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Wolverine World Wide (Wolverine World Wide) Altman Z-Score

: 1.88 (As of Today)
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The Altman Z-Score is a model designed to predict the likelihood of a company going bankrupt within the next two years. Created by American finance professor Edward Altman in 1968, the model is specifically designed for publicly traded manufacturing companies with assets greater than $1 million.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.88 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

Wolverine World Wide has a Altman Z-Score of 1.88, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Wolverine World Wide is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may face bankrupcy risk.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Altman Z-Score <= 1.8, it is in Distress Zones.
When Altman Z-Score >= 3, it is in Safe Zones.
When Altman Z-Score is between 1.8 and 3, it is in Grey Zones.

The historical rank and industry rank for Wolverine World Wide's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

WWW' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.63   Med: 2.93   Max: 3.85
Current: 1.88

During the past 13 years, Wolverine World Wide's highest Altman Z-Score was 3.85. The lowest was 1.63. And the median was 2.93.


Wolverine World Wide Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wolverine World Wide's Altman Z-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Wolverine World Wide Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.92 2.60 2.49 1.63 1.87

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
Altman Z-Score 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.63 1.86 1.66 1.50 1.87

Competitive Comparison

For the Footwear & Accessories subindustry, Wolverine World Wide's Altman Z-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Altman Z-Score 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 Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Wolverine World Wide's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wolverine World Wide's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Wolverine World Wide Altman Z-Score Calculation

Altman Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

Wolverine World Wide's Altman Z-Score for today is calculated with this formula:

Z=1.2*X1+1.4*X2+3.3*X3+0.6*X4+1.0*X5
=1.2*0.0755+1.4*0.4047+3.3*-0.0343+0.6*0.4207+1.0*1.0873
=1.88

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency. GuruFocus does not calculate Altman Z-Score when X4 or X5 value is 0.

Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023:
Total Assets was $2,063 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,025 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $869 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $835 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -202.3 + 9.4 + 30.4 + 28.3 = $-134 Mil.
Interest Expense was -16.1 + -15.5 + -16.1 + -15.8 = $-64 Mil.
Revenue was 526.7 + 527.7 + 589.1 + 599.4 = $2,243 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $742 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $1,763 Mil.

* Note that for stock reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data.

X1=Working Capital/Total Assets
=(Total Current Assets - Total Current Liabilities)/Total Assets
=(1025.1 - 869.4)/2062.8
=0.0755

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=834.8/2062.8
=0.4047

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-134.2 - -63.5)/2062.8
=-0.0343

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=741.573/1762.8
=0.4207

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=2242.9/2062.8
=1.0873

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Distress Zones - 1.81 < Grey Zones < 2.99 - Safe Zones

Wolverine World Wide has a Altman Z-Score of 1.88 indicating it is in Grey Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


Wolverine World Wide  (NYSE:WWW) Altman Z-Score Explanation

X1: The Working Capital/Total Assets (WC/TA) ratio is a measure of the net liquid assets of the firm relative to the total capitalization. Working capital is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities. Ordinarily, a firm experiencing consistent operating losses will have shrinking current assets in relation to total assets. Altman found this one proved to be the most valuable liquidity ratio comparing with the current ratio and the quick ratio. This is however the least significant of the five factors.

X2: Retained Earnings/Total Assets: the RE/TA ratio measures the leverage of a firm. Retained earnings is the account which reports the total amount of reinvested earnings and/or losses of a firm over its entire life. Those firms with high RE, relative to TA, have financed their assets through retention of profits and have not utilized as much debt.

X3, Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets (EBIT/TA): This ratio is a measure of the true productivity of the firm's assets, independent of any tax or leverage factors. Since a firm's ultimate existence is based on the earning power of its assets, this ratio appears to be particularly appropriate for studies dealing with corporate failure. This ratio continually outperforms other profitability measures, including cash flow.

X4, Market Value of Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities (MVE/TL): The measure shows how much the firm's assets can decline in value (measured by market value of equity plus debt) before the liabilities exceed the assets and the firm becomes insolvent.

X5, Revenue/Total Assets (S/TA): The capital-turnover ratio is a standard financial ratio illustrating the sales generating ability of the firm's assets.

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Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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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