Inc. Reiterates Earnings Guidance for the Year 2022

Caleres, Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Aug 23, 2022

Caleres, Inc. Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes