---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001319947-23-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DBI"
cik: "0001319947"
company_name: "Designer Brands Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T00:13:02.516856+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Designer Brands Q4 adj. EPS $0.07, sales down 7.5%; guides FY2023 EPS $1.65-1.75 ex-Keds

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $760.5M (-7.5% YoY); comp sales -5.5%; adjusted diluted EPS $0.07.
- FY2022 net sales $3.3B (+3.7%); adjusted EPS $1.85; Owned Brands sales +32.1%.
- FY2023 guidance: net sales ex-Keds down mid-single digits; diluted EPS $1.65-1.75.
- Board approved $0.05/share quarterly dividend, payable April 14, 2023.
- CEO transition: President Doug Howe named incoming CEO; repurchased 10.7M shares in FY2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001319947-23-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DBI
- cik: 0001319947
- company_name: Designer Brands Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319947/000131994723000011/0001319947-23-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319947/000131994723000011/dbi-20230316.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001319947-23-000011.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Designer Brands Inc. reported financial results for three months and year ended January 28, 2023.
  - Period: three months and year ended January 28, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 16, 2023, Designer Brands Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its consolidated financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended January 28, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319947/000131994723000011/0001319947-23-000011-index.htm

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