Designer Brands (DBI) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Designer Brands' (DBI) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $299.2 million in Q2 2026, down 0.88% YoY from $301.9 million in Q2 2025, and down 6.45% on a QoQ basis from $319.9 million in Q1 2026.

Designer Brands (DBI) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Designer Brands' Operating Expenses history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $299.2 million for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses fell 0.88% year-over-year to $299.2 million in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was $1.2 billion, a 0.62% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at $175.2 million, down 7.47% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $299.2 million for Q2 2026 at Designer Brands, down from $319.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for DBI reached as high as $597.5 million in Q1 2023 and fell as low as $222.2 million in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $307.0 million and a median of $302.4 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Operating Expenses jumped 155.81%; it then slumped 45.3% in 2024.
  • Tracing DBI's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $222.2 million in 2022, then soared by 44.05% to $320.1 million in 2023, then decreased by 7.27% to $296.8 million in 2024, then rose by 1.09% to $300.1 million in 2025, then retreated by 0.28% to $299.2 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered $299.2 million, $319.9 million, and $300.1 million for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Birkenstock Holding 102.63 Bn 102.39 Bn 390.51 Mn -38.60 Mn
2 Nike 65.09 Bn 57.03 Bn 4.53 Bn 2.89 Bn
3 Deckers Outdoor 16.02 Bn 13.93 Bn 1.17 Bn 556.99 Mn
4 Crocs 6.13 Bn 6.00 Bn 522.95 Mn 322.10 Mn
5 Steven Madden 3.14 Bn 3.10 Bn 357.42 Mn 258.29 Mn
6 Wolverine World Wide 1.98 Bn 1.79 Bn 243.40 Mn 192.40 Mn
7 On Holding AG 1.66 Bn 264.30 Mn 682.30 Mn -532.38 Mn
8 Forward Industries 381.04 Mn 355.65 Mn 16.85 Mn 3.25 Mn
9 Designer Brands 349.93 Mn 299.82 Mn 315.32 Mn 299.21 Mn
10 Weyco 343.83 Mn 246.40 Mn 33.84 Mn 23.65 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 2, 2026 299.21 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 319.85 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 300.06 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 297.46 Mn
May 3, 2025 301.86 Mn
Feb 1, 2025 311.98 Mn
Nov 2, 2024 296.83 Mn
Aug 3, 2024 313.53 Mn
May 4, 2024 323.49 Mn
Feb 3, 2024 326.84 Mn
Oct 28, 2023 320.12 Mn
Jul 29, 2023 302.91 Mn
Apr 29, 2023 306.29 Mn
Jan 28, 2023 597.51 Mn
Oct 29, 2022 222.23 Mn
Jul 30, 2022 228.69 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 223.43 Mn
Jan 29, 2022 233.57 Mn
Oct 30, 2021 211.91 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 224.39 Mn