Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, footwear company Wolverine World Wide (WWW +3.21%) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Wolverine and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Wolverine facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Rockford, Mich. (1883) |
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Market Cap |
$2.9 billion |
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Industry |
Footwear |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$2.2 billion |
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Management |
Chairman/CEO Blake Krueger CFO Donald Grimes |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
17.6% |
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Cash/Debt |
$171.0 million/$1.2 billion |
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Dividend Yield |
0.4% |
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Competitors |
R. Griggs Group Red Wing Shoe Company The Timberland Company |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 93% of the 166 members who have rated Wolverine believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this week, one of those bulls, fellow Fool Sara Hov (TMFTycoon), succinctly summed up the Wolverine outperform case for our community: "Sperry is on fire, and Wolverine is capitalizing on that and other brands' success through direct-to-consumer sales. But the real growth story is international sales, which should fill Wolverine's sails for several years."
