Pandora A/S (OTCMKTS:PNDZY) and Wolverine World Wide (NYSE:WWW) Critical Review

Pandora A/S (OTCMKTS:PNDZY) and Wolverine World Wide (NYSE:WWW) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

90.2% of Wolverine World Wide shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Wolverine World Wide shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Pandora A/S and Wolverine World Wide, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pandora A/S	0	0	0	0	0.00
Wolverine World Wide	0	6	5	0	2.45

Wolverine World Wide has a consensus price target of $23.11, indicating a potential upside of 11.76%. Given Wolverine World Wide’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Wolverine World Wide is more favorable than Pandora A/S.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Pandora A/S and Wolverine World Wide”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pandora A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wolverine World Wide	$1.87 billion	0.91	$95.80 million	$1.29	16.03

Wolverine World Wide has higher revenue and earnings than Pandora A/S.

Profitability

This table compares Pandora A/S and Wolverine World Wide’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pandora A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wolverine World Wide	5.55%	28.50%	7.23%

Summary

Wolverine World Wide beats Pandora A/S on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pandora A/S

Pandora A/S engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of hand-finished and modern jewelry. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. These geographical segments comprise of stores, shop-in-shops, gold, silver and white and travel retail. The company was founded by Per Enevoldsen and Winnie Enevoldsen in 1982 and is headquartered in Glostrup, Denmark.

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.