---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000014707-23-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAL"
cik: "0000014707"
company_name: "CALERES INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T03:04:58.625533+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caleres reports record FY2022 sales and EPS; FY2023 guidance below prior year

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $696.4M (+2.5% YoY); GAAP EPS $1.13 (vs $0.88), adjusted EPS $0.65 (vs $0.91).
- FY2022 net sales $2.97B (+6.9% YoY); GAAP EPS $4.92 (record), adjusted EPS $4.52.
- Brand Portfolio Q4 sales +6.4%; Famous Footwear comparable sales +0.7%, segment sales flat.
- FY2023 guidance: net sales flat to +2%; EPS $4.10-$4.30, below prior-year $4.92.
- Inventory down 2.8% YoY; returned $73.4M via buybacks ($63.2M) and dividends ($10.2M).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000014707-23-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAL
- cik: 0000014707
- company_name: CALERES INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14707/000001470723000010/0000014707-23-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14707/000001470723000010/cal-20230314x8k.htm

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