Caleres (CAL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Caleres, Inc. is a global footwear company that designs, sources, markets and sells shoes and related products through a portfolio of owned and licensed brands. The company serves consumers through department stores, specialty retailers, wholesale partners, company-operated stores and e-commerce platforms.

Its brand portfolio includes Famous Footwear, a large family footwear retailer, as well as brands such as Sam Edelman, Naturalizer, Allen Edmonds, Vince Camuto, LifeStride, Franco Sarto, Ryka, Bzees and Circus NY. Caleres’ products span women’s, men’s and children’s footwear, including casual, dress, athletic and comfort-oriented styles.

Founded in 1878 as Brown Shoe Company, the company adopted the name Caleres in 2015 to reflect its broader brand-focused strategy. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Caleres serves customers primarily in the United States and also reaches international markets through wholesale and digital distribution. Jay Schmidt serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $11.87 to $12.50
• 50-Day Range: $11.71 to $14.49
• 52-Week Range: $8.80 to $15.04
• Volume: 416,213 shs
• Average Volume: 577,765 shs
• Market Capitalization: $421.37 million
• P/E Ratio: 8.14
• Dividend Yield: 2.29%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Caleres Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Caleres scored higher than 54% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 274th out of 478 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Caleres has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Caleres has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 37.27%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Caleres are expected to grow by 37.27% in the coming year, from $1.61 to $2.21 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Caleres is 8.14, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Caleres is 8.14, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.36.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Caleres has a P/B Ratio of 0.68. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.53% of the float of Caleres has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Caleres has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.98.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Caleres has recently increased by 7.37%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Caleres pays a meaningful dividend of 2.29%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Caleres does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Caleres is 18.67%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Caleres will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.67% next year. This indicates that Caleres will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Caleres has a news sentiment score of 0.85. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.44 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Caleres this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

4 people have searched for CAL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Caleres insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.10% of the stock of Caleres is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

98.44% of the stock of Caleres is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 9/09/2026
• Record date for 9/25 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/25 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/25/2026
• Today: 10/05/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/08/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Specialty Retail
• Sub-Industry: Apparel Retail
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CAL
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:BWS
• CIK: 14707
• Web: www.caleres.com
• Phone: (314) 854-4000
• Fax: 314-854-4274
• Employees: 10,000
• Year Founded: 1875

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.50
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.14
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.58
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$6.69 million
• Net Margins: 1.85%
• Pretax Margin: 2.51%
• Return on Equity: 7.84%
• Return on Assets: 2.42%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.11
• Quick Ratio: 0.31

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.76 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.15
• Cash Flow: $3.11 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.93
• Book Value: $17.97 per share
• Price / Book: 0.68

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 34,510,000
• Free Float: 33,435,000
• Market Cap: $421.37 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.73