Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (WWW) Key Metrics
WWW valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $1.62B
- Enterprise value
- $2.16B
- P/E (TTM)
- 15.3 10-yr median 23.6
- Forward P/E
- 9.9
- PEG ratio
- 2.36
- Price / sales
- 0.8 10-yr median 1.0
- Price / book
- 3.5 10-yr median 3.4
- EV / EBITDA
- 11.0 10-yr median 17.9
- Dividend yield
- 2.02% $0.40 a year
- Beta
- 1.70
WWW key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsWWW valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
WWW returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
WWW per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
WWW financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
WWW efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
WWW valuation history
WWW returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
WWW debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
WWW cash returned to shareholders
WWW price vs earnings per share
WWW key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $1.48B | $1.78B | $705.9M | $871.1M | $2.40B | $2.53B | $2.94B | $3.03B | $3.06B | $2.13B |
| Enterprise value | $2.04B | $2.43B | $1.61B | $2.09B | $3.36B | $3.07B | $3.74B | $3.46B | $3.36B | $2.58B |
| P/E ratio | 15.5 | 37.2 | — | — | 35.0 | — | 22.9 | 15.1 | — | 24.3 |
| Price / sales | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| Price / book | 3.6 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.2 |
| Price / free cash flow | 12.2 | 11.2 | 6.6 | — | 34.7 | 8.5 | 15.6 | 40.0 | 18.0 | 8.8 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 10.9 | 9.9 | 5.8 | — | 27.6 | 8.2 | 13.2 | 31.1 | 15.1 | 7.2 |
| EV / sales | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.3 | 18.6 | — | — | 22.3 | — | 17.9 | 12.2 | 57.3 | 10.2 |
| EV / free cash flow | 16.8 | 15.2 | 15.1 | — | 48.6 | 10.3 | 19.9 | 45.6 | 19.8 | 10.7 |
| Earnings yield | 6.5% | 2.7% | −5.6% | −21.6% | 2.9% | −5.4% | 4.4% | 6.6% | 0.0% | 4.1% |
| Free cash flow yield | 8.2% | 9.0% | 15.2% | −24.7% | 2.9% | 11.8% | 6.4% | 2.5% | 5.6% | 11.3% |
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | 1.8% | 4.6% | 3.8% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 3.2% | 1.8% | 5.4% | 13.1% | 3.0% | 2.2% | 12.0% | 6.7% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $18.15 | $22.20 | $8.89 | $10.93 | $28.81 | $31.25 | $33.74 | $31.89 | $31.88 | $21.95 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $22.94 | $21.85 | $28.25 | $33.69 | $28.99 | $22.11 | $26.07 | $23.57 | $24.46 | $25.68 |
| Earnings per share | $1.17 | $0.60 | −$0.50 | −$2.36 | $0.82 | −$1.69 | $1.47 | $2.11 | $0.00 | $0.90 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $1.67 | $2.24 | $1.53 | −$2.24 | $1.04 | $3.82 | $2.55 | $1.03 | $2.11 | $3.05 |
| Free cash flow per share | $1.49 | $1.99 | $1.35 | −$2.70 | $0.83 | $3.69 | $2.16 | $0.80 | $1.77 | $2.48 |
| Cash per share | $2.53 | $1.89 | $2.25 | $1.65 | $1.94 | $4.29 | $2.07 | $1.51 | $5.01 | $3.81 |
| Book value per share | $4.99 | $3.83 | $3.51 | $4.02 | $7.56 | $6.93 | $8.79 | $10.44 | $9.94 | $10.03 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$2.85 | −$4.01 | −$4.50 | −$6.35 | −$8.64 | −$4.15 | −$4.07 | −$1.15 | −$1.63 | −$2.19 |
| Dividends per share | $0.41 | $0.40 | $0.41 | $0.41 | $0.40 | $0.41 | $0.39 | $0.30 | $0.24 | $0.24 |
| Capex per share | $0.18 | $0.25 | $0.18 | $0.46 | $0.21 | $0.13 | $0.39 | $0.23 | $0.34 | $0.57 |
| Debt per share | $9.33 | $9.93 | $13.70 | $16.95 | $13.48 | $10.95 | $11.24 | $6.01 | $8.15 | $8.45 |
| Shares outstanding | 81.7M | 80.3M | 79.4M | 79.7M | 83.3M | 81.0M | 87.2M | 95.0M | 96.1M | 97.1M |
| Change in shares outstanding | +1.7% | +1.2% | −0.4% | −4.3% | +2.8% | −7.1% | −8.2% | −1.1% | −1.1% | −2.9% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 26.8% | 16.4% | −13.2% | −39.6% | 11.5% | −20.6% | 14.6% | 20.6% | 0.0% | 9.0% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 13.0% | 7.9% | −4.0% | −10.5% | 9.7% | −8.1% | 10.1% | 16.6% | 1.4% | 8.4% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 5.7% | 2.6% | −1.7% | −7.4% | 2.9% | −5.9% | 5.5% | 8.7% | 0.0% | 3.6% |
| Return on tangible assets | 9.0% | 4.6% | −2.8% | −11.3% | 5.5% | −11.0% | 9.5% | 18.5% | 0.0% | 7.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 6.5% | 9.1% | 4.8% | −8.0% | 2.9% | 16.7% | 8.3% | 3.4% | 7.2% | 9.7% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.42 | 3.76 | — | — | 1.27 | — | 1.73 | 0.49 | 675.67 | 3.38 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $762.0M | $797.7M | $1.09B | $1.35B | $1.12B | $886.8M | $979.7M | $570.5M | $782.6M | $820.7M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $206.3M | $152.1M | $179.0M | $131.5M | $161.7M | $347.4M | $180.6M | $143.1M | $481.0M | $369.8M |
| Net debt | $555.7M | $645.6M | $908.9M | $1.22B | $961.6M | $539.4M | $799.1M | $427.4M | $301.6M | $450.9M |
| Debt / equity | 1.87 | 2.60 | 3.90 | 4.21 | 1.78 | 1.58 | 1.28 | 0.58 | 0.82 | 0.84 |
| Debt / assets | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.43 | 0.41 | 0.40 | 0.26 | 0.33 | 0.34 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.08 | 4.95 | — | — | 6.37 | — | 3.83 | 1.51 | 5.14 | 1.78 |
| Current ratio | 1.40 | 1.29 | 1.18 | 1.14 | 1.19 | 2.23 | 1.23 | 1.83 | 2.97 | 3.09 |
| Quick ratio | 0.87 | 0.84 | 0.75 | 0.47 | 0.71 | 1.63 | 0.79 | 1.16 | 2.20 | 2.05 |
| Interest coverage | 4.6 | 2.4 | -1.1 | -4.4 | 4.2 | -3.1 | 5.7 | 10.3 | 0.7 | 4.6 |
| Working capital | $208.3M | $155.4M | $155.7M | $155.0M | $144.1M | $498.2M | $179.7M | $394.6M | $712.0M | $697.7M |
| Invested capital | $963.7M | $952.9M | $1.19B | $1.54B | $1.59B | $1.10B | $1.57B | $1.42B | $1.26B | $1.43B |
| Tangible asset value | −$217.7M | −$312.6M | −$336.1M | −$487.4M | −$704.9M | −$324.7M | −$342.8M | −$109.2M | −$156.1M | −$212.5M |
| Net current asset value | −$556.8M | −$663.8M | −$737.7M | −$888.4M | −$1.04B | −$660.2M | −$734.5M | −$323.8M | −$369.5M | −$426.2M |
| Graham number | $11.48 | $7.16 | — | — | $11.83 | — | $17.07 | $22.24 | $0.84 | $14.27 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$10.05 | −$11.49 | −$15.41 | −$18.42 | −$16.30 | −$11.04 | −$12.60 | −$6.51 | −$6.46 | −$7.37 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $33.3M | $32.5M | $32.6M | $32.8M | $33.5M | $33.6M | $33.6M | $28.6M | $23.0M | $23.5M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $14.5M | $0 | $5.8M | $81.3M | $39.6M | $21.0M | $319.2M | $174.7M | $51.5M | $52.7M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 34.8% | 67.8% | — | — | 48.8% | — | 26.1% | 14.3% | — | 26.8% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 39.3% | 20.3% | 35.8% | — | 105.6% | 18.3% | 187.5% | 268.2% | 43.7% | 31.6% |
| Capex / revenue | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 2.2% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 10.7% | 11.2% | 12.0% | — | 20.3% | 3.3% | 15.5% | 22.3% | 16.0% | 18.7% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.56 | 0.77 | 0.42 | 1.05 | 0.53 | 0.31 | 1.05 | 0.69 | 0.87 | 1.27 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.9% |
| SG&A / revenue | 38.9% | 39.3% | 38.2% | 33.8% | 33.9% | 35.7% | 29.4% | 29.2% | 30.4% | 30.4% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 36.2 | 45.8 | 38.4 | 38.2 | 44.4 | 61.1 | 55.6 | 51.6 | 41.5 | 41.1 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 94.5 | 115.1 | 149.0 | 125.6 | 80.2 | 102.2 | 90.0 | 82.3 | 79.5 | 97.0 |
| Days payables outstanding | 68.9 | 76.3 | 63.7 | 55.9 | 53.6 | 66.9 | 54.7 | 50.5 | 39.8 | 41.7 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 61.7 | 84.6 | 123.8 | 107.8 | 71.0 | 96.4 | 90.9 | 83.4 | 81.2 | 96.4 |
| Receivables turnover | 10.09 | 7.97 | 9.49 | 9.57 | 8.22 | 5.98 | 6.57 | 7.08 | 8.79 | 8.87 |
| Payables turnover | 5.29 | 4.78 | 5.73 | 6.53 | 6.80 | 5.45 | 6.68 | 7.23 | 9.17 | 8.76 |
| Inventory turnover | 3.86 | 3.17 | 2.45 | 2.91 | 4.55 | 3.57 | 4.05 | 4.44 | 4.59 | 3.76 |
| Asset turnover | 1.11 | 0.94 | 0.98 | 1.06 | 1.02 | 0.78 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 1.02 |
| Average receivables | $185.8M | $220.1M | $236.2M | $280.6M | $293.9M | $299.8M | $346.2M | $316.2M | $267.3M | $281.1M |
| Average payables | $187.8M | $203.4M | $239.1M | $247.2M | $203.6M | $193.6M | $202.2M | $182.3M | $156.6M | $175.2M |
| Average inventory | $257.4M | $307.1M | $559.4M | $555.4M | $304.3M | $295.6M | $332.9M | $297.1M | $312.7M | $407.6M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 37.5% | 37.7% | 30.8% | 33.2% | 52.2% | 42.0% | 45.2% | 50.4% | 46.3% | 48.8% |
Computed from WWW's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 27, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
WWW valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Wolverine World Wide traded at 15.5 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 23.6. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 15.3 and the forward P/E is 9.9. Wolverine World Wide earned a return on equity of 26.8% and a return on invested capital of 13.0% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $762.0 million of debt and $206.3 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $555.7 million. It returned $47.8 million to shareholders: $33.3 million in dividends and $14.5 million in share buybacks, 39% of free cash flow. The share count fell 15.9% from 97.1M to 81.7M over 9 years.
See the WWW income statement, the WWW chart for price history, or the WWW stock overview for the latest quote and news.
WWW key metrics FAQ
What is Wolverine World Wide's P/E ratio?
Wolverine World Wide's trailing P/E ratio is 15.3 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 9.9. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 15.5, compared with a 10-year median of 23.6.
What is Wolverine World Wide's EV/EBITDA?
Wolverine World Wide's enterprise value was 11.3 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $2.0 billion, EBITDA $180.2 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 11.0.
What is Wolverine World Wide's return on equity?
Wolverine World Wide's return on equity (ROE) was 26.8% in fiscal 2025: net income of $95.8 million on average shareholders' equity of $357.6 million.
What is Wolverine World Wide's ROIC?
Wolverine World Wide's return on invested capital was 13.0% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Wolverine World Wide have?
Wolverine World Wide had total debt of $762.0 million at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.87 and $555.7 million of net debt (3.08 times EBITDA).
What is Wolverine World Wide's dividend yield?
Wolverine World Wide's forward dividend yield is 2.02%. Wolverine World Wide paid $33.3 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($0.41 per share), a payout ratio of 34.8%.
Does Wolverine World Wide buy back its shares?
Yes. Wolverine World Wide spent $14.5 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed +1.7% over the year, to 81.7M..
What is Wolverine World Wide's free cash flow yield?
Wolverine World Wide generated $121.6 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 8.2% on its market value at year-end ($1.5 billion).
What is Wolverine World Wide's current ratio?
Wolverine World Wide's current ratio was 1.40 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.40 times current liabilities.