Evidence in favour
- Participation spans 17 named insiders rather than one filing source.
- The latest qualifying evidence is fresh, dated 01 Aug 2026.
Company insider dossier
Designer Brands Inc insider intelligence
DBI filings assessed for conviction, transaction quality, insider breadth, clustering, freshness, and price confirmation.
25/100
Concentrated distribution
58/100 confidence- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Footwear & Accessories
- Latest evidence
- 1 Aug 2026
Investment committee read
Concentrated distribution
Priced common-share disposals are concentrated enough to warrant review, but they are not treated as a standalone bearish forecast.
Review exposure and filing contextDecision risks
- Qualifying disposal events outnumber acquisitions, although disposals receive a lower directional weight.
- Most filings are awards, derivatives, unpriced common shares, or other securities and remain contextual.
Price confirmation map
Weekly price with common-share events
Acquisitions and disposals are aligned to the nearest completed weekly bar.
Feb 2025Aug 2026
Weekly closeCommon-share acquisitionCommon-share disposal
Market confirmation
Price and trend context
- Latest close
- 6.55 USD
- One-week move
- +8.4%
- Four-week move
- +18.7%
- Fair-value gap
- +4.0%
- Trend signal
- Inactive
- Relative strength
- 1.5
Directional balance
Controlled event mix
0.0%acquisition
- Acquisition events
- 0
- Disposal events
- 2
- Net value
- -$451.5K
Cadence
Twelve-week filing pressure
Volume shows attention. Controlled events determine direction.
025 May
001 Jun
108 Jun
915 Jun
022 Jun
029 Jun
1806 Jul
013 Jul
020 Jul
527 Jul
003 Aug
010 Aug
Named participants
Insider conviction by person
SCHOTTENSTEIN, JOSEPH A.Director500 events
ATKINSON, JOHN W.Director500 events
COBB, PETERDirector500 events
EISENMAN, ELAINE JDirector500 events
FERREE, DEBORAH LDirector, V. Chair; Ch Product Off500 events
HALEY, MARKSVP, Controller & PAO500 events
HOWE, DOUGLAS M.Director, CEO500 events
LAU, JOANNA TDirector500 events
O'DONNELL, ANDREAEVP, COO & Brands President500 events
PAUL, RICHARD A.Director500 events
SCHOTTENSTEIN, JAY LDirector, Executive Chairman, 10% Owner500 events
SONNENBERG, HARVEY LDirector500 events
Evidence quality
Security and transaction context
Role architecture
Who is participating
Transaction evidence
Auditable DBI filing ledger
Showing 31 to 34 of 34.
TANENBAUM, ALLAN JDirector
AcquisitionEquity compensation
26527 sharesStock Unit
Not reportedContext evidence
ZAIAC, JOANNEDirector
AcquisitionEquity compensation
26527 sharesStock Unit
Not reportedContext evidence
TURNER, MARYEVP;Pres DesignerBrands Canada
DisposalCommon equity
34708 sharesClass A Common Shares
$242.8KDirectional evidence
SCHOTTENSTEIN, JOSEPH A.Director
AcquisitionCommon equity
2972 sharesClass A Common Shares
Not reportedContext evidence
Reading the dossier
Direction and confidence are separate
Conviction
The 0 to 100 score classifies deduplicated priced common-share evidence. Fifty is balanced or non-directional.
Confidence
Confidence rises with controlled event depth, named-insider breadth, fresh evidence, normalized values, and a longer observation span.
Disposals
Selling is not treated as the mirror image of buying. It carries less directional weight because taxes, diversification, compensation, and planned transactions can all create sales.
Price confirmation
The market chart tests whether the filing thesis is being confirmed or rejected by price, fair-value position, relative strength, and the current trend state.
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