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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001319947-25-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DBI"
cik: "0001319947"
company_name: "Designer Brands Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T09:48:28.122618+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Designer Brands posts Q4 loss; comparable sales turn positive; FY2025 EPS outlook $0.30-$0.50

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $713.6M (-5.4% YoY); comparable sales +0.5%, first positive in nine quarters.
- Q4 reported net loss $38.2M ($0.80 loss/sh); adjusted net loss $21.3M ($0.44 loss/sh).
- FY2024 net sales $3.0B (-2.1%); adjusted net income $15.0M, adjusted diluted EPS $0.27.
- FY2025 guidance: low-single digit net sales growth; diluted EPS $0.30-$0.50.
- Dividend of $0.05/sh payable Apr 11, 2025; repurchased 10.3M shares for $68.6M in FY2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001319947-25-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DBI
- cik: 0001319947
- company_name: Designer Brands Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319947/000131994725000005/0001319947-25-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319947/000131994725000005/dbi-20250320.htm

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