Analyzing Caleres Inc (CAL)’s Gross, Operating, Pretax, and Net Margins

Currently, Caleres Inc [CAL] is trading at $17.82, up 1.65%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The CAL shares have gain 18.25% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 23.75%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Caleres Inc [NYSE: CAL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 03, 2024, when Loop Capital downgraded its rating to a Hold but kept the price target unchanged to $45 for it. On May 25, 2023, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $25 on the stock. Piper Sandler upgraded its rating to a Overweight and increased its price target to $35 on February 21, 2023. Piper Sandler initiated its recommendation with a Neutral and recommended $28 as its price target on October 25, 2022. Seaport Research Partners started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on June 24, 2022, and assigned it a price target of $35. In a note dated June 01, 2021, CL King upgraded an Buy rating on this stock but restated the target price of $29.

This stock has fluctuated between a low of $14.25 and a high of $44.51 over the last 52 weeks. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $31.67 within the next 12 months. Caleres Inc [NYSE: CAL] shares were valued at $17.82 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 77.72% based on the average CAL price forecast.

Analyzing the CAL fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Caleres Inc [NYSE:CAL] were 2.72B which represents -8.31% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.45% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.06%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.05%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.04%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.18 and Total Capital is 0.13. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.38.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 17.28 points at the first support level, and at 16.74 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 18.24, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 18.66.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Caleres Inc [NYSE:CAL] is 1.10. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.36 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.04. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.22, the price to book ratio is 1.00 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 5.81.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Greeley Lori, Director, that happened on Mar 27 ’25 when 9000.0 shares were purchased. Director, Gendreau Kyle completed a deal on Jan 17 ’25 to buy 5000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Hendra Carla C bought 68093.0 shares on Sep 17 ’24.

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