Wolverine World Wide, Inc.
WWW Consumer Cyclical Footwear & Accessories
Wolverine World Wide, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.9 billion, up 6.80% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.79%, EPS grew 15.6%, free cash flow grew 104.4% and total debt fell 4.60%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (WWW) Altman Z-score
Wolverine World Wide, Inc.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 2.97, in the grey zone (1.81–2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2.97 | 0.11 |
| FY2024 | 2.86 | 0.98 |
| FY2023 | 1.88 | 0.25 |
| FY2022 | 1.63 | (0.91) |
| FY2021 | 2.54 | (0.05) |
| FY2020 | 2.59 | (0.36) |
| FY2019 | 2.96 | (0.91) |
| FY2018 | 3.87 | 0.67 |
| FY2017 | 3.20 | 0.16 |
| FY2016 | 3.04 | 0.11 |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.12 | — | 0.15 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.54 | — | 0.75 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.09 | — | 0.29 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 1.15 | — | 0.69 | |
| Sales / total assets | 1.10 | — | 1.10 | |
| Altman Z-score | Grey zone | 2.97 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Safe zone | 3.48 | ||
Z and Z″ put Wolverine World Wide, Inc. in different zones: grey zone by Z, safe zone by Z″.
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
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|---|---|
| FWDI Forward Industries, Inc. compare | 21.5× |
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| WEYS Weyco Group, Inc. compare | 4.7× |
| CROX Crocs, Inc. compare | 3.3× |
| BIRK Birkenstock Holding PLC compare | 3.3× |
| WWW Wolverine World Wide, Inc. | 3.0× |
| RCKY Rocky Brands, Inc. compare | 2.8× |
| DBI Designer Brands Inc. compare | 1.8× |
| FOSL Fossil Group, Inc. compare | 1.5× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets