Designer Brands (DBI) Tax Rate (2011 - 2026)
Designer Brands' Tax Rate was 32.80% in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Aug 1, 2026), up 8.94 percentage points from 23.86% a year earlier but down 22.18 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Designer Brands (DBI) Tax Rate (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Designer Brands' Tax Rate was 44.12% through Aug 1, 2026, up 45.10 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it came in at 311.46%, up 304.42 percentage points from FY2025.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +291.76 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Tax Rate was 7.04% in FY2025 (-20.28 pp), 27.32% in FY2024 (+29.29 pp), -1.97% in FY2023 (-12.69 pp) and 10.72% in FY2022 (-8.99 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has moved between -20.23% (fiscal Q3 2025) and 2066.00% (fiscal Q4 2023) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate has increased for five straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -10.95 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was fiscal Q4 2023 (a gain of 2067.79 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q4 2024 (a drop of 2030.37 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, DBI's Tax Rate in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027 was 54.98% (Q1 2027), 26.34% (Q4 2026) and 38.10% (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon Com | 2,659.84 Bn | 2,176.54 Bn | 104.83 Bn | 22.51% |
| 2 | Home Depot | 287.59 Bn | 280.83 Bn | 16.12 Bn | 24.53% |
| 3 | Tjx Companies | 147.38 Bn | 124.93 Bn | 5.07 Bn | 24.68% |
| 4 | Lowes Companies | 105.03 Bn | 97.99 Bn | 8.58 Bn | 24.44% |
| 5 | Ross Stores | 74.93 Bn | 57.86 Bn | 2.12 Bn | 24.98% |
| 6 | Target | 71.05 Bn | 65.64 Bn | 8.94 Bn | 23.67% |
| 7 | O Reilly Automotive | 70.25 Bn | 69.33 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 22.62% |
| 8 | Carvana | 69.96 Bn | 61.56 Bn | 1.38 Bn | 11.40% |
| 9 | Autozone | 46.92 Bn | 45.82 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 21.12% |
| 10 | Designer Brands | 273.36 Mn | 69.44 Mn | 365.36 Mn | 32.80% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2026 | 32.80% |
| May 2, 2026 | 54.98% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 38.10% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 23.86% |
| Aug 3, 2024 | 19.28% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 46.83% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 31.43% |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 10.30% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 24.15% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 28.78% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 29.96% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 17.14% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 19.28% |
| Nov 2, 2019 | 19.44% |
| Aug 3, 2019 | 30.60% |
| May 4, 2019 | 25.44% |
| Nov 3, 2018 | 26.99% |
| May 5, 2018 | 30.79% |
| Feb 3, 2018 | 67.83% |
| Oct 28, 2017 | 38.33% |
Designer Brands Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=DBI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=DBI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();