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Designer Brands (DBI) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Capital Employed for Designer Brands (DBI) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.02%.

  • Designer Brands' Return on Capital Employed rose 100.0% to 0.02% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Nov 2025 it was 0.02%, marking a year-over-year increase of 100.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.02% for FY2025, which is 300.0% down from last year.
  • Latest data reveals that Designer Brands reported Return on Capital Employed of 0.02% as of Q4 2025, which was up 100.0% from 0.01% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • Designer Brands' Return on Capital Employed's 5-year high stood at 0.19% during Q2 2022, with a 5-year trough of 0.43% in Q1 2021.
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Return on Capital Employed was 0.05% (2024), whereas its average is 0.04%.
  • In the last 5 years, Designer Brands' Return on Capital Employed plummeted by -5000bps in 2021 and then skyrocketed by 5900bps in 2022.
  • Designer Brands' Return on Capital Employed (Quarter) stood at 0.1% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 45bps to 0.15% in 2022, then plummeted by -48bps to 0.08% in 2023, then plummeted by -79bps to 0.02% in 2024, then surged by 54bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Capital Employed stands at 0.02% for Q4 2025, versus 0.01% for Q3 2025 and 0.01% for Q2 2025.