WWW vs. CROX, SHOO, NKE, DECK, SKX, CRI, CAL, WEYS, RCKY, and BIRK
Should you be buying Wolverine World Wide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wolverine World Wide include Crocs (CROX), Steven Madden (SHOO), NIKE (NKE), Deckers Outdoor (DECK), Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), Carter's (CRI), Caleres (CAL), Weyco Group (WEYS), Rocky Brands (RCKY), and Birkenstock (BIRK).
Wolverine World Wide vs. Its Competitors
Wolverine World Wide (NYSE:WWW) and Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
Wolverine World Wide has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crocs has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Crocs had 8 more articles in the media than Wolverine World Wide. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Crocs and 3 mentions for Wolverine World Wide. Wolverine World Wide's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Crocs' score of 0.59 indicating that Wolverine World Wide is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Crocs has higher revenue and earnings than Wolverine World Wide. Crocs 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.
Wolverine World Wide presently has a consensus target price of $19.75, indicating a potential upside of 1.54%. Crocs has a consensus target price of $135.13, indicating a potential upside of 29.01%. Given Crocs' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crocs is more favorable than Wolverine World Wide.
Crocs has a net margin of 23.35% compared to Wolverine World Wide's net margin of 4.15%. Crocs' return on equity of 43.07% beat Wolverine World Wide's return on equity.
90.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Crocs shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Crocs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Crocs beats Wolverine World Wide on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:WWW) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
