secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CALERES INC (CAL)
CIK:        0000014707
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000014707-26-000039
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Caleres Q4 loss $0.70 per share; guides FY2026 adjusted EPS $1.35-$1.65
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- Q4 net sales $695.1M (+8.7%); GAAP loss per share ($0.70) vs prior year earnings $0.15.
- Brand Portfolio sales +20.3% (organic +1.5%); Famous Footwear sales -1.2% (comp +0.1%).
- Stuart Weitzman integration completed on time and budget with minimal disruption.
- FY2026 guidance: GAAP EPS $1.31-$1.61; adjusted EPS $1.35-$1.65; net sales up low to mid-single digits.
- Gross margin expected to improve 140-180 bps in FY2026 via tariff mitigation.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14707/000001470726000039/0000014707-26-000039-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14707/000001470726000039/cal-20260319x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014707-26-000039

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