Designer Brands price to free cash flow DBI

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 2.7×
10-year median: 9.7×
Against its 10-year history: 9th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 1.5× to 44.9×
Peer median: 8.6×

Designer Brands' price to free cash flow is 2.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 9.7×, lower than on 91% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 1.5× in Jan 2024 to 44.9× in Nov 2019.

The median for 9 apparel retail stocks of a similar size is 8.6×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 9.7×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	2.7×	2.4×	5.5×
2025	3.9×	2.8×	10.4×
2024	5.4×	1.5×	7.3×
2023	1.6×	1.5×	4.0×
2022	25.2×	7.2×	28.6×
2021	11.5×	11.3×	11.7×
2020	27.2×	3.0×	27.2×
2019	16.0×	12.1×	44.9×
2018	14.9×	8.2×	15.3×
2017	9.2×	8.8×	15.9×
2016	16.4×	12.4×	24.3×
2015	19.6×	17.3×	35.0×
2014	23.4×	10.6×	23.4×
2013	19.6×	17.7×	23.6×
2012	17.9×	15.6×	19.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Apparel - Retail nearest Designer Brands' size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
DBIDesigner Brands	2.7×
CTRNCiti Trends	58.3×
SHOEShoe Station	5.8×
GCOGenesco	5.4×
ZUMZZumiez	8.6×
VNCEVince	8.5×
DLTHDuluth	2.6×
TLYSTilly'S	11.2×
BKEBuckle	12.5×
AEOAmerican Eagle Outfitters	8.7×
Peer median	8.6×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.