secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Designer Brands Inc. (DBI)
CIK:        0001319947
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-12-10T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001319947-24-000052
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Designer Brands Q3 sales -1.2%, adjusted EPS $0.27; FY guidance slashed to $0.10-0.30
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- Net sales $777.2M (-1.2% YoY); comparable sales -3.1%; gross margin 31.8% vs 32.6%.
- Reported net income $13.0M ($0.24 diluted EPS); adjusted net income $14.5M ($0.27 adjusted EPS).
- Updated FY2024: net sales down low-single digits (prev flat-low); adjusted EPS $0.10-0.30 (prev $0.50-0.60).
- Cash $36.2M, debt $536.3M; repurchased 7.7M shares for $50.6M; quarterly dividend $0.05/share.
- Stores: 496 US, 179 Canada; closed 3 US stores, opened 2 Canada.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319947/000131994724000052/0001319947-24-000052-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319947/000131994724000052/dbi-20241210.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001319947-24-000052

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