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Designer Brands (DBI) EBT Margin (2016 - 2025)

Designer Brands (DBI) has disclosed EBT Margin for 16 consecutive years, with 4.15% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin rose 273.0% to 4.15% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Nov 2025 was 0.34%, a 31.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.36%, down 166.0% from a year prior.
  • EBT Margin was 4.15% for Q4 2025 at Designer Brands, up from 2.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 11.34% in Q4 2021 to a low of 12.45% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 1.67% and a median of 1.86% in 2022 define the central range for EBT Margin.
  • Biggest YoY gain for EBT Margin was 6885bps in 2021; the steepest drop was -1058bps in 2021.
  • Designer Brands' EBT Margin stood at 11.34% in 2021, then crashed by -39bps to 6.88% in 2022, then tumbled by -65bps to 2.44% in 2023, then tumbled by -42bps to 1.41% in 2024, then soared by 193bps to 4.15% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DBI's EBT Margin are 4.15% (Q4 2025), 2.01% (Q3 2025), and 2.78% (Q2 2025).