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

Designer Brands (DBI) has reported Gross Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 45.28% the latest figure, recorded in 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 five years, Gross Margin peaked at 78.56% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 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.
• Across the five-year window, Gross Margin surged 4765 bps in 2023 and sank 3977 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Gross Margin stood at 33.04% in 2022, then surged by 33 bps to 43.97% in 2023, then retreated by 2 bps to 42.95% in 2024, then grew by 5 bps to 45.14% in 2025, then grew by 0 bps to 45.28% in 2026.
• The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 45.28% (Q2 2026), 42.42% (Q1 2026), and 45.14% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.