---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000014707-25-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAL"
cik: "0000014707"
company_name: "CALERES INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T10:05:22.705708+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caleres Q4 sales down 8.3%; FY revenue $2.72B, EPS $3.09; FY2025 outlook cautious

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $639.2M (-8.3% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.15, adjusted EPS $0.33 at high end of guidance.
- FY2024 sales $2.72B (-3.4%); GAAP EPS $3.09, adjusted EPS $3.30; EBITDA $206.7M (7.6% of sales).
- Famous Footwear Q4 sales -9.6%, comps -2.9%; Brand Portfolio sales -7.2%.
- FY2025 guidance: net sales -1% to +1%, GAAP EPS $2.80-$3.20; Q1 sales -5% to -6%, EPS $0.35-$0.40.
- Returned $74.7M to shareholders via buybacks and dividends; Stuart Weitzman acquisition expected summer 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000014707-25-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAL
- cik: 0000014707
- company_name: CALERES INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14707/000001470725000013/0000014707-25-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14707/000001470725000013/cal-20250320x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014707-25-000013.txt

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