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Caleres (Caleres) Debt-to-Equity : 1.33 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Caleres Debt-to-Equity?

Caleres's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $295 Mil. Caleres's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $453 Mil. Caleres's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $561 Mil. Caleres's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 1.33.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Caleres's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

CAL' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.28   Med: 1.09   Max: 5.6
Current: 1.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Caleres was 5.60. The lowest was 0.28. And the median was 1.09.

CAL's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
76.99% of 1004 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.64 vs CAL: 1.33

Caleres Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Caleres's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Caleres Debt-to-Equity Chart

Caleres Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.91 5.60 2.74 2.11 1.33

Caleres Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.11 1.94 1.74 1.53 1.33

Competitive Comparison of Caleres's Debt-to-Equity

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, Caleres's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Caleres's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Caleres's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Caleres's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Caleres Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Caleres's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Caleres's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Caleres  (NYSE:CAL) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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Caleres (Caleres) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8300 Maryland Avenue, St. Louis, MO, USA, 63105
Caleres Inc is a footwear retailer in the United States. The Company's business are organized into two reportable segments are famous Footwear and Brand Portfolio. The famous Footwear segment is comprised of famous Footwear retail stores, famousfootwear.com and famousfootwear.ca. The Brand Portfolio segment offers retailers and consumers a carefully cultivated portfolio of top brands. This segment is comprised of wholesale operations that designs, develops, sources, manufactures, markets and distributes branded, licensed and private-label footwear to online retailers, national chains, department stores, mass merchandisers and independent retailers, as well as Company owned famous Footwear, Sam Edelman, Naturalizer and Allen Edmonds stores and e-commerce businesses.
Executives
John W Schmidt officer: Div Pres, Whls Better & Image 693 FIFTH AVENUE, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Willis Hill officer: Chief Information Officer 8300 MARYLAND AVENUE, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Mark A Schmitt officer: SVP, CIO 8300 MARYLAND AVENUE, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Todd E Hasty officer: VP, Chief Accounting Officer 8300 MARYLAND AVENUE, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Diane M Sullivan officer: President, Brown Shoe Co., Inc 78 COUNTRY CLUB WAY, IPSWICH MA 01938
Douglas Koch officer: SVP & Chief Talent Officer 5032 WESTMINISTER PL, ST. LOUIS MO 63108
Daniel R Freidman officer: Div Pres, Whls Prod & Sorcing 8300 MARYLAND AVENUE, SAINT LOUIS MO 63105
Carla C Hendra director 885 WEST END AVE. 12B, NEW YORK NY 10025
Jack Calandra officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer 6380 ROGERDALE RD., HOUSTON TX 77072
Bruce K Thorn director 15885 SPRAGUE RD, STRONGSVILLE OH 44136-1799
Jennifer Olsen officer: Chief Marketing Officer 8300 MARYLAND AVE., ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Ken Hannah officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer C/O MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC., P O BOX 8, ST, PETERS MO 63376
Michael R Edwards officer: Div President, Famous Footwear 8300 MARYLAND AVENUE, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Thomas C Burke officer: VP, General Counsel 8300 MARYLAND AVENUE, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Patricia G Mcginnis director 4827 V STREET, WASHINGTON DC 20007