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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
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.
Wolverine World Wide has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crocs has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wolverine World Wide presently has a consensus price target of $19.75, indicating a potential upside of 1.54%. Crocs has a consensus price target of $135.13, indicating a potential upside of 28.94%. Given Crocs' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Crocs is more favorable than Wolverine World Wide.
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 0.86 beat Crocs' score of 0.60 indicating that Wolverine World Wide is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Crocs shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Crocs shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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
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