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Wolverine World Wide (Wolverine World Wide) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -4.32% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Wolverine World Wide Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Wolverine World Wide's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,638 Mil. Wolverine World Wide's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-71 Mil. Wolverine World Wide's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -4.32%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Wolverine World Wide's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

WWW' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -19.52   Med: 4.54   Max: 9.98
Current: -4

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Wolverine World Wide was 9.98%. The lowest was -19.52%. And the median was 4.54%.

WWW's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
84.74% of 1088 companies
in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry
Industry Median: 4.505 vs WWW: -4.00

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Wolverine World Wide's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Wolverine World Wide Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wolverine World Wide's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Wolverine World Wide Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Wolverine World Wide Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.96 -4.51 3.52 -9.79 -4.32

Wolverine World Wide Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -9.79 -6.93 -13.11 -18.80 -4.32

Competitive Comparison of Wolverine World Wide's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Footwear & Accessories subindustry, Wolverine World Wide's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Wolverine World Wide's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories Industry

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Wolverine World Wide's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wolverine World Wide's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Wolverine World Wide Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Wolverine World Wides Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-70.7/1637.503945
=-4.32 %

Wolverine World Wide's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-71 Mil.



Wolverine World Wide  (NYSE:WWW) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Wolverine World Wide (Wolverine World Wide) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
9341 Courtland Drive N.E., Rockford, MI, USA, 49351
Wolverine World Wide Inc is engaged in designing, manufacturing, sourcing, marketing, licensing, and distributing branded footwear, apparel, and accessories. The company's segment includes Active Group; Work Group; Lifestyle Group and Other. It generates maximum revenue from the Active Group segment. Active Group segment consists of Merrell footwear and apparel, Saucony footwear and apparel, Sweaty Betty activewear, and Chaco footwear.
Executives
Amy M. Klimek officer: EVP, Global Human Resources 9341 COURTLAND DRIVE NE, ROCKFORD MI 49351
Jeffrey M Boromisa director
Michael D Stornant officer: EVP, CFO and Treasurer C/O 9341 COURTLAND DRIVE NE, ROCKFORD MI 49351
Brenda J Lauderback director IRWIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 500 WASHINGTON STREET, COLUMBUS IN 47201
Jodi Bricker director C/O 9341 COURTLAND DRIVE NE, ROCKFORD MI 49351
Demonty Price director C/O RESTORATION HARDWARE HOLDINGS, INC., 15 KOCH ROAD, SUITE K, CORTE MADERA CA 94925
Andersen Stacia J.p. director 6301 FITCH PATH, NEW ALBANY OH 43054
Kathleen Wilson-thompson director PO BOX 3599, BATTLE CREEK MI 49016-3599
Christopher Hufnagel officer: President, Active Group 9341 COURTLAND DRIVE, ROCKFORD MI 49351
Nicholas T. Long director C/O 9341 COURTLAND DRIVE NE, ROCKFORD MI 49351
Reginald Rasch officer: Sr. VP, Gen'l Counsel & Sec'y 80 GRASSLANDS ROAD, ELMSFORD NY 10523
Brendan Hoffman director, officer: President 100 PIER 1 PLACE, FORT WORTH TX 76102
Isabel Soriano officer: President, International C/O 9341 COURTLAND DRIVE NE, ROCKFORD MI 49351
David T Kollat director 9341 COURTLAND DR, ROCKFORD MI 49351
William K Gerber director 999 WEST BIG BEAVER ROAD, TROY MI 48084