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Caleres, Inc.

Apparel Retail · United States

USD 11.74-2.8% daily changeQuote 2026-09-18 · USD
Market cap (USD)
US$405.09M
Trailing P/E
7.67x
Forward P/E
5.35x
Quarterly revenue growth
5.6%
Trailing net margin
1.8%
Indicated dividend yield
2.4%

Snapshot 2026-09-20 · Latest financial period 2026-08-01 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.

Next earnings: 2026-12-10 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).

Company background

Caleres, Inc. engages in the designs, develops, sources, manufactures, and distributes footwear in the United States, Canada, East and Southeast Asia, and internationally. It operates through Famous Footwear and Brand Portfolio segments. The company offers licensed, branded, and private-label athletic, casual, and dress footwear products. The company provides brand-name fashion, casual, and athletic footwear, including Nike, Skechers, adidas, Crocs, Converse, Birkenstock, HeyDude, New Balance, Puma, Jordan, Vans, Bearpaw, Asics, and Brooks, as well as company-owned and licensed brands, such as Sam Edelman, Vionic, Allen Edmonds, Franco Sarto, Rykä, Vince, LifeStride, Dr. Scholl's Shoes, Blowfish Malibu, and Naturalizer. The company also operates naturalizer.com, naturalizer.ca, vionicshoes.com, samedelman.com, samedelman.ca, samedelman.co.uk, allenedmonds.com, allenedmonds.ca, shoebank.com, drschollsshoes.com, lifestride.com, francosarto.com, and ryka.com websites. In addition, it designs, sources, manufactures, and markets footwear to retail stores, such as online retailers, national chains, department stores, mass merchandisers, and independent retailers. Further, the company wholesales men's footwear, apparel, leather goods, and accessories under the Allen Edmonds brand; footwear for women under LifeStride brand; Italian footwear Franco Sarto brand; athletic footwear for women under the Rykä brand; women's shoe collection under the Vince brand; and women's footwear collection under Veronica Beard brand. The company operates through retail shoe stores, wholesales, and e-commerce websites. The company was formerly known as Brown Shoe Company, Inc. and changed its name to Caleres, Inc. in May 2015. The company was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

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Q1 FY2027

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CAL Stock: Famous Footwear + Brand Beat Q1 FY2027

Published 2026-06-06

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MetricCALCaleres, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-08-01CTRNCiti Trends, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-08-01CURVTorrid Holdings Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-08-01Peer medianSimilar-size peers only
Market capMarket value, converted to USDUS$405.09MUS$461.92MUS$229.35MUS$345.64Mn=2
Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate5.35x19.75x38.33x29.04xn=2
EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA10.04x24.50x22.44x23.47xn=2
Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter5.6%10.9%-11.8%-0.4%n=2
Operating marginLatest reported quarter3.4%-0.9%1.5%0.3%n=2
Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap-4.6%0.6%9.5%5.1%n=2
Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA6.69x6.69x14.20x10.45xn=2
Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity1.29x1.80x
Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings7.67x64.41x
Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share0.60x3.60x
EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue0.43x0.71x0.66x0.69xn=2
Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter761.5%227.0%
Gross marginTrailing twelve months44.8%39.8%33.6%36.7%n=2
Net marginTrailing twelve months1.8%0.8%-0.9%-0.0%n=2
Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only7.7%6.2%
Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue-0.6%0.3%2.3%1.3%n=2
Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price2.4%
Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout18.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%n=2
Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities1.11x1.13x0.79x0.96xn=2
BetaProvider historical market sensitivity0.761.820.841.33n=2

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