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Wolverine World Wide Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Wolverine World Wide Inc had return on equity of 26.6% and a net margin of 5.1%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Jan 20102010Jan 20112011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Jan 20152015Jan 20162016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Jan 20212021Jan 20222022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Jan 2026LTMJul 2026
Net margin5.6%8.4%8.8%4.9%3.7%4.8%4.6%3.5%0.0%8.9%5.7%−7.6%2.8%−7.0%−1.7%2.6%5.1%5.5%
Return on equity12.8%20.4%22.0%13.2%13.6%15.0%12.9%9.1%0.0%20.7%14.7%−20.6%11.5%−39.6%−12.9%15.3%26.6%25.3%
Return on assets8.7%14.0%15.1%4.7%3.8%5.2%5.0%3.6%0.0%8.7%5.5%−5.9%2.9%−7.4%−1.7%2.4%5.7%6.3%
Effective tax rate27.8%27.1%27.0%14.2%20.9%26.2%25.2%20.8%—11.9%11.7%—16.6%——16.0%16.9%19.5%
SG&A as % of revenue28.7%27.8%27.4%29.4%30.8%29.5%30.3%30.2%30.0%29.2%29.4%35.7%33.9%33.8%38.2%39.3%38.9%38.2%
Dividends ÷ net income34.7%20.5%18.4%29.2%23.6%18.0%19.9%26.8%>999%14.3%26.1%—48.8%——71.9%34.8%31.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 5 checks passed · July 4, 2026
What it owns · $1.7bn
Short-term assets $736mLonger-term assets $971m
What it owes, and who funded it · $924m
Short-term liabilities $475mShareholders' equity $449m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $736m of assets due within a year against $475m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $158m of cash against $547m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 122% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 116% to 122% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $183m of operating cash flow against $547m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Wolverine World Wide Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

50 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Wolverine World Wide's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 12 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 9.7% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 14 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 41.1%, moving by 2.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 0 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 5.3%; its worst year was -12.0%.

  • Cash conversion 12 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 6.6% of revenue.

  • Discipline 17 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 0.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.2% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (55 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Wolverine World Wide Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Wolverine World Wide Inc.