Wolverine World Wide (NYSE:WWW – Get Free Report) and Perfect Moment (NASDAQ:PMNT – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Wolverine World Wide and Perfect Moment”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Wolverine World Wide | $1.95 billion | 0.87 | $95.80 million | $1.29 | 16.02 |
| Perfect Moment | $22.93 million | 0.32 | -$8.72 million | ($0.15) | -0.93 |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Wolverine World Wide and Perfect Moment, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Wolverine World Wide | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2.45 |
| Perfect Moment | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Wolverine World Wide presently has a consensus price target of $23.11, suggesting a potential upside of 11.81%. Perfect Moment has a consensus price target of $0.40, suggesting a potential upside of 185.71%. Given Perfect Moment’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Perfect Moment is more favorable than Wolverine World Wide.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
90.2% of Wolverine World Wide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.0% of Perfect Moment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Wolverine World Wide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of Perfect Moment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
Wolverine World Wide has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perfect Moment has a beta of -1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 241% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Wolverine World Wide and Perfect Moment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Wolverine World Wide | 5.55% | 28.50% | 7.23% |
| Perfect Moment | -67.38% | -513.83% | -119.38% |
Summary
Wolverine World Wide beats Perfect Moment on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Wolverine World Wide
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. designs, manufactures, sources, markets, licenses, and distributes footwear, apparel, and accessories in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Canada and Latin America. It operates through Active Group and Work Group segments. The company offers casual footwear and apparel; performance outdoor and athletic footwear and apparel; kids' footwear; industrial work boots and apparel; and uniform shoes and boots. The company sources and markets a range of footwear and apparel styles, including shoes, boots and sandals under the Bates, Cat, Chaco, Harley-Davidson, Hush Puppies, Hytest, Merrell, Saucony, Sperry, Keds, Sweaty Betty, and Wolverine brands; and licenses under the Stride Rite brand. It also markets Merrell and Wolverine branded apparel and accessories, as well as licenses its brands for use on non-footwear products, including the Hush Puppies apparel, eyewear, watches, socks, handbags, and plush toys; and Wolverine branded eyewear and gloves. In addition, the company markets pigskin leather under the Wolverine Leather division; sourcing division provides consulting services related to product development, production control, quality assurance, materials procurement, compliance, and other service; and multi-brand direct-to-consumer division includes retail stores that sell footwear and apparel of its brand portfolio. Further, it sells its products to department stores, national chains, catalog and specialty retailers, independent retailers, uniform outlets, and mass merchant and government customers through retail stores, third-party licensees and distributors, and joint ventures; and operates brick and mortar retails stores, and e-commerce sites. Additionally, the company operates through a network of retail stores and e-commerce sites. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Rockford, Michigan.
About Perfect Moment
Perfect Moment Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a fashion brand that offers ski, surf, and activewear collections under the brand name of Perfect Moment. It offers skiwear, outerwear, swimwear and activewear for women, men, and children. The company sells its collections directly to customers through e-commerce and to wholesale accounts, as well as through other sales partnerships. Perfect Moment Ltd. was founded in 1984 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
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