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

Designer Brands (DBI) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 15 consecutive years, with 0.12% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital rose 11.0% to 0.12% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Nov 2025 was 0.12%, a 11.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.03%, down 10.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.12% for Q4 2025 at Designer Brands, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.31% in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.81% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.04% and a median of 0.06% in 2024 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: crashed -92bps in 2021, then skyrocketed 112bps in 2022.
  • Designer Brands' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.02% in 2021, then soared by 1165bps to 0.2% in 2022, then dropped by -12bps to 0.18% in 2023, then plummeted by -99bps to 0.0% in 2024, then surged by 5289bps to 0.12% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DBI's Return on Invested Capital are 0.12% (Q4 2025), 0.02% (Q3 2025), and 0.02% (Q2 2025).