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ACCE opinionCaleres Inc. Common Stock (CAL)
Fair value (3 models)
Not available
ACCE price target
$12.80
Rating
Not rated
Horizon
12 months
ACCE price target published on 15 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
Price used: $12.95 at the close on 23 Oct 2026, 22:00 CEST.
Models: Discounted cash flow, EV/EBITDA comparison, and P/E comparison.
Fair value: the average of the applicable valuation models (discounted cash flow, multiples, residual income, dividend discount, shareholder yield), each run on the latest financial statements and the market price shown. Opinion columns (fair value, target, rating) are shown apart from the data. Full methodology: acceinvestments.com/data/how-we-value-stocks
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Data
ACCE score
66
out of 100
Analysts
50% buy
2 covering
P/E
8.5x
forward 5.9x
1-year return
+1.0%
Dividend yield
2.10%
Caleres Inc. Common Stock in four questions
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Overview
ACCE thesis
Caleres sells footwear through its Famous Footwear discount chain and its Allen Edmonds and Vionic brands, with a wholesale business supplying shoes to third-party retailers. At 8.6 times trailing earnings and 7.7 times forward, the stock is priced for a business that is not expected to grow much, yet revenue is still rising 5.6% and gross margin holds near 45%. The thin 3.4% operating margin is the weak point: most of that gross profit is consumed by store and overhead costs, so small swings in sales or markdowns move earnings a lot. That makes the investment case hinge on whether Vionic and the premium brands can keep lifting mix and cost discipline without a consumer slowdown undoing it, which is worth checking in the most recent quarterly margin trend before going further.