Caleres Inc (CAL) company profile
Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $455.47MP/E 8.9Yield 2.12%
About Caleres
Footwear, (No Rubber), SIC 3140
Caleres, Inc. is a global footwear company that designs, manufactures, sources, licenses, and markets shoes, along with clothing and accessories, for men, women, and children. The company conducts operations through two reportable segments: Famous Footwear and Brand Portfolio. Its Famous Footwear segment sells branded casual, athletic, and fashion footwear to consumers through retail stores and e-commerce websites. Its Brand Portfolio segment operates wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels, selling owned and licensed brand footwear such as Allen Edmonds, Sam Edelman, Stuart Weitzman, Naturalizer, and Vionic to department stores, national chains, mass merchandisers, independent retailers, and online merchants.
The company operates 821 Famous Footwear stores across 49 U.S. states, Canada, and Guam, along with 188 company-owned brand retail stores across the United States, Canada, and Asia. Independent partners operate an additional 148 international franchise stores. Caleres maintains design and development teams in Clayton, Missouri, Spain, Italy, and China, and operates manufacturing facilities in Wisconsin and the Dominican Republic. Headquartered design operations are based in Clayton, Missouri.
Summary of the business section of Caleres's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- Caleres Inc
- Founded
- 1878
- Headquarters
- St Louis, MO
- Address
- 8300 Maryland Ave, P O Box 29 63105
- Phone
- (314) 854-4000
- Website
- caleres.com
- Employees
- 10,000, Jan 31, 2026
- Industry
- Footwear, (No Rubber)
- Incorporated in
- New York
- Fiscal year ends
- January 30
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP, St. Louis, Missouri
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- CAL
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Shares outstanding
- 35M, Aug 28, 2026
- Public float
- $419.20M, Aug 2, 2025
- Filer category
- Accelerated filer
- Stock splits
- 3-for-2, Apr 3, 2007; 3-for-2, Apr 4, 2006; 2-for-1, Jul 1, 1983; 3-for-2, Jul 2, 1981
- SEC CIK
- 14707
- CUSIP
- 129500104
- ISIN
- US1295001044
- FIGI
- BBG000CYSFS7
- Share class FIGI
- BBG001S76YV6
- LEI
- JFU6RQQJ8Z1CPOLBXQ18
- EIN
- 43-0197190
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| John W. Schmidt | President & CEO, Caleres, Director | 613,978 |
| Diane M. Sullivan | Executive Chair, Director | 208,283 |
| Kathleen K. Welter | SVP, Chief HR Officer | 36,616 |
| Brian P. Costello | Div President, Famous Footwear | 45,641 |
| Thomas C. Burke | SVP, General Counsel | 95,906 |
| Daniel R. Freidman | Chief Sourcing Officer | 95,103 |
| Daniel L. Karpel | SVP, Chief Financial Officer | 54,124 |
| Willis Hill | Chief Information Officer | 81,465 |
| Jack Calandra | SVP, Chief Financial Officer | 63,517 |
| Todd E. Hasty | SVP, Chief Accounting Officer | 32,058 |
| Michael R. Edwards | Div President, Famous Footwear | 123,563 |
| Molly Langenstein | Director | 39,084 |
| Ward M. Klein | Director | 109,026 |
| Kyle Gendreau | Director | 765 |
| Mahendra R. Gupta | Director | 51,336 |
| Lori Greeley | Director | 2,575 |
| Wenda Harris Millard | Director | 47,021 |
| Lisa Flavin | Director | 0 |
| Bruce K. Thorn | Director | 36,647 |
| Brenda Freeman | Director | 6,958 |
| Steven W. Korn | Director | 16,979 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $4.14M | $2.04M | $1.27M | $86 | $100 |
| FY2024 | $8.30M | $2.50M | $2.64M | $114 | $143 |
| FY2023 | $7.80M | $9.75M | $3.52M | $197 | $113 |
| FY2022 Mr.Schmidt | $4.62M | $5.07M | $2.11M | $153 | $103 |
| FY2022 Ms.Sullivan | $13.76M | $13.76M | $2.11M | $153 | $103 |
| FY2021 | $10.20M | $15.89M | $2.01M | $139 | $109 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Executive compensation, fiscal 2025
Summary compensation table from the latest proxy statement
| Executive | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Other | Total | vs. prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John W. Schmidt President and Chief Executive Officer | $1.15M | – | $2.50M | $493.91K | $4.14M | -50% |
| Jack P. Calandra Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $640.00K | – | $460.01K | $2.29M | $3.39M | +39% |
| Daniel L. Karpel Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer | $115.39K | – | $300.01K | $3.23K | $418.62K | – |
| Brian P. Costello Division President— Famous Footwear | $462.40K | $40.00K | $400.01K | $77.24K | $979.66K | – |
| Daniel R. Friedman Chief Sourcing and Supply Chain Officer | $507.00K | – | $300.01K | $216.06K | $1.02M | -40% |
| Willis D. Hill Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer | $500.00K | – | $276.01K | $25.66K | $801.67K | – |
| Todd E. Hasty Former Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | $249.04K | $375.00K | $161.01K | $252.14K | $1.04M | – |
Stock and option awards are grant-date fair values, not realized pay. “Other” includes pension value changes and all other compensation. Source proxy statement.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of January 31, 2026, we had approximately 10,000 employees, including 5,000 full-time and 5,000 part-time.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
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