WWW Stock Analysis: Wolverine World Wide | NYSE
Footwear & Accessories | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 1.669m USD | 12M Return: -33.7% | US9780971035 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 16.2M
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: -55.5%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
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Seasonality 11.6 years of data
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Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (NYSE: WWW) is a global footwear, apparel, and accessories company operating in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. Founded in 1883 and headquartered in Rockford, Michigan, the company runs through two segments: Active Group and Work Group, spanning casual, performance outdoor/athletic, kids, industrial, and uniform footwear and apparel. It markets a multi-brand portfolio that includes Bates, Cat, Chaco, Harley-Davidson, Hush Puppies, Hytest, Merrell, Saucony, Sperry, Keds, Sweaty Betty, and Wolverine, and licenses the Stride Rite brand. Distribution reaches consumers via department stores, national chains, specialty and independent retailers, uniform outlets, mass merchants, government customers, third-party licensees and distributors, joint ventures, brick-and-mortar stores, and e-commerce sites.
Within the Consumer Discretionary sectors Footwear sub-industry, Wolverine leverages a brand-licensing model that extends names like Hush Puppies and Wolverine into non-footwear categories such as apparel, eyewear, watches, socks, handbags, and plush toys, generating royalty income without direct manufacturing in those lines. The company also operates a sourcing division providing product development, quality assurance, and materials procurement services, and a multi-brand direct-to-consumer retail arm that sells its own portfolio alongside third-party brands.
- Merrell and Saucony outdoor brands fuel Active Group revenue growth
- Work Group industrial boots tied to construction and labor cycle
- Direct-to-consumer expansion lifts margins amid wholesale channel softness
| Net Income: 108.3m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.10 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 3.16 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 13.37% < 20% (prev 8.48%; Δ 4.90% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.11 > 3% & CFO 182.6m > Net Income 108.3m |
| Net Debt (733.1m) to EBITDA (202.2m): 3.63 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.55 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (84.3m) vs 12m ago 3.98% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 46.99% > 18% (prev 45.66%; Δ 1.32% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 111.0% > 50% (prev 100.7%; Δ 10.34% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 5.68 > 6 (EBIT TTM 169.7m / Interest Expense TTM 29.9m) |
| A: 0.15 (Total Current Assets 736.2m - Total Current Liabilities 475.2m) / Total Assets 1.71b |
| B: 0.56 (Retained Earnings 951.6m / Total Assets 1.71b) |
| C: 0.10 (EBIT TTM 169.7m / Avg Total Assets 1.76b) |
| D: 0.36 (Book Value of Equity 449.2m / Total Liabilities 1.24b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 3.85 = AA |
| DSRI: 0.81 (Receivables 221.1m/255.4m, Revenue 1.95b/1.82b) |
| GMI: 0.97 (GM 45.66% / 46.99%) |
| AQI: 1.03 (AQ_t 0.46 / AQ_t-1 0.45) |
| SGI: 1.07 (Revenue 1.95b / 1.82b) |
| TATA: -0.04 (NI 108.3m - CFO 182.6m) / TA 1.71b) |
| Beneish M = -3.15 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of August 31, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 20.34 with a total of 525,151 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -2.96%, over one month by +1.80%, over three months by +16.54% and over the past year by -33.70%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 18.40 (which is 9.5% or 2.3 ATR below the current price).
Wolverine World Wide has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.60. Therefore, it is recommended to buy WWW.
- StrongBuy: 7
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 1
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 24.3 | 19.5% |
P/E Trailing = 15.8906
P/E Forward = 12.4688
P/S = 0.8552
P/B = 3.61
P/EG = 2.357
Revenue TTM = 1.95b USD
EBIT TTM = 169.7m USD
EBITDA TTM = 202.2m USD
Long Term Debt = 546.7m USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 91.5m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 891.6m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 146.2m
Net Debt = 733.1m USD (calculated: Debt 891.6m - CCE 158.5m)
Enterprise Value = 2.40b USD (1.67b + Debt 891.6m - CCE 158.5m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 5.68 (Ebit TTM 169.7m / Interest Expense TTM 29.9m)
EV/FCF = 13.73x (Enterprise Value 2.40b / FCF TTM 175.0m)
FCF Yield = 7.28% (FCF TTM 175.0m / Enterprise Value 2.40b)
FCF Margin = 8.97% (FCF TTM 175.0m / Revenue TTM 1.95b)
Net Margin = 5.55% (Net Income TTM 108.3m / Revenue TTM 1.95b)
Gross Margin = 46.99% ((Revenue TTM 1.95b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.03b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 46.47% (prev 47.60%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.41 (Enterprise Value 2.40b / Total Assets 1.71b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.35% (Interest Expense 29.9m / Debt 891.6m)
Taxrate = 19.53% (27.7m / 141.8m)
NOPAT = 136.5m (EBIT 169.7m * (1 - 19.53%))
Current Ratio = 1.55 (Total Current Assets 736.2m / Total Current Liabilities 475.2m)
Debt / Equity = 1.98 (Debt 891.6m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 449.2m)
Debt / EBITDA = 3.63 (Net Debt 733.1m / EBITDA 202.2m)
Debt / FCF = 4.19 (Net Debt 733.1m / FCF TTM 175.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 412.4m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 6.16% (Net Income 108.3m / Total Assets 1.71b)
RoE = 26.26% (Net Income TTM 108.3m / Total Stockholder Equity 412.4m)
RoCE = 17.69% (EBIT 169.7m / Capital Employed (Equity 412.4m + L.T.Debt 546.7m))
RoIC = 11.14% (NOPAT 136.5m / Invested Capital 1.23b)
WACC = 7.31% (E(1.67b)/V(2.56b) * Re(9.78%) + D(891.6m)/V(2.56b) * Rd(3.35%) * (1-Tc(0.20)))
Discount Rate = 9.78% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 89.49 | Cagr: 2.48%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈156.3m ; Y1≈179.2m ; Y5≈263.7m
[DCF] Fair Price = 39.43 (EV 3.97b - Net Debt 733.1m = Equity 3.24b / Shares 82.1m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: 0.54 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -55.46 | Revenue CAGR: -5.67% | SUE: 0.72 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.46 | Chg30d=+16.59% | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=10
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.65 | Chg30d=+6.01% | Revisions=+40% | GrowthEPS=+22.0% | GrowthRev=+6.8%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=1.84 | Chg30d=+4.77% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+11.8% | GrowthRev=+5.8%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +38% (up=4, down=1)