Designer Brands Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:DBI Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
08 Apr 25	SellUS$72,233	Mary Turner	Individual	24,543	US$2.94
28 Jan 25	SellUS$1,348,586	Pleasant Lake Partners LLC	Company	250,000	US$5.47
13 Jan 25	BuyUS$2,820,985	Stone House Capital Management, LLC	Company	500,000	US$5.65
10 Dec 24	BuyUS$1,407,500	Stone House Capital Management, LLC	Company	250,000	US$5.63
11 Oct 24	SellUS$155,625	Mark Haley	Individual	25,787	US$6.04
17 Sep 24	SellUS$145,640	Harvey Sonnenberg	Individual	22,000	US$6.62

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: DBI insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of DBI?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	0	0%
Private Companies	1,273,099	2.34%
Hedge Funds	5,500,000	10.1%
Individual Insiders	13,554,130	24.9%
Institutions	34,007,408	62.6%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 94.39% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
25.1%	Jay Schottenstein	12,055,501	US$40.3m	-7.53%	no data
11.5%	Stone House Capital Management, LLC	5,500,000	US$18.4m	10%	13.76%
6.27%	BlackRock, Inc.	3,010,151	US$10.1m	-8.25%	no data
4.99%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	2,395,260	US$8.0m	-13%	no data
4.4%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	2,111,443	US$7.1m	-18.5%	no data
3.96%	Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership	1,899,531	US$6.4m	15%	no data
3.86%	Pleasant Lake Partners LLC	1,853,405	US$6.2m	41.8%	1.03%
3.3%	D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.	1,583,727	US$5.3m	6.01%	0.01%
3.29%	Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC	1,578,554	US$5.3m	-8.98%	0.22%
2.74%	American Century Investment Management Inc	1,315,104	US$4.4m	2.51%	no data
2.65%	Schottenstein Realty Llc	1,273,099	US$4.3m	0%	no data
2.41%	Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	1,155,863	US$3.9m	597%	no data
2.25%	Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments	1,080,228	US$3.6m	-26.4%	no data
2.05%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	981,339	US$3.3m	-8.93%	no data
1.95%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	935,902	US$3.1m	-4.09%	no data
1.66%	Two Sigma Advisers, LP	798,084	US$2.7m	-13.8%	0.01%
1.59%	Yarger Wealth Strategies, LLC	764,020	US$2.6m	16.8%	1.47%
1.54%	Millennium Management LLC	740,079	US$2.5m	-27.3%	no data
1.5%	UBS Asset Management AG	719,233	US$2.4m	537%	no data
1.49%	Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC	716,564	US$2.4m	-14.4%	0.04%
1.48%	Two Sigma Investments, LP	707,846	US$2.4m	-27.1%	0.01%
1.3%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	624,876	US$2.1m	13.4%	no data
1.24%	Marshall Wace LLP	593,513	US$2.0m	-64%	no data
0.94%	Deborah Ferree	448,967	US$1.5m	32.4%	no data
0.92%	Dana Investment Advisors Inc	441,551	US$1.5m	-10.6%	0.05%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/12 08:21
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/09 00:00
Earnings	2025/02/01
Annual Earnings	2025/02/01

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Designer Brands Inc. is covered by 28 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Mark Montagna	Avondale Partners
Corinna Freedman	BB&T Capital Markets
Eric Beder	Brean Capital