Caleres, Inc.·Consumer Cyclical

SG Americas Securities LLC increased its position in Caleres, Inc. (NYSE: CAL) by 229.1% in the undefined quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 162,932 shares of the textile maker's stock after purchasing an additional 113,426 shares during the quarter.

Caleres, Inc. reported weak Q4 '25 results, with flat organic sales and significant margin deleverage despite headline growth from the Stuart Weitzman acquisition. I view CAL stock as fairly valued at $10.5/share, trading at 6.5x–8x FY26 adjusted EPS guidance of $1.35–$1.65, reflecting its leveraged balance sheet and operational risks. Management guides for FY26 gross margin improvement of 140–180bps, driven by tariff mitigation and pricing, but underlying consumer demand and execution remain uncertain.

Caleres, Inc. (CAL) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Though Caleres reported a Q4 loss, its results were better than expected. The company expects profit growth in 2026.

• Caleres shares are powering higher. Why are CAL shares rallying?

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Caleres, Inc. engages in the retail and wholesale of footwear in the United States, Canada, China, and Guam. It operates through Famous Footwear and Brand Portfolio segments. The company offers licensed, branded, and private-label athletic, casual, and dress footwear products to women, men, and children. Its retail shoe stores provide brand name athletic, casual, and dress shoes, including Nike, Skechers, adidas, Vans, Converse, Crocs, Puma, Birkenstock, New Balance, Asics, New Balance, Under Armour, Bearpaw, Timberland, Sperry, and Dr. Martens, as well as company-owned and licensed brands, such as Dr. Scholl's Shoes, Blowfish Malibu, LifeStride, Naturalizer, Zodiac, Circus by Sam Edelman, Franco Sarto, and Ryka. The company also operates naturalizer.com, naturalizer.ca, vionicshoes.com, samedelman.com, allenedmonds.com, drschollsshoes.com, lifestride.com, francosarto.com, ryka.com, bzees.com, and zodiacshoes.com, as well as Vince.com, blowfishshoes.com, and veronicabeard.com websites. In addition, it designs, sources, manufactures, and markets footwear to retail stores, such as national chains, online retailers, department stores, mass merchandisers, independent retailers, and catalogs. Further, the company wholesales men's apparel, leather goods, and accessories under the Allen Edmonds brand; footwear for women under LifeStride brand; Italian footwear Franco Sarto brand; athletic footwear for women under the Rykä brand; women's shoe collection under the Vince brand; and women's footwear under the Bzees brand; other footwear under Zodiac brand; and women's footwear collection under Veronica Beard brand, as well as Via Spiga brand. It operates approximately 980 retail stores. The company was formerly known as Brown Shoe Company, Inc. Caleres, Inc. was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
Consumer Cyclical
Apparel - Footwear & Accessories
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