Insider’s View: Deciphering Caleres Inc (CAL)’s Financial Health Through Ratios

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The price of Caleres Inc (NYSE: CAL) closed at $12.17 in the last session, down -6.46% from day before closing price of $13.01. In other words, the price has decreased by -$6.46 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.64 million shares were traded. CAL stock price reached its highest trading level at $13.01 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $12.15.

Ratios:

We take a closer look at CAL’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 12.15 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 28.75. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.33 and its Current Ratio is at 1.06. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.56 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.78.

Piper Sandler Downgraded its Overweight to Neutral on May 25, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $35 to $25.

Insider Transactions:

An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 06 ’25 when Schmidt John W bought 7,600 shares for $13.39 per share. The transaction valued at 101,778 led to the insider holds 453,480 shares of the business.

Greeley Lori bought 9,000 shares of CAL for $159,964 on Mar 27 ’25. The Director now owns 10,000 shares after completing the transaction at $17.77 per share. On Jan 17 ’25, another insider, Gendreau Kyle, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 5,000 shares for $19.93 each. As a result, the insider paid 99,661 and bolstered with 5,000 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CAL now has a Market Capitalization of 412508960 and an Enterprise Value of 1348227968. As of this moment, Caleres’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 19.66, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.29. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.15 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.67. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.499 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.084.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for CAL is 0.65, which has changed by -0.44352996 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15196204 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CAL has reached a high of $23.82, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $9.54. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.64%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -13.52%.

Shares Statistics:

According to the various share statistics, CAL traded on average about 1.11M shares per day over the past 3-months and 823460 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 33.90M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 32.48M. Insiders hold about 4.17% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 100.79% stake in the company. Shares short for CAL as of 1765756800 were 6973498 with a Short Ratio of 6.26, compared to 1763078400 on 7508002. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6973498 and a Short% of Float of 26.119999999999997.

Dividends & Splits

The forward annual dividend rate for CAL is 0.28, which was 0.28 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.021521905. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.29.. The current Payout Ratio is 9.07% for CAL, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-12-26 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-12-26. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2007-04-03 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.

Earnings Estimates

The stock of Caleres Inc (CAL) is currently being evaluated by 3.0 analysts who are actively contributing to its market rating.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.28, with high estimates of $0.28 and low estimates of $0.28.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.58 and $0.55 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.57. EPS for the following year is $1.67, with 3.0 analysts recommending between $1.77 and $1.5.

Revenue Estimates

According to 3 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $689.83M. It ranges from a high estimate of $693.68M to a low estimate of $684.6M. As of. The current estimate, Caleres Inc’s year-ago sales were $639.23M

A total of 3 analysts have provided revenue estimates for CAL’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.76B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.75B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.75B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.72BBased on 3 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.91B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.94B and the low estimate is $2.88B.

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