CAL · NYSE
Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Retail
$13.61
+5.02%
Close on Oct 29, 2026
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44
of 100 · stored research reading
Stored Quality research reads 44 of 100, in the weaker band of the covered universe. This is a research reading about business durability, not a view on the share price.
Quality research measures durability of the business itself from stored fundamentals: balance-sheet strength, profitability consistency and cash generation. It is a research reading, not a prediction of future returns.
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How this is measured71
of 100 · stored research reading
Stored Capital Returns research reads 71 of 100, recorded as strong. Stored records show 13 consecutive years of dividend payments. Share count has been reduced at about 2.6% a year in the stored window.
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In the company’s own words
Caleres, Inc. (the "Company"), originally founded as Brown Shoe Company in 1878 and incorporated in 1913, is a global footwear company that operates retail shoe stores and e-commerce websites, and designs, develops, sources, manufactures and distributes footwear for people of all ages. Our mission is to inspire people to feel great...feet first. We meet consumers where they want to shop, whether in-store or online. We employ our "One Caleres" capabilities – design, sourcing, speed and marketing, working in unison to accelerate growth.
The Company’s business operations are organized into two reportable segments—Famous Footwear and Brand Portfolio. The Famous Footwear segment is comprised of our Famous Footwear retail stores, famousfootwear.com and famousfootwear.ca. The Famous Footwear segment operated 821 stores at the end of 2025, selling primarily branded footwear for the entire family. The Brand Portfolio segment offers retailers and consumers a carefully cultivated portfolio of leading brands. This segment is comprised of wholesale operations that designs, develops, sources, manufactures, markets and distributes branded, licensed and private-label footwear primarily to online retailers, national chains, department stores, independent retailers, mass merchandisers and franchise partners, as well as Company-owned Famous Footwear, Sam Edelman, Naturalizer, Allen Edmonds and Stuart Weitzman stores and e-commerce businesses. It includes the Allen Edmonds, Sam Edelman, Stuart Weitzman and Naturalizer retail stores, including 81 stores in the United States, four in Canada and 103 stores in East and Southeast Asia at the end of 2025, and the e-commerce businesses for our Company-owned brands. In addition, t here were 148 international branded stores owned and operated by third parties through franchise agreements at the end of 2025.
Our net sales are comprised of four major categories: women’s footwear, men’s footwear, children’s footwear and clothing and accessories. The percentage of net sales attributable to each category is as follows:
Our Famous Footwear segment, which is one of America’s leading family-branded footwear retailers, was founded on a simple idea: that everyone deserves to feel the joy that comes from a new pair of shoes. Famous Footwear employs an omni-channel approach to reach consumers wherever they want to shop, including our e-commerce channel through famousfootwear.com and famousfootwear.ca, as well as 821 Famous Footwear retail store locations.
Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed April 2, 2026. Read the filing
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