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
26 Dec 25	SellUS$104,840	Joanna Lau	Individual	13,105	US$8.00
11 Dec 25	SellUS$1,146,753	Deborah Ferree	Individual	142,277	US$8.06
11 Sep 25	SellUS$226,000	Harvey Sonnenberg	Individual	50,000	US$4.52
10 Sep 25	SellUS$53,846	Mark Haley	Individual	11,218	US$4.80
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

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
Private Companies	1,273,099	2.42%
Hedge Funds	5,500,000	10.5%
Individual Insiders	14,592,980	27.7%
Institutions	31,264,515	59.4%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 89.7% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
24.3%	Jay Schottenstein	12,055,501	US$86.2m	0%	no data
11.1%	Stone House Capital Management, LLC	5,500,000	US$39.3m	0%	32.15%
5.52%	BlackRock, Inc.	2,740,396	US$19.6m	-5.64%	no data
4.35%	Raymond James Financial, Inc.	2,160,950	US$15.5m	0.48%	no data
4.33%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	2,150,885	US$15.4m	-4.1%	no data
3.9%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	1,937,413	US$13.9m	-11.1%	no data
3.43%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	1,701,691	US$12.2m	53.1%	no data
3%	Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	1,487,770	US$10.6m	-3.46%	no data
2.85%	Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership	1,416,906	US$10.1m	-9.65%	0.01%
2.56%	Schottenstein Realty Llc	1,273,099	US$9.1m	0%	no data
2.4%	American Century Investment Management Inc	1,189,324	US$8.5m	8.87%	no data
2.34%	Susan Diamond	1,161,436	US$8.3m	0%	no data
2.01%	Pleasant Lake Partners LLC	1,000,000	US$7.1m	0%	0.76%
2.01%	Union Square Park Capital Management, LLC	1,000,000	US$7.1m	0%	4.81%
1.93%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	958,738	US$6.9m	4.14%	no data
1.68%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	835,824	US$6.0m	3.76%	no data
1.67%	Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC	830,510	US$5.9m	-1.48%	0.09%
1.54%	Millennium Management LLC	765,278	US$5.5m	3,660%	no data
1.53%	Yarger Wealth Strategies, LLC	757,029	US$5.4m	0%	2.4%
1.36%	Two Sigma Investments, LP	674,257	US$4.8m	-11.3%	0.01%
1.34%	UBS Asset Management AG	663,814	US$4.7m	-38.6%	no data
1.33%	Two Sigma Advisers, LP	662,284	US$4.7m	-17.4%	0.01%
1.13%	Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc	561,446	US$4.0m	67.6%	0.02%
1.1%	Group One Trading LLC	548,040	US$3.9m	20.9%	0.12%
0.99%	D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.	492,218	US$3.5m	13.9%	no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/01/06 17:06
End of Day Share Price	2026/01/05 00:00
Earnings	2025/11/01
Annual Earnings	2025/02/01

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
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 18 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.

Analyst	Institution
Camilo Lyon	Canaccord Genuity
Jeff Black	Citigroup Inc
Steven Marotta	CL King & Associates, Inc.