---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001319947-24-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DBI"
cik: "0001319947"
company_name: "Designer Brands Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T09:36:05.691185+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Designer Brands Q4 net loss $0.52/share; FY2024 EPS guidance $0.70-$0.80

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $754.3M (-0.8% YoY); total comparable sales -7.3%.
- Q4 reported net loss $29.7M ($0.52 diluted loss); adjusted net loss $25.3M ($0.44 loss).
- FY2023 net sales $3.1B (-7.3% YoY); reported net income $29.1M ($0.46 diluted EPS); adjusted EPS $0.68.
- FY2024 guidance: low-single-digit net sales growth, diluted EPS $0.70-$0.80.
- Quarterly dividend $0.05/share payable Apr 12, 2024 to holders of record Mar 29, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001319947-24-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DBI
- cik: 0001319947
- company_name: Designer Brands Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-21T23:59:59+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/1319947/000131994724000006/0001319947-24-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319947/000131994724000006/dbi-20240321.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Designer Brands Inc. updated its the three months and year ended February 3, 2024 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: the three months and year ended February 3, 2024
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 21, 2024 , Designer Brands Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its consolidated financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended February 3, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319947/000131994724000006/0001319947-24-000006-index.htm

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