Wolverine World Wide (WWW) Competitors

Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) and Wolverine World Wide (NYSE:WWW) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CROX or WWW?

Crocs has higher revenue and earnings than Wolverine World Wide. Wolverine World Wide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crocs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crocs	$3.96B	1.44	$792.57M	$13.79	7.09
Wolverine World Wide	$2.24B	0.78	-$39.60M	-$0.89	-24.48

Is CROX or WWW more profitable?

Crocs has a net margin of 20.50% compared to Wolverine World Wide's net margin of -3.80%. Crocs' return on equity of 49.70% beat Wolverine World Wide's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crocs	20.50%	49.70%	16.93%
Wolverine World Wide	-3.80%	6.37%	0.96%

Do analysts rate CROX or WWW?

Crocs currently has a consensus price target of $151.14, indicating a potential upside of 54.57%. Wolverine World Wide has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential downside of 17.39%. Given Crocs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Crocs is more favorable than Wolverine World Wide.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crocs	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Wolverine World Wide	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CROX or WWW?

Crocs received 100 more outperform votes than Wolverine World Wide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.83% of users gave Crocs an outperform vote while only 50.90% of users gave Wolverine World Wide an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crocs	Outperform Votes 551 59.83%	Underperform Votes 370 40.17%
Wolverine World Wide	Outperform Votes 451 50.90%	Underperform Votes 435 49.10%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CROX or WWW?

93.4% of Crocs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Crocs shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CROX or WWW?

In the previous week, Wolverine World Wide had 12 more articles in the media than Crocs. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Wolverine World Wide and 13 mentions for Crocs. Crocs' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Wolverine World Wide's score of 0.69 indicating that Crocs is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crocs	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wolverine World Wide	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, CROX or WWW?

Crocs has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wolverine World Wide has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Crocs beats Wolverine World Wide on 17 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.