Vera Bradley, Inc. (VRA) vs Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (WWW)

Vera Bradley, 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 $200.3M — 8.9× the size. Vera Bradley, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Wolverine World Wide, Inc. trades at 16.8×. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.16% against −1.74%. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.55% vs −3.66%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.4% vs −6.33%). Across the 20 metrics below, Wolverine World Wide, Inc. leads on 13 and Vera Bradley, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric VRA WWW Footwear & Accessories median
P/E n/m 16.81 17.09
P/S 0.73 0.91 1.01
P/B 1.51 3.80 2.84
Price to free cash flow 6.80 4.07 12.64
EV/EBITDA 11.69 11.24 11.19
EV/Sales 0.73 1.12 1.27
Earnings yield (5.01%) 5.95% 5.29%
Free cash flow yield 14.70% 24.58% 6.01%

Profitability

Metric VRA WWW Footwear & Accessories median
Gross margin 50.43% 47.12% 49.08%
Operating margin (3.62%) 8.69% 8.69%
Net margin (3.66%) 5.55% 6.62%
Free cash flow margin 10.69% 8.97% 8.58%
Return on equity (7.36%) 26.03% 13.50%
Return on assets (3.97%) 6.15% 6.62%
Return on invested capital (6.33%) 12.38% 10.98%

Growth

Metric VRA WWW Footwear & Accessories median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.74%) 7.16% 0.70%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 20.47% 107.27% 12.95%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (10.45%) 0.91% 9.43%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric VRA WWW Footwear & Accessories median
Debt to equity 0.00 1.17 0.47
Current ratio 2.44 1.55 2.26
Net debt to EBITDA 4.72 1.93 0.38

Dividend

Metric VRA WWW Footwear & Accessories median
Dividend yield — 1.85% 2.01%
Payout ratio — 0.31 0.37

Size

Metric VRA WWW Footwear & Accessories median
Market cap 200.25m 1.78b 1.27b

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