WWW Stock Analysis: Wolverine World Wide | NYSE
Footwear & Accessories | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 1.527m USD | 12M Return: -18.2% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 14.1M
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: -74.7%
Qual. Beats: 1
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
Seasonality 10.5 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: 103.9m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.08 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 1.47 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 12.18% < 20% (prev 7.97%; Δ 4.21% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.09 > 3% & CFO 140.6m > Net Income 103.9m |
| Net Debt (811.7m) to EBITDA (194.4m): 4.18 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.53 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (81.7m) vs 12m ago 1.11% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 47.14% > 18% (prev 44.67%; Δ 2.47% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 115.5% > 50% (prev 105.2%; Δ 10.26% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 5.30 > 6 (EBIT TTM 165.9m / Interest Expense TTM 31.3m) |
| A: 0.14 (Total Current Assets 672.1m - Total Current Liabilities 438.3m) / Total Assets 1.64b |
| B: 0.57 (Retained Earnings 928.9m / Total Assets 1.64b) |
| C: 0.10 (EBIT TTM 165.9m / Avg Total Assets 1.66b) |
| D: 0.34 (Book Value of Equity 415.7m / Total Liabilities 1.21b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 3.81 = AA |
| DSRI: 0.72 (Receivables 185.5m/239.2m, Revenue 1.92b/1.77b) |
| GMI: 0.95 (GM 44.67% / 47.14%) |
| AQI: 1.01 (AQ_t 0.48 / AQ_t-1 0.47) |
| SGI: 1.08 (Revenue 1.92b / 1.77b) |
| TATA: -0.02 (NI 103.9m - CFO 140.6m) / TA 1.64b) |
| Beneish M = -3.24 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of July 29, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 19.07 with a total of 619,421 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +2.42%, over one month by +17.42%, over three months by +9.82% and over the past year by -18.18%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 17.90 (which is 6.1% or 1.5 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 | 21.7 | 13.8% |
P/E Trailing = 15.1789
P/E Forward = 12.0919
P/S = 0.7974
P/B = 3.6725
P/EG = 2.357
Revenue TTM = 1.92b USD
EBIT TTM = 165.9m USD
EBITDA TTM = 194.4m USD
Long Term Debt = 546.9m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 126.9m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 931.3m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 146.2m
Net Debt = 811.7m USD (calculated: Debt 931.3m - CCE 119.6m)
Enterprise Value = 2.34b USD (1.53b + Debt 931.3m - CCE 119.6m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 5.30 (Ebit TTM 165.9m / Interest Expense TTM 31.3m)
EV/FCF = 17.71x (Enterprise Value 2.34b / FCF TTM 132.0m)
FCF Yield = 5.65% (FCF TTM 132.0m / Enterprise Value 2.34b)
FCF Margin = 6.88% (FCF TTM 132.0m / Revenue TTM 1.92b)
Net Margin = 5.41% (Net Income TTM 103.9m / Revenue TTM 1.92b)
Gross Margin = 47.14% ((Revenue TTM 1.92b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.01b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 47.60% (prev 46.63%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.43 (Enterprise Value 2.34b / Total Assets 1.64b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.36% (Interest Expense 31.3m / Debt 931.3m)
Taxrate = 18.13% (24.4m / 134.6m)
NOPAT = 135.8m (EBIT 165.9m * (1 - 18.13%))
Current Ratio = 1.53 (Total Current Assets 672.1m / Total Current Liabilities 438.3m)
Debt / Equity = 2.24 (Debt 931.3m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 415.7m)
Debt / EBITDA = 4.18 (Net Debt 811.7m / EBITDA 194.4m)
Debt / FCF = 6.15 (Net Debt 811.7m / FCF TTM 132.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 386.1m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 6.25% (Net Income 103.9m / Total Assets 1.64b)
RoE = 26.91% (Net Income TTM 103.9m / Total Stockholder Equity 386.1m)
RoCE = 17.78% (EBIT 165.9m / Capital Employed (Equity 386.1m + L.T.Debt 546.9m))
RoIC = 11.02% (NOPAT 135.8m / Invested Capital 1.23b)
WACC = 7.59% (E(1.53b)/V(2.46b) * Re(10.54%) + D(931.3m)/V(2.46b) * Rd(3.36%) * (1-Tc(0.18)))
Discount Rate = 10.54% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 97.99 | Cagr: 1.19%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈123.5m ; Y1≈141.6m ; Y5≈208.4m
[DCF] Fair Price = 28.35 (EV 3.14b - Net Debt 811.7m = Equity 2.32b / Shares 82.0m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: 0.76 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -74.71 | Revenue CAGR: -9.77% | SUE: 0.99 | # QB: 1
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.38 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+36% | Analysts=10
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.39 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+58% | Analysts=10
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.55 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+79% | GrowthEPS=+14.9% | GrowthRev=+6.0%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=1.76 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+50% | GrowthEPS=+13.2% | GrowthRev=+5.8%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +69% (up=34, down=5)