Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) vs Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (WWW)

Designer Brands Inc. and Wolverine World Wide, Inc. are both Footwear & Accessories companies. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.6B against $324.1M — 4.9× the size. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.8× against 21.9×. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.16% against −0.84%. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.55% vs 0.61%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.4% vs 9.58%). Both pay a dividend; Wolverine World Wide, Inc. yields more (4.72% vs 2.11%). Across the 21 metrics below, Wolverine World Wide, Inc. leads on 16 and Designer Brands Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric DBI WWW Footwear & Accessories median
P/E 21.89 14.78 15.26
P/S 0.11 0.80 1.16
P/B 1.04 3.34 2.59
Price to free cash flow n/m 3.58 12.20
EV/EBITDA 4.25 10.14 8.91
EV/Sales 0.24 1.01 1.24
Earnings yield 4.57% 6.76% 6.11%
Free cash flow yield (27.30%) 27.94% 4.85%

Profitability

Metric DBI WWW Footwear & Accessories median
Gross margin 45.77% 47.12% 49.76%
Operating margin 3.56% 8.69% 8.44%
Net margin 0.61% 5.55% 5.64%
Free cash flow margin 4.15% 8.97% 8.18%
Return on equity 6.10% 26.03% 12.45%
Return on assets 0.87% 6.15% 6.15%
Return on invested capital 9.58% 12.38% 9.58%

Growth

Metric DBI WWW Footwear & Accessories median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.84%) 7.16% 3.68%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.00% 96.55% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.30% 0.91% 7.17%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric DBI WWW Footwear & Accessories median
Debt to equity 1.41 1.17 0.46
Current ratio 1.22 1.55 1.96
Net debt to EBITDA 3.59 1.93 1.00

Dividend

Metric DBI WWW Footwear & Accessories median
Dividend yield 2.11% 4.72% 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.10 0.21 0.00

Size

Metric DBI WWW Footwear & Accessories median
Market cap 324.13m 1.58b 614.40m

Compare with another peer

Any metric, up to five companies and an Excel export Powerpack