WWW vs. SHOO, NKE, DECK, SKX, CROX, CAL, RCKY, BIRK, RRR, and NXST
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), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), and Nexstar Media Group (NXST).
Wolverine World Wide vs. Its Competitors
Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO) and Wolverine World Wide (NYSE:WWW) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
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.
In the previous week, Steven Madden had 25 more articles in the media than Wolverine World Wide. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Steven Madden and 2 mentions for Wolverine World Wide. Wolverine World Wide's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Steven Madden's score of 0.29 indicating that Wolverine World Wide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Steven Madden currently has a consensus target price of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.09%. Wolverine World Wide has a consensus target price of $19.75, suggesting a potential upside of 7.84%. Given Steven Madden's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Steven Madden is more favorable than Wolverine World Wide.
Steven Madden has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wolverine World Wide has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Steven Madden received 279 more outperform votes than Wolverine World Wide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.01% of users gave Steven Madden an outperform vote while only 51.05% of users gave Wolverine World Wide an outperform vote.
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.
Steven Madden pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Wolverine World Wide pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Steven Madden pays out 36.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wolverine World Wide pays out 46.0% 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.
99.9% of Steven Madden shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Steven Madden shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are held by company 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.
Summary
Steven Madden beats Wolverine World Wide on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WWW) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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