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DBI (Designer Brands) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 1.64 (As of Jul. 05, 2025)


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What is Designer Brands Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-07-05), Designer Brands's current share price is $3.04. Designer Brands's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 was $1.85. Designer Brands's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 1.64.

The historical rank and industry rank for Designer Brands's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

DBI' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.2   Med: 8.75   Max: 28.78
Current: 1.65

During the past years, Designer Brands's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 28.78. The lowest was 1.20. And the median was 8.75.

DBI's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
96.66% of 359 companies
in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry
Industry Median: 15.83 vs DBI: 1.65

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Designer Brands's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $-0.567. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $1.85 for the trailing ten years ended in Apr. 2025.

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Designer Brands Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Designer Brands's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Designer Brands Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Designer Brands Annual Data
Trend Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.01 7.07 5.10 4.43 2.62

Designer Brands Quarterly Data
Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.83 4.32 2.82 2.62 1.51

Competitive Comparison of Designer Brands's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Footwear & Accessories subindustry, Designer Brands's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Designer Brands's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories Industry

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Designer Brands's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Designer Brands's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Designer Brands Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Designer Brands's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=3.04/1.85
=1.64

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Designer Brands's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Designer Brands's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Apr. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Apr. 2025)
=-0.567/135.3468*135.3468
=-0.567

Current CPI (Apr. 2025) = 135.3468.

Designer Brands Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201507 0.456 100.691 0.613
201510 0.021 100.346 0.028
201601 0.880 99.957 1.192
201604 -0.196 100.947 -0.263
201607 0.308 101.524 0.411
201610 0.344 101.988 0.457
201701 1.088 102.456 1.437
201704 -0.136 103.167 -0.178
201707 0.341 103.278 0.447
201710 1.023 104.070 1.330
201801 0.443 104.578 0.573
201804 0.088 105.708 0.113
201807 0.839 106.324 1.068
201810 0.296 106.695 0.375
201901 0.141 106.200 0.180
201904 -0.357 107.818 -0.448
201907 0.294 108.250 0.368
201910 0.885 108.577 1.103
202001 0.828 108.841 1.030
202004 -0.752 108.173 -0.941
202007 -0.661 109.318 -0.818
202010 -0.435 109.861 -0.536
202101 3.753 110.364 4.603
202104 -0.091 112.673 -0.109
202107 1.160 115.183 1.363
202110 0.767 116.696 0.890
202201 0.054 118.619 0.062
202204 -0.688 121.978 -0.763
202207 0.495 125.002 0.536
202210 0.178 125.734 0.192
202301 2.195 126.223 2.354
202304 0.122 127.992 0.129
202307 1.509 128.974 1.584
202310 0.830 129.810 0.865
202401 -0.916 130.124 -0.953
202404 -0.598 132.289 -0.612
202407 0.478 132.708 0.488
202410 -0.359 133.182 -0.365
202501 1.212 134.029 1.224
202504 -0.567 135.347 -0.567

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Designer Brands  (NYSE:DBI) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Designer Brands Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
810 DSW Drive, Columbus, OH, USA, 43219
Designer Brands Inc is a designer, producer, and retailer of footwear and accessories. The company operates in three reportable segments: the U.S. Retail segment, the Canada Retail segment and the Brand Portfolio segment. The U.S. Retail segment operates the DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse banner through its direct-to-consumer U.S. stores and e-commerce site. The Canada Retail segment operates The Shoe Company and DSW banners through its direct-to-consumer Canada stores and e-commerce sites. The Brand Portfolio segment earns revenue from the sale of wholesale products to retailers, commissions for serving retailers as the design and buying agent for products under private labels, and the sale of branded products through its direct-to-consumer e-commerce sites.
Executives
Mary Turner officer: EVP; President, Shoe Company 810 DSW DRIVE, COLUMBUS OH 43219
Mark Haley officer: SVP, Controller & PAO 4055 TECHNOLOGY FOREST BLVD., STE. 210, THE WOODLANDS TX 77381
Harvey L Sonnenberg other: Director Nominee 399 THORNALL STREET, EDISON NJ 08837
Jared A. Poff officer: SVP, Finance & Interim CFO DSW INC., 810 DSW DRIVE, COLUMBUS OH 43219
Deborah L Ferree officer: Pres. & Chief Mdsing Officer 4150 EAST FIFTH AVE., COLUMBUS OH 43219
William L Jordan officer: SVP, General Counsel 810 DSW DRIVE, COLUMBUS OH 43219
James S. Weinberg officer: EVP; Chief Merchandising Ofcr 810 DSW DR,, COLUMBUS OH 43219
Laura Denk officer: EVP;Pres DSW Designer ShoeWhse 810 DSW DRIVE, COLUMBUS OH 43219
Tami Fersko director 810 DSW DRIVE, COLUMBUS OH 43219
Richard A. Paul director 80 PINE STREET, SUITE 3202, NEW YORK NY 10005
Joanne Zaiac director DSW INC., 810 DSW DRIVE, COLUMBUS OH 43219
Joanna T Lau director 30 MONUMENT SQUARE, SUITE 220, CONCORD MA 01742
Douglas M. Howe officer: EVP, President of DSW N56 W17000 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE, MENOMONEE FALLS WI 53051-5660
Jay L Schottenstein director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and CEO 1800 MOLER ROAD, COLUMBUS OH 43207
Joseph A. Schottenstein director 4300 EAST FIFTH AVENUE, COLUMBUS OH 43219