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 $328.2M — 5.0× the size. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 15.3× against 22.1×. 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 (3.23% vs 2.03%). 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 22.11 15.28 15.57
P/S 0.11 0.83 1.19
P/B 1.05 3.45 2.63
Price to free cash flow n/m 3.70 12.70
EV/EBITDA 4.27 10.41 9.67
EV/Sales 0.24 1.03 1.35
Earnings yield 4.52% 6.54% 5.97%
Free cash flow yield (27.04%) 27.03% 4.78%

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% 3.42%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.00% 96.55% 10.90%
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 2.07
Net debt to EBITDA 3.59 1.93 1.00

Dividend

Metric DBI WWW Footwear & Accessories median
Dividend yield 3.23% 2.03% 1.94%
Payout ratio 0.71 0.31 0.37

Size

Metric DBI WWW Footwear & Accessories median
Market cap 328.22m 1.64b 545.46m

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