Wolverine World Wide, Inc. designs, manufactures, sources, markets, licenses, and distributes footwear, apparel, and accessories. The company operates through four segments: Wolverine Outdoor & Lifestyle Group, Wolverine Boston Group, Wolverine Heritage Group, and Wolverine Multi-Brand Group. It offers casual footwear and apparel; performance outdoor and athletic footwear and apparel; children's footwear; industrial work boots and apparel; and uniform shoes and boots. The company sources and markets a range of footwear styles, such as shoes, boots, and sandals under the Bates, Cat, Chaco, Harley-Davidson, Hush Puppies, HyTest, Keds, Merrell, Saucony, Sebago, Soft Style, Sperry, Stride Rite, and Wolverine brand names. It also markets apparel and accessories under the Merrell and Wolverine brands, as well as licenses its brands for use on non-footwear products, including the Hush Puppies apparel, eyewear, watches, socks, handbags, and plush toys; the Wolverine brand eyewear and gloves; and the Keds, Saucony, Sperry brand apparel. In addition, the company markets pigskin leather under the Wolverine Warrior Leather, Weather Tight, and All Season Weather Leathers trademarks for use in the footwear industry. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. sells its products in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and certain countries in continental Europe and Asia Pacific to department stores, national chains, catalog and specialty retailers, independent retailers, uniform outlets, and mass merchant and government customers through retail stores, as well as through third-party licensees and distributors. As of December 30, 2017, the company operated 81 retail stores, as well as 29 consumer-direct Websites. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. was founded in 1883 and is based in Rockford, Michigan.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Footwear, except rubber
Sub-IndustryFootwear
SectorConsumer Discretionary
SymbolNYSE:WWW
CUSIP97809710
Phone616-866-5500
Debt
Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.66
Current Ratio3.18
Quick Ratio2.13
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio22.40
Forward P/E Ratio17.44
P/E Growth1.76
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$2.35 billion
Price / Sales1.46
Cash Flow$2.0325 per share
Price / Cash17.85
Book Value$9.98 per share
Price / Book3.64
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.64
Net Income$300,000.00
Net Margins1.28%
Return on Equity17.54%
Return on Assets7.24%
Miscellaneous
Employees3,700
Outstanding Shares94,760,000
