Designer Brands (DBI) Short-Term Debt repayments (2019 - 2026)
Designer Brands (DBI) posted Short-Term Debt repayments of $111.64 million for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Aug 1, 2026), down 54.3% from $244.01 million a year earlier and down 43.1% from the prior quarter.
Designer Brands (DBI) Short-Term Debt repayments (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Aug 1, 2026, Short-Term Debt repayments at Designer Brands was $734.15 million, down 37.2% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it was $938.42 million, down 26.0% from FY2025.
- Annual Short-Term Debt repayments shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 12.7% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Designer Brands' Short-Term Debt repayments was $1.27 billion in FY2025 (+4.7%), $1.21 billion in FY2024 (-14.9%), $1.42 billion in FY2023 (+216.7%) and $449.65 million in FY2022 (-12.9%).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Short-Term Debt repayments since fiscal Q4 2021.
- On a year-over-year basis, Short-Term Debt repayments has declined in each of the last seven quarters, with an average decline of 15.1% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Short-Term Debt repayments in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2022, with growth of 499.5%; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2027, with a decline of 54.3%.
- According to Business Quant data, Short-Term Debt repayments for the three prior fiscal quarters was $196.28 million (Q1 2027), $207.86 million (Q4 2026) and $218.37 million (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ST Debt Repayment (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon Com | 2,699.85 Bn | 2,216.54 Bn | 104.83 Bn | 9.57 Bn |
| 2 | Home Depot | 327.03 Bn | 320.28 Bn | 16.12 Bn | - |
| 3 | Tjx Companies | 162.28 Bn | 139.83 Bn | 5.07 Bn | - |
| 4 | Lowes Companies | 114.66 Bn | 107.62 Bn | 8.58 Bn | - |
| 5 | Ross Stores | 75.66 Bn | 58.58 Bn | 2.12 Bn | - |
| 6 | O Reilly Automotive | 75.09 Bn | 74.17 Bn | 2.52 Bn | - |
| 7 | Target | 71.82 Bn | 66.41 Bn | 8.94 Bn | - |
| 8 | Carvana | 64.53 Bn | 56.13 Bn | 1.38 Bn | 1.24 Bn |
| 9 | Autozone | 53.43 Bn | 52.33 Bn | 2.52 Bn | - |
| 10 | Designer Brands | 283.78 Mn | 79.86 Mn | 365.36 Mn | 111.64 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2026 | 111.64 Mn |
| May 2, 2026 | 196.28 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 207.86 Mn |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 218.37 Mn |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 244.01 Mn |
| May 3, 2025 | 268.17 Mn |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 291.91 Mn |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 365.76 Mn |
| Aug 3, 2024 | 319.74 Mn |
| May 4, 2024 | 291.13 Mn |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 305.89 Mn |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 221.29 Mn |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 341.53 Mn |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 343.26 Mn |
| Jan 28, 2023 | 349.47 Mn |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 349.38 Mn |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 274.57 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 450.78 Mn |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 449.65 Mn |
| Jan 30, 2021 | 75.00 Mn |
Designer Brands Short-Term Debt repayments API
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url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "short-term-debt-repayments", "ticker": "DBI", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-debt-repayments&ticker=DBI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();