Designer Brands Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US2505651081

SecurityDBI / Designer Brands Inc.
InstitutionWolverine Trading, Llc
Latest Disclosed Ownership72,900 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 260,982
Wolverine Trading, Llc ownership in DBI / Designer Brands Inc.

On November 14, 2025 - Wolverine Trading, Llc filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 72,900 shares of Designer Brands Inc. (US:DBI) valued at $258,066 USD as of September 30, 2025. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on August 18, 2025 disclosing 65,191 shares of Designer Brands Inc.. This represents a change in shares of 11.83% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $635,688 USD.

Wolverine Trading, 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 166,200 of underlying shares valued at $594,996 USD and put options representing 28,400 of underlying shares valued at $101,672 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)
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 72,900 7,709 11.83 261 62.50 0.0002
2025-08-18 2025-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 65,191 -68,021 -51.06 160 -66.32 0.0002
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 133,212 109,713 466.88 476 292.56 0.0006
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 23,499 23,499 122 0.0001
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 0 -23,284 -100.00 0 -100.00
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 23,284 23,284 159 0.0002
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 0 -58,310 -100.00 0 -100.00
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 58,310 3,840 7.05 516 -25.11 0.0005
2023-11-15 2023-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 54,470 -39,577 -42.08 690 -27.55 0.0007
2023-08-23 2023-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 94,047 72,765 341.91 952 0.0012
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 21,282 21,282 0 0.0003
2021-05-14 2021-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 0 -16,446 -100.00 0 -100.00
2021-02-12 2020-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 16,446 16,446 126 0.0002
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 0 -25,669 -100.00 0 -100.00
2019-08-20 2019-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 25,669 14,890 138.14 492 105.00 0.0014
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 10,779 -3,529 -24.66 240 -32.58 0.0007
2019-02-13 2018-12-31 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 14,308 14,308 356 0.0010
2018-05-15 2018-03-31 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 0 -12,611 -100.00 0 -100.00
2018-02-14 2017-12-31 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 12,611 12,611 270 0.0010
2016-11-14 2016-09-30 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 0 -1,893 -100.00 0 -100.00
2016-08-15 2016-06-30 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 1,893 1,893 40 0.0002
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 166,200 -11.92 595 28.02 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-18 2025-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 188,700 6.85 464 -26.35 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 176,600 614.98 630 396.06 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 24,700 27.32 128 -4.51 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 19,400 77.98 134 79.73 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 10,900 -67.17 74 -79.56 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 33,200 -50.22 363 -38.64 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 66,700 -63.57 590 -74.55 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-15 2023-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 183,100 311.46 2,318 415.11 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-23 2023-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 44,500 66.67 450 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 26,700 161.76 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 10,200 100 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 31,100 -6.89 433 -11.09 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 33,400 -16.50 487 -19.37 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-12 2021-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 40,000 -6.32 604 -13.09 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-06 2021-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 42,700 -28.24 695 -32.26 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-14 2021-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 59,500 157.58 1,026 479.66 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-12 2020-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 23,100 26.23 177 78.79 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-13 2020-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 18,300 -36.01 99 -46.77 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-13 2020-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 28,600 28.83 186 55.00 n/a n/a n/a
2020-05-11 2020-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 22,200 -44.08 120 -80.86 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-12 2019-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 39,700 -13.51 627 -19.10 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 45,900 -6.13 775 -17.29 n/a n/a n/a
2019-08-20 2019-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Call 48,900 -10.11 937 -22.50 n/a n/a n/a
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F DSW CL A Call 54,400 72.15 1,209 53.62 n/a n/a n/a
2019-02-13 2018-12-31 13F DSW CL A Call 31,600 787 n/a n/a n/a
2018-05-15 2018-03-31 13F DSW CL A Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2018-02-14 2017-12-31 13F DSW CL A Call 17,600 377 n/a n/a n/a
2017-11-15 2017-09-30 13F DSW CL A Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2017-08-14 2017-06-30 13F DSW CL A Call 34,900 93.89 634 73.70 n/a n/a n/a
2016-11-14 2016-09-30 13F DSW CL A Call 18,000 -43.22 365 -44.86 n/a n/a n/a
2016-08-17 2016-06-30 13F/A DSW CL A Call 31,700 662 n/a n/a n/a
2016-08-15 2016-06-30 13F DSW CL A Call 317 662 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put 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 Put 28,400 102 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-18 2025-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 49,900 197.02 178 104.60 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 16,800 3.70 87 -21.62 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 16,200 30.65 112 32.14 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 12,400 85 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-15 2023-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 15,900 -63.95 201 -54.93 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-23 2023-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 44,100 133.33 446 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 18,900 0 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 19,400 -16.38 283 -19.14 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-12 2021-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 23,200 -17.14 350 -23.25 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-06 2021-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 28,000 -24.53 456 -28.75 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-14 2021-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 37,100 106.11 640 363.77 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-12 2020-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 18,000 -11.76 138 24.32 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-13 2020-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 20,400 3.55 111 -13.28 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-13 2020-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 19,700 -23.64 128 -7.91 n/a n/a n/a
2020-05-11 2020-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 25,800 53.57 139 -47.55 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-12 2019-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 16,800 -29.71 265 -34.24 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 23,900 -26.01 403 -34.89 n/a n/a n/a
2019-08-20 2019-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A Put 32,300 2.54 619 -11.57 n/a n/a n/a
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F DSW CL A Put 31,500 -33.26 700 -40.48 n/a n/a n/a
2019-02-13 2018-12-31 13F DSW CL A Put 47,200 1,176 n/a n/a n/a
2018-05-15 2018-03-31 13F DSW CL A Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2018-02-14 2017-12-31 13F DSW CL A Put 43,100 923 n/a n/a n/a
2017-11-15 2017-09-30 13F DSW CL A Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2017-08-14 2017-06-30 13F DSW CL A Put 40,400 53.03 734 36.94 n/a n/a n/a
2016-11-14 2016-09-30 13F DSW CL A Put 26,400 30.69 536 27.01 n/a n/a n/a
2016-08-17 2016-06-30 13F/A DSW CL A Put 20,200 422 n/a n/a n/a
2016-08-15 2016-06-30 13F DSW CL A Put 202 422 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.