Wolverine World Wide (WWW) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Wolverine World Wide (WWW) reported Return on Capital Employed of 12.55% for Q1 2026, up 425.0% year-over-year from 2.39% in Q1 2025, and up 11.41% quarter-over-quarter from 11.26% in Q3 2025.

Wolverine World Wide (WWW) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Wolverine World Wide (WWW) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 12.55% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 12.55%, up 425.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 12.55% (up 425.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 12.83%, up 553.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed improved to 12.55% in Q1 2026 per WWW's latest filing, from 11.26% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 19.38% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 23.29% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.72% and a median of 8.3% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed plunged 4267 bps in 2023, then surged 2349 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 12.11% in 2022, then soared by 57 bps to 5.23% in 2023, then soared by 259 bps to 8.3% in 2024, then soared by 36 bps to 11.26% in 2025, then rose by 11 bps to 12.55% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WWW's Return on Capital Employed at 12.55% in Q1 2026, 11.26% in Q3 2025, and 12.09% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Birkenstock Holding 105.38 Bn 105.15 Bn 390.51 Mn 11.76%
2 Nike 65.97 Bn 57.92 Bn 4.53 Bn 41.55%
3 Deckers Outdoor 16.23 Bn 14.14 Bn 1.17 Bn 45.82%
4 Crocs 6.43 Bn 6.30 Bn 522.95 Mn 3.52%
5 Steven Madden 3.20 Bn 3.16 Bn 357.42 Mn 8.61%
6 Wolverine World Wide 1.96 Bn 1.77 Bn 243.40 Mn 12.55%
7 On Holding AG 1.67 Bn 273.66 Mn 682.30 Mn 18.70%
8 Forward Industries 403.33 Mn 377.95 Mn 16.85 Mn -50.36%
9 Designer Brands 345.18 Mn 294.31 Mn 315.32 Mn 5.39%
10 Weyco 339.86 Mn 242.42 Mn 33.84 Mn 2.56%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 3, 2026 12.55%
Sep 27, 2025 11.26%
Jun 28, 2025 12.09%
Mar 29, 2025 10.75%
Dec 28, 2024 8.30%
Sep 28, 2024 -10.74%
Jun 29, 2024 -11.41%
Mar 30, 2024 -9.38%
Dec 30, 2023 -5.23%
Sep 30, 2023 -23.29%
Jul 1, 2023 -21.40%
Apr 1, 2023 -12.88%
Dec 31, 2022 -12.11%
Oct 1, 2022 19.38%
Jul 2, 2022 18.18%
Apr 2, 2022 12.63%
Jan 1, 2022 13.50%
Oct 2, 2021 22.49%
Jul 3, 2021 20.94%
Apr 3, 2021 18.35%