CAL's Quality Score fell 1 point on Mon, Oct 26, to 4. Closed below its falling 200-day average. 1 more reason, for Pro members.
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Its price fell 50% over three years while the S&P 500's rose 81%.
“Net sales for our Famous Footwear segment decreased $56.4 million, or 3.6%, compared to 2024 net sales reflecting less traffic.”
5 more reasons why CAL lags the market, from its filings, with the other side, the company's words, its comparable sales, and the timeline, for Pro members.
| Since its 2024 high | Down 71% |
| Latest filing | 10-Q, Sep 10 |
2 more reasons behind CAL's 4, for Pro members.
After its last 4 reports it closed +3.8% on average, higher 3 of 4 times.
Below AverageChoppy, 4 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
CAL is #3 of 4 by Quality Score.
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Sales over four quarters against a year before: CAL +7.3%, SHOO +18%.
Expected to report Thu Dec 10, before the open (in 45 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
The figures are not read from the release yet.
CAL's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Adjusted earnings per diluted share | $1.50 to $1.65 |
Sales grew 5.4% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $0.28 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | +8.2% | +1.0% | +2.3% |
| Jun 4, 2026 | +5.2% | +0.6% | -2.7% |
| Mar 19, 2026 | +23.5% | +19.1% | +24.3% |
| Dec 9, 2025 | -15.3% | -5.6% | +1.1% |
Its dividends come to 14% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $0.28 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $9.2M a year |
| Free cash flow | $67.3M |
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: CAL is under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by their holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026.
Caleres Inc is a footwear company that operates retail shoe stores and e-commerce websites, and designs, develops, sources, manufactures, and distributes footwear for people of all ages. The Company's business operations are organized into two reportable segments - Famous Footwear and Brand Portfolio. The Famous Footwear segment is comprised of its Famous Footwear retail stores, famousfootwear.com, and famousfootwear.ca. The Brand Portfolio segment offers retailers and consumers a cultivated portfolio of known brands. This segment is comprised of wholesale operations that designs, develops, sources, manufactures, markets and distributes branded, licensed and private-label footwear. Geographically, the company generates the majority of its revenue from Domestic operations.
“With many companies operating traditional brick-and-mortar retail shoe stores and departments and e-commerce businesses, we compete in a highly fragmented market.”
CAL scores 4 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average. It is #3 of 4 in Footwear by Quality Score, with 4 of 14 chart checks firing. Its price fell 50% over three years while the S&P 500's rose 81%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
CAL scores 4 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average (0 to 5). That is #3 of 4 in Footwear by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind CAL's 4.
Expected to report Thu Dec 10, before the open, a date Breakaway expects from the company's usual timing; the company has not confirmed it. CAL closed higher after 3 of its last 4 reports. Past behavior, not a forecast.
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