---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-035322"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHOO"
cik: "0000913241"
company_name: "STEVEN MADDEN, LTD."
filed_at: "2026-07-30T11:00:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-30T11:06:41.546577+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Steve Madden Q2 revenue up 19% to $665.9M; raises FY2026 revenue and adjusted EPS guidance

## Summary
- Q2 revenue $665.9M (+19.1% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $0.38 vs ($0.56) loss; adjusted diluted EPS $0.44 vs $0.20.
- Gross margin improved to 46.5% from 40.4% (GAAP); wholesale revenue +13%, DTC +30.6%.
- Raises FY2026 revenue growth guidance to 11-13% (prev 10-12%); adjusted EPS guidance to $2.05-$2.15 (prev $2.00-$2.10).
- Board expands to 11, appoints Ken Pilot (founder Ken Pilot Ventures) effective Oct 1, 2026.
- Declares quarterly dividend $0.21/share, payable Sept 24, 2026 to record Sept 11, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-035322
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHOO
- cik: 0000913241
- company_name: STEVEN MADDEN, LTD.
- filed_at: 2026-07-30T11:00:25+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913241/000149315226035322/0001493152-26-035322-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913241/000149315226035322/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-035322
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-035322.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-035322.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kenneth Pilot was appointed as Director at STEVEN MADDEN, LTD..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board, also upon the recommendation of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, unanimously appointed Mr. Kenneth Pilot to fill the newly-created directorship resulting from the expansion in the size of the Board from ten members to eleven members, such appointment to be effective as of October 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913241/000149315226035322/0001493152-26-035322-index.htm

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