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How Designer Brands Inc. stacks up
DBI · against 497 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Profitability
40/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #230 of 498 · scores higher than 53% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score58 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 · 471 reported | 12.2% | 4.6% | 80% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 497 reported | 3.6% | 4.8% | 40% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 473 reported | 0.9% | 2.1% | 34% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 462 reported | 8.5% | 4.8% | 69% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 499 reported | 44.5% | 26.3% | 77% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around DBI| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9.10T IDR (≈$564M) | 99 | 85 | |
| 1 | 1.5B BRL (≈$267M) | 99 | 92 | |
| 3 | 396M AUD (≈$262M) | 98 | 78 | |
| 3 | 418M USD | 98 | 53 | |
| 5 | 624M SGD (≈$474M) | 97 | 82 | |
| 225 | 62.2B JPY (≈$423M) | 41 | 40 | |
| 225 | 571M USD | 41 | 30 | |
| 230 | 1.9B CNY (≈$270M) | 40 | 72 | |
| 230 | 82.5B JPY (≈$561M) | 40 | 66 | |
| 230 | 326M USD | 40 | 54 | |
| 230 | 327M USD | 40 | 51 | |
| 230 | 34.9B INR (≈$419M) | 40 | 44 | |
| 230 | 681M AUD (≈$449M) | 40 | 44 | |
| 236 | 1.9B CNY (≈$270M) | 39 | 60 |
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