Caleres (CAL) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)

Caleres (CAL) reported Operating Margin of 3.81% for Q1 2026, down 504.0% year-over-year from 0.94% in Q1 2025, and down 351.42% quarter-over-quarter from 1.51% in Q4 2025.

Caleres (CAL) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Caleres (CAL) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 3.81% in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 3.81%, down 504.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.23% (down 527.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 0.23%, down 527.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin slipped to 3.81% in Q1 2026 per CAL's latest filing, from 1.51% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 9.27% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 20.64% in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 3.58% and a median of 6.45% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Operating Margin plunged 4989 bps in 2022, then jumped 2505 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 6.75% in 2022, then rose by 25 bps to 8.45% in 2023, then slipped by 9 bps to 7.65% in 2024, then plunged by 80 bps to 1.51% in 2025, then slumped by 351 bps to 3.81% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CAL's Operating Margin at 3.81% in Q1 2026, 1.51% in Q4 2025, and 1.41% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Tjx Companies 177.75 Bn 172.17 Bn 4.48 Bn 11.77%
2 Ross Stores 74.23 Bn 69.64 Bn 1.80 Bn 12.27%
3 Burlington Stores 19.90 Bn 19.15 Bn 1.26 Bn 17.08%
4 Lululemon Athletica 13.59 Bn 11.78 Bn 2.00 Bn 22.31%
5 Gap 7.91 Bn 5.35 Bn 1.42 Bn 12.73%
6 Urban Outfitters 6.43 Bn 5.73 Bn 599.20 Mn -17.85%
7 Boot Barn Holdings 5.12 Bn 4.92 Bn 281.24 Mn 16.27%
8 Victoria's Secret 4.37 Bn 3.90 Bn 855.00 Mn 10.09%
9 Abercrombie & Fitch 3.57 Bn 2.80 Bn 1.10 Bn 14.13%
10 Caleres 402.25 Mn 379.58 Mn 290.34 Mn -3.81%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 -3.81%
Nov 1, 2025 1.51%
Aug 2, 2025 1.41%
May 3, 2025 1.89%
Feb 1, 2025 1.23%
Nov 2, 2024 7.65%
Aug 3, 2024 6.22%
May 4, 2024 6.49%
Feb 3, 2024 4.41%
Oct 28, 2023 8.45%
Jul 29, 2023 7.15%
Apr 29, 2023 7.48%
Jan 28, 2023 -20.64%
Oct 29, 2022 6.75%
Jul 30, 2022 9.27%
Apr 30, 2022 9.00%
Jan 29, 2022 6.45%
Oct 30, 2021 10.37%
Jul 31, 2021 9.30%
May 1, 2021 2.80%