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How Designer Brands Inc. stacks up
DBI · against 1,603 other Consumer Cyclical companies
Profitability
40/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #955 of 1,604 · scores higher than 40% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score160 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 · 1,510 reported | 12.2% | 7.3% | 70% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 1,601 reported | 3.6% | 6.4% | 30% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 1,528 reported | 0.9% | 3.3% | 25% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 1,476 reported | 8.5% | 7.7% | 54% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 1,613 reported | 44.5% | 30.2% | 73% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around DBI| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.48T JPY (≈$10.1B) | 100 | 96 | |
| 1 | 358.0B INR (≈$4.3B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 3 | 880.5B TWD (≈$27.3B) | 99 | 75 | |
| 3 | 981.2B JPY (≈$6.7B) | 99 | 67 | |
| 3 | 5.2B MYR (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 84 | |
| 955 | 24.3B CNY (≈$3.4B) | 40 | 52 | |
| 955 | 1.9B CNY (≈$270M) | 40 | 72 | |
| 955 | 122.2B JPY (≈$831M) | 40 | 54 | |
| 955 | 82.5B JPY (≈$561M) | 40 | 66 | |
| 955 | 326M USD | 40 | 54 | |
| 955 | 17.1B USD | 40 | 32 | |
| 955 | 327M USD | 40 | 51 | |
| 955 | 1.9B TRY (≈$56M) | 40 | 47 | |
| 955 | 34.9B INR (≈$419M) | 40 | 44 |
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