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

Designer Brands' (DBI) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 2.71% in Q2 2026, up 386.0% YoY from 0.56% in Q2 2025, and up 235.99% on a QoQ basis from 1.99% in Q1 2026.

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

Designer Brands' Operating Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 2.71% for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 386.0% year-over-year to 2.71% in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 2.55%, a 195.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 1.65%, up 49.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 2.71% for Q2 2026 at Designer Brands, up from 1.99% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for DBI reached as high as 7.87% in Q3 2022 and fell as low as 4.77% in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 2.61% and a median of 2.84% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Margin soared 1386 bps; it then sank 505 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing DBI's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 7.46% in 2022, then tumbled by 52 bps to 3.58% in 2023, then dropped by 18 bps to 2.94% in 2024, then soared by 93 bps to 5.67% in 2025, then sank by 52 bps to 2.71% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 2.71%, 1.99%, and 5.67% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Birkenstock Holding 102.63 Bn 102.39 Bn 390.51 Mn 25.14%
2 Nike 65.09 Bn 57.03 Bn 4.53 Bn 14.57%
3 Deckers Outdoor 16.02 Bn 13.93 Bn 1.17 Bn 31.38%
4 Crocs 6.13 Bn 6.00 Bn 522.95 Mn 21.80%
5 Steven Madden 3.14 Bn 3.10 Bn 357.42 Mn 15.20%
6 Wolverine World Wide 1.98 Bn 1.79 Bn 243.40 Mn 9.45%
7 On Holding AG 1.66 Bn 264.30 Mn 682.30 Mn 14.11%
8 Forward Industries 381.04 Mn 355.65 Mn 16.85 Mn -2,722.80%
9 Designer Brands 349.93 Mn 299.82 Mn 315.32 Mn 2.71%
10 Weyco 343.83 Mn 246.40 Mn 33.84 Mn -15.95%

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 2, 2026 2.71%
Jan 31, 2026 -1.99%
Nov 1, 2025 5.67%
Aug 2, 2025 3.59%
May 3, 2025 -1.15%
Feb 1, 2025 -3.62%
Nov 2, 2024 2.94%
Aug 3, 2024 3.70%
May 4, 2024 1.26%
Feb 3, 2024 -4.77%
Oct 28, 2023 3.58%
Jul 29, 2023 7.66%
Apr 29, 2023 2.64%
Jan 28, 2023 0.27%
Oct 29, 2022 7.46%
Jul 30, 2022 7.87%
Apr 30, 2022 6.40%
Jan 29, 2022 2.73%
Oct 30, 2021 12.22%
Jul 31, 2021 7.51%