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Designer Brands (DBI) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2025)

Designer Brands (DBI) has disclosed Change in Inventory for 15 consecutive years, with $10.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Inventory rose 279.2% to $10.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Nov 2025 was -$16.8 million, a 158.33% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $24.8 million, up 132.5% from a year prior.
  • Change in Inventory was $10.0 million for Q4 2025 at Designer Brands, up from -$12.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $97.4 million in Q4 2021 to a low of -$82.8 million in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $1.1 million and a median of -$7.3 million in 2022 define the central range for Change in Inventory.
  • Peak YoY movement for Change in Inventory: tumbled 480.4% in 2023, then skyrocketed 403.52% in 2024.
  • Designer Brands' Change in Inventory stood at $97.4 million in 2021, then plummeted by 109.33% to -$9.1 million in 2022, then soared by 67.04% to -$3.0 million in 2023, then crashed by 85.64% to -$5.6 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 279.2% to $10.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DBI's Change in Inventory are $10.0 million (Q4 2025), -$12.7 million (Q3 2025), and $21.4 million (Q2 2025).