Designer Brands (DBI) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Designer Brands' (DBI) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 5.39% in Q2 2026, up 416.0% YoY from 1.04% in Q2 2025, and up 60.72% on a QoQ basis from 3.35% in Q1 2026.

Designer Brands (DBI) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Designer Brands' Return on Capital Employed history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 5.39% for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 416.0% year-over-year to 5.39% in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 5.39%, a 416.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 3.45%, up 105.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 5.39% for Q2 2026 at Designer Brands, up from 3.35% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for DBI reached as high as 18.66% in Q2 2022 and fell as low as 1.04% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 7.61% and a median of 5.14% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed surged 5931 bps; it then tumbled 842 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing DBI's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 14.64% in 2022, then slumped by 48 bps to 7.56% in 2023, then slumped by 79 bps to 1.62% in 2024, then jumped by 51 bps to 2.45% in 2025, then soared by 120 bps to 5.39% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 5.39%, 3.35%, and 2.45% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Birkenstock Holding 102.63 Bn 102.39 Bn 390.51 Mn 11.76%
2 Nike 65.09 Bn 57.03 Bn 4.53 Bn 41.55%
3 Deckers Outdoor 16.02 Bn 13.93 Bn 1.17 Bn 45.82%
4 Crocs 6.13 Bn 6.00 Bn 522.95 Mn 3.52%
5 Steven Madden 3.14 Bn 3.10 Bn 357.42 Mn 8.61%
6 Wolverine World Wide 1.98 Bn 1.79 Bn 243.40 Mn 12.55%
7 On Holding AG 1.66 Bn 264.30 Mn 682.30 Mn 18.70%
8 Forward Industries 381.04 Mn 355.65 Mn 16.85 Mn -50.36%
9 Designer Brands 349.93 Mn 299.82 Mn 315.32 Mn 5.39%
10 Weyco 343.83 Mn 246.40 Mn 33.84 Mn 2.56%

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 2, 2026 5.39%
Jan 31, 2026 3.35%
Nov 1, 2025 2.45%
Aug 2, 2025 1.04%
May 3, 2025 1.23%
Feb 1, 2025 2.40%
Nov 2, 2024 1.62%
Aug 3, 2024 1.98%
May 4, 2024 4.23%
Feb 3, 2024 4.88%
Oct 28, 2023 7.56%
Jul 29, 2023 9.86%
Apr 29, 2023 10.76%
Jan 28, 2023 12.88%
Oct 29, 2022 14.64%
Jul 30, 2022 18.27%
Apr 30, 2022 18.66%
Jan 29, 2022 15.84%
Oct 30, 2021 10.09%
Jul 31, 2021 -3.95%