Forward Industries, Inc. (FWDI) vs NIKE, Inc. (NKE)

Forward Industries, Inc. and NIKE, Inc. are both Footwear & Accessories companies. NIKE, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $51.6B against $547.8M — 94.2× the size. Forward Industries, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; NIKE, Inc. trades at 16.6×. Forward Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 309.5% against −1.18%. NIKE, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.74% vs −2,073.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.9% vs −127.6%). Across the 19 metrics below, NIKE, Inc. leads on 14 and Forward Industries, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric FWDI NKE Footwear & Accessories median
P/E n/m 16.61 15.41
P/S 12.00 1.12 1.14
P/B 1.34 3.38 2.58
Price to free cash flow n/m 24.46 12.47
EV/EBITDA n/m 11.19 9.36
EV/Sales 11.78 1.11 1.33
Earnings yield (429.28%) 6.02% 6.18%
Free cash flow yield (151.83%) 4.09% 4.87%

Profitability

Metric FWDI NKE Footwear & Accessories median
Gross margin 70.56% 43.07% 49.76%
Operating margin (1,771.61%) 8.19% 8.44%
Net margin (2,073.82%) 6.74% 5.64%
Free cash flow margin (1,821.29%) 4.59% 8.18%
Return on equity (466.18%) 21.56% 12.45%
Return on assets (360.71%) 8.23% 6.15%
Return on invested capital (127.61%) 15.93% 9.58%

Growth

Metric FWDI NKE Footwear & Accessories median
Revenue growth (TTM) 309.45% (1.18%) 3.42%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (1,289.27%) (2.78%) 10.90%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (12.01%) 0.82% 7.17%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (11.51%) 0.00%

Health

Metric FWDI NKE Footwear & Accessories median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.52 0.46
Current ratio 0.17 2.07 2.07
Net debt to EBITDA 6.33 (0.24) 1.00

Dividend

Metric FWDI NKE Footwear & Accessories median
Dividend yield — 4.72% 1.98%
Payout ratio — 0.79 0.37

Size

Metric FWDI NKE Footwear & Accessories median
Market cap 547.75m 51.60b 547.75m

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