Designer Brands Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US2505651081

SecurityDBI / Designer Brands Inc.
InstitutionDimensional Fund Advisors Lp
Latest Disclosed Ownership1,937,413 shares
Ownership 4.70%
Dimensional Fund Advisors Lp ownership in DBI / Designer Brands Inc.

2025-10-09 - Dimensional Fund Advisors Lp has filed an SCHEDULE 13G/A form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosing ownership of 1,937,413 shares of Designer Brands Inc. (US:DBI). This represents 4.7 percent ownership of the company. In their previous filing dated 2024-10-31 , Dimensional Fund Advisors Lp had reported owning 2,754,126 shares, indicating a decrease of -29.65 percent.

Institutional Ownership: 13D/G Filings

This table shows a history of the 13D/G filings made by the investor and/or investor group. Note that the share values in this table are not directly comparable to any numbers shown in the 13F table (if any).

File
Date		Effective
Date		Form Prev
Shares		 Latest
Shares		 ΔShares
(Percent)		 Ownership
(Percent)		 ΔOwnership
(Percent)
2025-10-09 2025-10-09 13G/A 2,754,126 1,937,413 -29.65 4.70 -18.97
2024-10-31 2024-10-31 13G 2,875,539 2,754,126 -4.22 5.80 31.82
2021-02-12 2021-02-12 13G/A 4,780,052 2,875,539 -39.84 4.40 -41.10
2020-02-12 2020-02-12 13G/A 4,780,052 7.47
2019-02-08 2019-02-08 13G/A 6,134,636 4,812,241 -21.56 6.63 -21.91
2018-02-09 2018-02-09 13G 6,134,636 8.49

Important Note: One of the primary uses of the 13D/G filings is to evaluate the ability of a firm to control a company (ie, the "beneficial ownership"). To that end, firms are required to report not just direct holdings in companies, but indirect holdings that they control. For investment firms, these indirect holdings can include shares in funds they manage, advisory accounts, and in the case of activist campaigns, pledged votes. Therefore, share counts listed in 13D/G filings can differ significantly than share counts listed in 13F filings.

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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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)
2026-05-07 2026-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 2,077,609 269,795 14.92 11,820 -12.01 0.0005
2026-02-12 2025-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 1,807,814 -129,599 -6.69 13,435 95.89 0.0028
2025-11-12 2025-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 1,937,413 -242,033 -11.11 6,859 32.22 0.0015
2025-08-12 2025-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 2,179,446 -68,985 -3.07 5,188 -36.79 0.0012
2025-05-13 2025-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 2,248,431 -146,829 -6.13 8,206 -35.84 0.0020
2025-02-13 2024-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 2,395,260 -358,866 -13.03 12,790 -37.06 0.0031
2024-11-07 2024-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 2,754,126 158,778 6.12 20,323 14.64 0.0049
2024-08-09 2024-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 2,595,348 814,286 45.72 17,728 -8.94 0.0046
2024-05-10 2024-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 1,781,062 121,727 7.34 19,467 32.55 0.0053
2024-02-07 2023-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 1,659,335 -43,635 -2.56 14,687 -31.88 0.0043
2023-11-09 2023-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 1,702,970 24,301 1.45 21,560 27.17 0.0071
2023-08-09 2023-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 1,678,669 -346,615 -17.11 16,955 -4.21 0.0054
2023-05-12 2023-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 2,025,284 -106,285 -4.99 17,700 88,400.00 0.0060
2023-02-09 2022-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 2,131,569 86,160 4.21 21 -99.94 0.0062
2022-11-10 2022-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 2,045,409 145,578 7.66 31,315 26.20 0.0120
2022-08-12 2022-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CL A 250565108 1,899,831 156,492 8.98 24,813 5.35 0.0089
2022-05-13 2022-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CLA 250565108 1,743,339 348,503 24.99 23,554 18.83 0.0073
2022-02-09 2021-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CLA 250565108 1,394,836 15,848 1.15 19,821 3.16 0.0060
2021-11-12 2021-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CLA 250565108 1,378,988 -772,531 -35.91 19,214 -46.04 0.0062
2021-08-12 2021-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CLA 250565108 2,151,519 -105,685 -4.68 35,606 -9.34 0.0113
2021-05-14 2021-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CLA 250565108 2,257,204 -618,335 -21.50 39,275 78.54 0.0130
2021-03-08 2020-12-31 13F/A-2 DESIGNER BRANDS CLA 250565108 2,875,539 -476,920 -14.23 21,998 20.84 0.0079
2021-02-11 2020-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CLA 250565108 2,875,539 -476,920 21,998 7,944.5083
2020-11-12 2020-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CLA 250565108 3,352,459 -966,361 -22.38 18,204 -37.74 0.0077
2020-08-13 2020-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CLA 250565108 4,318,820 -323,374 -6.97 29,237 26.46 0.0129
2020-05-14 2020-03-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CLA 250565108 4,642,194 -137,858 -2.88 23,120 -69.27 0.0120
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CLA 250565108 4,780,052 51,477 1.09 75,238 -7.06 0.0274
2019-11-12 2019-09-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CLA 250565108 4,728,575 17,352 0.37 80,952 -10.37 0.0315
2019-08-13 2019-06-30 13F DESIGNER BRANDS CLA 250565108 4,711,223 37,407 0.80 90,313 -13.04 0.0351
2019-08-12 2019-03-31 13F/A-2 DSW CLA 23334L102 4,673,816 -138,425 -2.88 103,855 -12.63 0.0414
2019-05-10 2019-03-31 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 4,673,816 -138,425 103,855
2019-02-26 2018-12-31 13F/A-1 DSW CLA 23334L102 4,812,241 -480,900 -9.09 118,864 -33.72 0.0538
2019-02-13 2018-12-31 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 4,812,241 -480,900 118,864
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 5,293,141 -792,448 -13.02 179,332 14.13 0.0683
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 6,085,589 -33,846 -0.55 157,131 14.32 0.0626
2018-05-11 2018-03-31 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 6,119,435 -15,201 -0.25 137,443 4.64 0.0573
2018-02-12 2017-12-31 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 6,134,636 83,398 1.38 131,343 1.05 0.0544
2017-11-13 2017-09-30 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 6,051,238 76,593 1.28 129,980 22.91 0.0568
2017-08-11 2017-06-30 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 5,974,645 1,748,831 41.38 105,753 21.01 0.0488
2017-05-12 2017-03-31 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 4,225,814 1,135,336 36.74 87,390 24.84 0.0418
2017-02-09 2016-12-31 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 3,090,478 82,675 2.75 70,000 13.64 0.0350
2016-11-10 2016-09-30 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 3,007,803 -39,483 -1.30 61,599 -4.56 0.0333
2016-08-09 2016-06-30 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 3,047,286 664,487 27.89 64,540 -2.01 0.0371
2016-05-13 2016-03-31 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 2,382,799 749,735 45.91 65,862 69.02 0.0394
2016-02-10 2015-12-31 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 1,633,064 -642 -0.04 38,966 -5.76 0.0243
2015-11-13 2015-09-30 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 1,633,706 674,633 70.34 41,348 29.20 0.0271
2015-08-14 2015-06-30 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 959,073 260,951 37.38 32,004 24.30 0.0196
2015-05-14 2015-03-31 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 698,122 -3,899 -0.56 25,747 -1.67 0.0163
2015-02-06 2014-12-31 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 702,021 333,807 90.66 26,185 136.16 0.0172
2014-11-13 2014-09-30 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 368,214 18,198 5.20 11,088 13.39 0.0079
2014-08-08 2014-06-30 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 350,016 -823 -0.23 9,779 -22.27 0.0068
2014-05-14 2014-03-31 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 350,839 17,804 5.35 12,580 -11.60 0.0094
2014-02-12 2013-12-31 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 333,035 168,448 102.35 14,231 1.35 0.0111
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 164,587 2,644 1.63 14,042 18.01 0.0122
2013-08-15 2013-06-30 13F DSW CLA 23334L102 161,943 161,943 11,899 0.0112
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.