Caleres, Inc. (CAL) Stock Analysis
Breakout setup · Inst Constrain edge
Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Retail
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $14.73: Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 12%; Elevated put/call ratio: 51.50; Below-average business quality.
Caleres, Inc. engages in the designs, develops, sources, manufactures, and distributes footwear in the United States, Canada, East and Southeast Asia, and internationally. It operates through Famous Footwear and Brand Portfolio segments. The company offers licensed, branded, and... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $14.73: Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 12%; Elevated put/call ratio: 51.50; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 68, MACD bullish. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 36d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
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2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $14.73: Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 12%; Elevated put/call ratio: 51.50; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 68, MACD bullish. Prior stop was $13.62. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $16.84 (-1.3% upside). Prior stop was $13.62. Stop-loss: $13.62.
Target reached (-1.3% upside); Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0).
Caleres, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 6.3). TrendMatrix value score: 8.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
6 analysts cover CAL with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $17.
What does Caleres, Inc. do?Caleres, Inc. engages in the designs, develops, sources, manufactures, and distributes footwear in the United States,...
Caleres, Inc. engages in the designs, develops, sources, manufactures, and distributes footwear in the United States, Canada, East and Southeast Asia, and internationally. It operates through Famous Footwear and Brand Portfolio segments. The company offers licensed, branded, and private-label athletic, casual, and dress footwear products. The company provides brand-name fashion, casual, and athletic footwear, including Nike, Skechers, adidas, Crocs, Converse, Birkenstock, HeyDude, New Balance, Puma, Jordan, Vans, Bearpaw, Asics, and Brooks, as well as company-owned and licensed brands, such as Sam Edelman, Vionic, Allen Edmonds, Franco Sarto, Rykä, Vince, LifeStride, Dr. Scholl's Shoes, Blowfish Malibu, and Naturalizer. The company also operates naturalizer.com, naturalizer.ca, vionicshoes.com, samedelman.com, samedelman.ca, samedelman.co.uk, allenedmonds.com, allenedmonds.ca, shoebank.com, drschollsshoes.com, lifestride.com, francosarto.com, and ryka.com websites. In addition, it designs, sources, manufactures, and markets footwear to retail stores, such as online retailers, national chains, department stores, mass merchandisers, and independent retailers. Further, the company wholesales men's footwear, apparel, leather goods, and accessories under the Allen Edmonds brand; footwear for women under LifeStride brand; Italian footwear Franco Sarto brand; athletic footwear for women under the Rykä brand; women's shoe collection under the Vince brand; and women's footwear collection under Veronica Beard brand. The company operates through retail shoe stores, wholesales, and e-commerce websites. The company was formerly known as Brown Shoe Company, Inc. and changed its name to Caleres, Inc. in May 2015. The company was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.