Designer Brands Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US2505651081

SecurityDBI / Designer Brands Inc.
InstitutionSquarepoint Ops LLC
Latest Disclosed Ownership42,079 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 239,430
Squarepoint Ops LLC ownership in DBI / Designer Brands Inc.

On May 15, 2026 - Squarepoint Ops LLC filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 42,079 shares of Designer Brands Inc. (US:DBI) valued at $239,430 USD as of March 31, 2026. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on February 13, 2026 disclosing 33,084 shares of Designer Brands Inc.. This represents a change in shares of 27.19% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $366,929 USD.

Squarepoint Ops LLC has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (DBI) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 0 of underlying shares valued at $0 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

DBI / Designer Brands Inc. Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 42,079 8,995 27.19 239 -2.45 0.0003
2026-02-13 2025-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 33,084 13,889 72.36 246 265.67 0.0003
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 19,195 -13,853 -41.92 68 -14.10 0.0001
2025-08-27 2025-06-30 13F/A-1 DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 33,048 33,048 79 0.0001
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 33,048 33,048 79 0.0001
2025-08-27 2025-03-31 13F/A-1 DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 0 -86,554 -100.00 0 -100.00
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 0 -86,554 0
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 86,554 86,554 462 0.0005
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 0 -219,890 -100.00 0 -100.00
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 219,890 195,999 820.39 1,502 475.10 0.0025
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 23,891 -174,635 -87.97 261 -85.14 0.0004
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 198,526 151,240 319.84 1,757 193.65 0.0033
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 47,286 -155,075 -76.63 599 -70.73 0.0015
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 202,361 -85,351 -29.67 2,044 -18.74 0.0063
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 287,712 287,712 2,515 0.0102
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 0 -74,672 -100.00 0 -100.00
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 74,672 74,672 1,143 0.0058
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 0 -338,111 -100.00 0 -100.00
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 338,111 54,734 19.31 4,568 13.43 0.0195
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 283,377 228,777 419.01 4,027 429.17 0.0106
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 54,600 -303,324 -84.75 761 -87.15 0.0022
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 357,924 357,924 5,924 0.0225
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 0 -223,533 -100.00 0 -100.00
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 223,533 223,533 1,710 0.0128
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 0 -130,122 -100.00 0 -100.00
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 130,122 130,122 648 0.0166
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 0 -409,239 -100.00 0 -100.00
2019-08-14 2019-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 409,239 256,667 168.23 7,845 131.42 0.0765
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 152,572 -933,187 -85.95 3,390 -87.36 0.0359
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 1,085,759 73,532 7.26 26,818 -21.80 0.3122
2018-11-14 2018-09-30 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 1,012,227 367,075 56.90 34,294 105.87 0.4104
2018-08-14 2018-06-30 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 645,152 553,763 605.94 16,658 711.40 0.2208
2018-05-15 2018-03-31 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 91,389 91,389 -85.83 2,053 -87.68 0.0326
2018-02-14 2017-12-31 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 0 -104,142 -100.00 0 -100.00
2017-11-14 2017-09-30 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 104,142 -31,874 -23.43 2,237 -7.06 0.0430
2017-08-14 2017-06-30 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 136,016 136,016 30.61 2,407 7.60 0.0474
2017-05-15 2017-03-31 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 0 -24,738 -100.00 0 -100.00
2017-02-14 2016-12-31 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 24,738 5,838 30.89 560 44.70 0.0229
2016-11-14 2016-09-30 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 18,900 6,700 54.92 387 50.00 0.0257
2016-08-15 2016-06-30 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 12,200 -74,285 -85.89 258 -89.21 0.0161
2016-05-16 2016-03-31 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 86,485 74,385 614.75 2,390 726.99 0.1853
2016-02-16 2015-12-31 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 12,100 12,100 289 0.0317
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-27 2025-06-30 13F/A DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 19,200 -63.15 46 -76.32 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 19,200 46 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-27 2025-03-31 13F/A DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 52,100 155.39 190 75.93 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 52,100 190 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 20,400 109 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 28,000 -78.16 306 -73.02 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 128,200 1,135 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.