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 $1.8B against $340.0M — 5.2× the size. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.8× against 23.6×. 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; Designer Brands Inc. yields more (3.03% vs 1.85%). Across the 21 metrics below, Wolverine World Wide, Inc. leads on 15 and Designer Brands Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric DBI WWW Footwear & Accessories median
P/E 23.61 16.81 17.09
P/S 0.12 0.91 1.01
P/B 1.12 3.80 2.84
Price to free cash flow n/m 4.07 12.64
EV/EBITDA 4.40 11.24 11.19
EV/Sales 0.24 1.12 1.27
Earnings yield 4.24% 5.95% 5.29%
Free cash flow yield (25.32%) 24.58% 6.01%

Profitability

Metric DBI WWW Footwear & Accessories median
Gross margin 45.77% 47.12% 49.08%
Operating margin 3.56% 8.69% 8.69%
Net margin 0.61% 5.55% 6.62%
Free cash flow margin 4.15% 8.97% 8.58%
Return on equity 6.10% 26.03% 13.50%
Return on assets 0.87% 6.15% 6.62%
Return on invested capital 9.58% 12.38% 10.98%

Growth

Metric DBI WWW Footwear & Accessories median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.84%) 7.16% 0.70%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.00% 107.27% 12.95%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.30% 0.91% 9.43%
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 0.47
Current ratio 1.22 1.55 2.26
Net debt to EBITDA 3.59 1.93 0.38

Dividend

Metric DBI WWW Footwear & Accessories median
Dividend yield 3.03% 1.85% 2.01%
Payout ratio 0.71 0.31 0.37

Size

Metric DBI WWW Footwear & Accessories median
Market cap 339.98m 1.78b 1.27b

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