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Wolverine World Wide (WWW) Competitors

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$13.06 -0.05 (-0.38%)
As of 04/30/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

WWW vs. SHOO, NKE, DECK, SKX, CROX, CAL, RCKY, BIRK, LBTYK, and PVH

Should you be buying Wolverine World Wide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wolverine World Wide include Steven Madden (SHOO), NIKE (NKE), Deckers Outdoor (DECK), Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), Crocs (CROX), Caleres (CAL), Rocky Brands (RCKY), Birkenstock (BIRK), Liberty Global (LBTYK), and PVH (PVH).

Wolverine World Wide vs.

Wolverine World Wide (NYSE:WWW) and Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

In the previous week, Wolverine World Wide had 4 more articles in the media than Steven Madden. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Wolverine World Wide and 8 mentions for Steven Madden. Wolverine World Wide's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Steven Madden's score of 0.69 indicating that Wolverine World Wide is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Wolverine World Wide
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Steven Madden
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Wolverine World Wide presently has a consensus target price of $18.88, suggesting a potential upside of 44.53%. Steven Madden has a consensus target price of $33.57, suggesting a potential upside of 59.86%. Given Steven Madden's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Steven Madden is more favorable than Wolverine World Wide.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wolverine World Wide
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91
Steven Madden
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11

Steven Madden has a net margin of 7.68% compared to Wolverine World Wide's net margin of 2.73%. Wolverine World Wide's return on equity of 26.81% beat Steven Madden's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wolverine World Wide2.73% 26.81% 4.33%
Steven Madden 7.68%23.41%14.45%

Wolverine World Wide has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steven Madden has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

90.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Steven Madden shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Steven Madden shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Steven Madden has higher revenue and earnings than Wolverine World Wide. Steven Madden is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wolverine World Wide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wolverine World Wide$1.76B0.60-$39.60M$0.5523.75
Steven Madden$2.28B0.67$171.55M$2.358.94

Wolverine World Wide pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Steven Madden pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Wolverine World Wide pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steven Madden pays out 35.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Steven Madden is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Steven Madden received 282 more outperform votes than Wolverine World Wide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.32% of users gave Steven Madden an outperform vote while only 51.05% of users gave Wolverine World Wide an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Wolverine World WideOutperform Votes
460
51.05%
Underperform Votes
441
48.95%
Steven MaddenOutperform Votes
742
68.32%
Underperform Votes
344
31.68%

Summary

Steven Madden beats Wolverine World Wide on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WWW vs. The Competition

MetricWolverine World WideFootwear, except rubber IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.06B$2.51B$7.48B$18.96B
Dividend Yield3.11%2.91%3.39%4.03%
P/E Ratio23.7515.8116.4032.71
Price / Sales0.601.077.3527.84
Price / Cash12.1312.6716.4217.53
Price / Book3.311.964.394.47
Net Income-$39.60M$146.62M$260.40M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.48%6.95%1.52%0.50%
1 Month Performance-6.87%-4.72%-2.01%-2.83%
1 Year Performance24.98%-17.42%-2.29%4.36%

Wolverine World Wide Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WWW
Wolverine World Wide
4.7354 of 5 stars
$13.06
-0.4%
$18.88
+44.5%
+21.6%$1.06B$1.76B23.754,300Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
SHOO
Steven Madden
4.5626 of 5 stars
$19.99
+0.5%
$37.83
+89.3%
-48.0%$1.45B$2.28B8.513,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
NKE
NIKE
4.8719 of 5 stars
$56.24
+0.9%
$84.41
+50.1%
-38.8%$83.19B$47.82B17.3679,100Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
DECK
Deckers Outdoor
4.712 of 5 stars
$103.65
-1.9%
$187.89
+81.3%
+387.6%$15.73B$4.92B16.804,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
Gap Down
SKX
Skechers U.S.A.
4.9356 of 5 stars
$46.79
-1.8%
$74.67
+59.6%
-27.3%$6.99B$8.97B11.2715,100Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
CROX
Crocs
4.3256 of 5 stars
$89.46
-1.4%
$140.00
+56.5%
-22.5%$5.01B$4.10B5.596,680Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
CAL
Caleres
3.6916 of 5 stars
$15.21
-0.3%
$16.00
+5.2%
-58.6%$511.24M$2.72B3.399,200Positive News
Gap Down
RCKY
Rocky Brands
2.5722 of 5 stars
$12.86
+0.2%
$25.00
+94.4%
-17.0%$95.97M$453.77M7.222,820Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
BIRK
Birkenstock
2.4331 of 5 stars
$46.73
-1.7%
$67.50
+44.4%
+15.0%$8.78B$1.86B37.697,400Short Interest ↑
LBTYK
Liberty Global
1.6332 of 5 stars
$10.68
-3.3%
N/A-30.7%$3.72B$4.34B2.5510,100Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
PVH
PVH
4.7997 of 5 stars
$69.67
+1.1%
$105.40
+51.3%
-36.6%$3.67B$8.65B5.6731,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑

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