Caleres (CAL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Caleres, Inc. (NYSE: CAL) is a global footwear company that designs, sources, markets and sells a portfolio of branded and private-label footwear. Its products include dress, casual, athletic and comfort shoes, as well as sandals, boots and related accessories for women, men and children.

The company operates through two primary areas: Famous Footwear, a family footwear retailer, and Brand Portfolio, which includes owned and licensed footwear brands such as Sam Edelman, Naturalizer, Franco Sarto, LifeStride, Bzees, Vince Camuto and Allen Edmonds. Caleres sells its products through company-operated stores, e-commerce websites, department stores, specialty retailers and other wholesale channels.

Founded in 1878 as Brown Shoe Company, the business adopted the Caleres name in 2015. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Caleres serves customers primarily in the United States and Canada, with its brands also distributed through international wholesale and digital channels.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $12.24 to $12.73
• 50-Day Range: $11.68 to $14.49
• 52-Week Range: $8.80 to $15.04
• Volume: 366,051 shs
• Average Volume: 604,576 shs
• Market Capitalization: $433.04 million
• P/E Ratio: 8.37
• Dividend Yield: 2.23%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Caleres Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Caleres scored higher than 56% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 299th out of 484 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: 1.4 / 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 2 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 8.37, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.65.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Caleres is 8.37, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.33.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Caleres has a P/B Ratio of 0.64. 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 2.24%, 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: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.32

News Sentiment

Caleres has a news sentiment score of 0.32. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.54 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Caleres this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for CAL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% 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: 9/27/2026
• 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: 8.37
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.80
• 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: $2.85 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.15
• Cash Flow: $3.11 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.03
• Book Value: $19.76 per share
• Price / Book: 0.64

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 34,505,000
• Free Float: 33,435,000
• Market Cap: $433.04 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.75