Designer Brands Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

DBI Stock  USD 5.04  0.15  3.07%   
Considering the 90-day investment horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Designer Brands is 'Cautious Hold'. The recommendation algorithm takes into account all of Designer Brands' available fundamental, technical, and predictive indicators you will find on this site.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
Sell Designer BrandsBuy Designer Brands
Cautious Hold

Market Performance

Very WeakDetails

Volatility

Slightly riskyDetails

Hype Condition

Over hypedDetails

Current Valuation

UndervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

Below AverageDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Responds to the marketDetails

Investor Sentiment

ImpartialDetails

Analyst Consensus

HoldDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

HealthyDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Unlikely ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon Designer Brands has a Mean Deviation of 2.94, Standard Deviation of 3.97 and Variance of 15.8
We provide trade advice to complement the prevailing expert consensus on Designer Brands. Our dynamic recommendation engine uses a multidimensional algorithm to analyze the company's potential to grow using all technical and fundamental data available at the time. To make sure Designer Brands is not overpriced, please confirm all Designer Brands fundamentals, including its cash and equivalents, cash flow from operations, and the relationship between the gross profit and debt to equity . Given that Designer Brands has a price to earning of 7.22 X, we urge you to verify Designer Brands market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your prevailing risk tolerance and investing horizon.

Designer Brands Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Designer Brands generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
Designer Brands has high historical volatility and very poor performance
Over 94.0% of the company shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies
On 18th of October 2024 Designer Brands paid $ 0.05 per share dividend to its current shareholders
Latest headline from gurufocus.com: Designer Brands Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Release Date

Designer Brands Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Designer Brands' historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Designer Brands' future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Designer Brands daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Designer Brands price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Designer Brands returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Designer Brands.
Mean Return
-0.56
Value At Risk
-7.74
Potential Upside
6.76
Standard Deviation
3.97
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Designer Brands historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Designer Stock Institutional Investors

Shares
American Century Companies Inc2024-09-30
1.3 M
Bank Of America Corp2024-06-30
1.1 M
Amvescap Plc.2024-06-30
1.1 M
Jane Street Group Llc2024-06-30
M
Millennium Management Llc2024-06-30
M
Geode Capital Management, Llc2024-09-30
975.8 K
Two Sigma Investments Llc2024-09-30
971.2 K
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2024-09-30
755.4 K
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp2024-06-30
679 K
Blackrock Inc2024-06-30
6.9 M
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts2024-06-30
3.9 M
Note, although Designer Brands' institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Designer Brands Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Capital Expenditures77.8M31.1M33.0M55.0M55.0M66.2M
Net Income94.5M(488.7M)154.5M162.7M29.1M46.8M
Change To Inventory9.3M160.3M(113.2M)(16.0M)76.2M80.0M
End Period Cash Flow86.6M59.6M74.5M58.8M49.2M78.3M
Change In Cash(14.0M)(27.0M)14.9M(15.7M)(9.6M)(9.1M)
Free Cash Flow118.9M(184.9M)138.4M146.5M107.4M85.7M
Depreciation86.6M88.0M77.9M81.3M66.1M60.0M
Other Non Cash Items12.1M144.5M7.5M19.2M6.3M6.0M
Investments(27.4M)2.6M(35.0M)(88.1M)(182.5M)(173.4M)
Net Borrowings30M153.7M(112.5M)42.8M38.6M47.2M
Dividends Paid79.8M72.6M7.2M13.5M12.2M11.6M
Change To Netincome26.2M199.2M30.4M(4.2M)(4.8M)(4.6M)

Designer Brands Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Designer Brands or Specialty Retail sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Designer Brands' price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Designer stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
-0.72
β
Beta against Dow Jones1.25
σ
Overall volatility
3.96
Ir
Information ratio -0.17

Designer Brands Volatility Alert

Designer Brands exhibits very low volatility with skewness of 0.17 and kurtosis of 1.28. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Designer Brands' stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Designer Brands' stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Designer Brands Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Designer Brands' fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Designer Brands' direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Designer Brands and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Designer Brands or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Designer Brands' fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Designer Brands by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Designer Brands to competition
FundamentalsDesigner BrandsPeer Average
Return On Equity-0.0108-0.31
Return On Asset0.0067-0.14
Profit Margin(0) %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.03 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation1.52 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding47.77 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders16.93 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions94.47 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted9.79 M4.71 M
Price To Earning7.22 X28.72 X
Price To Book0.79 X9.51 X
Price To Sales0.09 X11.42 X
Revenue3.07 B9.43 B
Gross Profit1.08 B27.38 B
EBITDA139.33 M3.9 B
Net Income29.06 M570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents58.77 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share0.79 X5.01 X
Total Debt1.24 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity3.23 %48.70 %
Current Ratio1.35 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share6.41 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations162.4 M971.22 M
Short Ratio6.40 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share(0.03) X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth2.61 X4.89 X
Target Price5.75
Number Of Employees14 K18.84 K
Beta2.06-0.15
Market Capitalization279.72 M19.03 B
Total Asset2.08 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings98.9 M9.33 B
Working Capital155.16 M1.48 B
Note: Acquisition by Joseph Schottenstein of 4429 shares of Designer Brands subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

Designer Brands Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Designer . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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When determining whether Designer Brands offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of Designer Brands' financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, to assess its financial health. Key financial ratios are used to gauge profitability, efficiency, and growth potential of Designer Brands Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on Designer Brands Stock:
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Is Specialty Retail space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Designer Brands. If investors know Designer will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Designer Brands listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.57)
Dividend Share
0.2
Earnings Share
(0.03)
Revenue Per Share
53.234
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.03)
The market value of Designer Brands is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Designer that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Designer Brands' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Designer Brands' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Designer Brands' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Designer Brands' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Designer Brands' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Designer Brands is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Designer Brands' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.