---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001319947-25-000062"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DBI"
cik: "0001319947"
company_name: "Designer Brands Inc."
filed_at: "2025-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:45:58.518436+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Designer Brands Q3 EPS $0.35, adj EPS $0.38; net sales -3.2% to $752.4M; FY25 adj op profit $50M-$55M

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $0.35 (adj $0.38), both up >40% YoY; gross margin 45.1% (+210bps vs 43.0%).
- Net sales $752.4M (-3.2%); comparable sales -2.4%; gross profit $339.6M vs $333.8M.
- Cash $51.4M, debt $469.8M, inventories $620M; dividend $0.05 payable Dec 19, 2025.
- FY 2025 guidance: net sales down 3%-5%; adj operating profit $50M-$55M; adj tax $8M-$10M.
- Store count 672 (11,046 sq ft) vs 675 (11,082) YoY; U.S. DSW stores 497.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001319947-25-000062
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DBI
- cik: 0001319947
- company_name: Designer Brands Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319947/000131994725000062/0001319947-25-000062-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319947/000131994725000062/dbi-20251209.htm

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