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How Designer Brands Inc. stacks up
DBI · against 361 other Consumer Cyclical companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
40/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #228 of 362 · scores higher than 36% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score26 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including DBI · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 40?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.A mix: stronger return on invested capital, but weaker return on assets and operating margin than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 75% of peers. Return on assets: 0.9% vs peer median 3.3%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 70% of peers. Operating margin: 3.6% vs peer median 6.4%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 70% of peers. Return on invested capital: 12.2% vs peer median 7.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = DBI, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | DBI | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 349 reported | 12.2% | 9.5% | 60% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 362 reported | 3.6% | 7.1% | 33% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 358 reported | 0.9% | 4.1% | 26% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 315 reported | 8.5% | 11.8% | 43% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 363 reported | 44.5% | 36.0% | 68% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around DBI| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.8B USD | 99 | 80 | |
| 1 | 2.5B USD | 99 | 64 | |
| 1 | 12.1B USD | 99 | 77 | |
| 1 | 11.3B USD | 99 | 49 | |
| 1 | 6.8B USD | 99 | 62 | |
| 221 | 6.9B USD | 42 | 41 | |
| 221 | 1.1B USD |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score