Designer Brands (DBI) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)

Designer Brands' (DBI) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 45.28% in Q2 2026, up 241.0% YoY from 13.28% in Q2 2025, and up 6.74% on a QoQ basis from 42.42% in Q1 2026.

Designer Brands (DBI) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Designer Brands' Gross Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 45.28% for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 241.0% year-over-year to 45.28% in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 44.13%, a 173.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 43.57%, up 84.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 45.28% for Q2 2026 at Designer Brands, up from 42.42% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for DBI reached as high as 78.56% in Q1 2023 and fell as low as 30.9% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 42.9% and a median of 43.3% in 2024 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Gross Margin soared 4765 bps; it then tumbled 3977 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing DBI's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 33.04% in 2022, then soared by 33 bps to 43.97% in 2023, then decreased by 2 bps to 42.95% in 2024, then increased by 5 bps to 45.14% in 2025, then increased by 0 bps to 45.28% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin over the past three periods registered 45.28%, 42.42%, and 45.14% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Birkenstock Holding 102.63 Bn 102.39 Bn 390.51 Mn 53.94%
2 Nike 65.09 Bn 57.03 Bn 4.53 Bn 40.16%
3 Deckers Outdoor 16.02 Bn 13.93 Bn 1.17 Bn 59.84%
4 Crocs 6.13 Bn 6.00 Bn 522.95 Mn 56.75%
5 Steven Madden 3.14 Bn 3.10 Bn 357.42 Mn 55.02%
6 Wolverine World Wide 1.98 Bn 1.79 Bn 243.40 Mn 47.03%
7 On Holding AG 1.66 Bn 264.30 Mn 682.30 Mn 64.23%
8 Forward Industries 381.04 Mn 355.65 Mn 16.85 Mn 78.61%
9 Designer Brands 349.93 Mn 299.82 Mn 315.32 Mn 45.28%
10 Weyco 343.83 Mn 246.40 Mn 33.84 Mn 44.07%

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 2, 2026 45.28%
Jan 31, 2026 42.42%
Nov 1, 2025 45.14%
Aug 2, 2025 43.65%
May 3, 2025 42.87%
Feb 1, 2025 39.60%
Nov 2, 2024 42.95%
Aug 3, 2024 43.99%
May 4, 2024 44.20%
Feb 3, 2024 38.79%
Oct 28, 2023 43.97%
Jul 29, 2023 45.66%
Apr 29, 2023 43.65%
Jan 28, 2023 78.56%
Oct 29, 2022 33.04%
Jul 30, 2022 34.41%
Apr 30, 2022 33.20%
Jan 29, 2022 30.90%
Oct 30, 2021 36.75%
Jul 31, 2021 34.83%