Footwear & Accessories: NIKE, Inc. owns the largest revenue base; Forward Industries, Inc. has the fastest current growth.
The industry itself · before any single company
How has Footwear & Accessories moved against S&P 500?
The line below covers 5.2 years. Over the most recent two of them this industry is 20% behind S&P 500. Earnings across its companies grew 3% on average over the last four reported quarters — close to flat.
TURNING · ahead 1w~Price down, no fundamental support5 of 12 companies ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months3 are 20% or more behind over a year while earnings grew 20% or more
Footwear & Accessories, equal-weighted, based at 200S&P 500, same base, same starttrailing 12-month earnings per share risingfalling
Strength anatomyMixedHow much of the industry is participating, how recently, and whether the movers score well.
Together5 of 12 stocks moving
Fresh3 crossed in the last 4 weeks
Backed by scoresmovers score +3 vs the industry average
Down the cap ladder — bar is now, tick is four weeks ago
Large0/30
Mid3/4+1
Small2/5+1
Participation is spreading downward — the mid and small companies added more this month than the large ones did.
Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the distance between them is the whole story: the industry line is an equal-weighted index of its 12 companies. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month earnings per share, one bar per reported quarter, each member rebased to 100 at the start and the industry taking the median — so a price line pulling away from flat bars is a re-rating, not earnings. A bar turns red when that figure is lower than the quarter before. Rules are fixed and applied identically everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while earnings grew 20% or more. Hover any point to read both values and the gap. This is a description of what the numbers did, not advice.
Sector relative strength · before individual stocks
Is Footwear & Accessories outperforming S&P 500?
Footwear & Accessories has outperformed S&P 500 by 20% over the last 52 weeks. Over 13 weeks the gap is a lead of 5.2%. 7 of 13 covered companies currently beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, so leadership inside the sector is selective. Crocs, Inc. is the strongest against the sector itself at +28.5%.
+5.2%Sector vs S&P 500 · 13 weeks
+20.0%Sector vs S&P 500 · 52 weeks
7/13Stocks leading S&P 500
6/13Stocks leading sector
Sector metric: — as of latest available · unclassified · direction unavailable.
The central tension: the companies with the most scale are not necessarily the companies creating the most change.
Start with scale. Then earnings trajectory. Then business quality. Only after those three agree should price leadership carry much weight.
Bottom line
Footwear & Accessories has outperformed S&P 500 by 20% over 52 weeks and 5.2% over 13 weeks. 7 of 13 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 6 of 13 beat the sector itself. NIKE, Inc. leads with revenue of $46,398 million, based on 11 of 13 comparable companies through Jun 2026.
Is the Footwear & Accessories sector outperforming S&P 500?
Footwear & Accessories has outperformed S&P 500 by 20% over 52 weeks and 5.2% over 13 weeks. 7 of 13 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 6 of 13 beat the sector itself.
Which Footwear & Accessories company is largest by revenue?
NIKE, Inc. leads with revenue of $46,398 million, based on 11 of 13 comparable companies through Jun 2026.
Which Footwear & Accessories company is growing fastest?
Forward Industries, Inc. has the fastest current revenue growth at 100%, across 10 of 13 comparable companies.
Which Footwear & Accessories company has the strongest 4-Factor Sector Score?
Weyco Group, Inc. ranks first at 55.8/100 with 76% evidence confidence. The score prioritizes research; it is not a buy recommendation.
Which Footwear & Accessories company reports the most CAPEX?
NIKE, Inc. reports the largest latest CAPEX at $138 million, with 13 of 13 companies comparable.
Which Footwear & Accessories company has the least gross debt?
Weyco Group, Inc. has the lowest comparable gross debt at $10 million. NIKE, Inc. has the highest at $11,033 million.
Which Footwear & Accessories company has the lowest comparable PEG?
Birkenstock Holding plc has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.38, among 6 of 13 companies that pass the metric’s comparability rules.
How much history does this Footwear & Accessories comparison include?
The page compares up to 20 reported quarters per company for fundamentals, CAPEX, debt and valuation, ending Jun 2026. Missing observations remain blank rather than being estimated.
How is the 4-Factor Sector Score calculated?
The four visible contributions add directly: growth and earnings up to 35 points, capital efficiency up to 25, valuation up to 20, and relative strength up to 20. Missing or stale evidence moves only the affected contribution toward neutral.
Companies
13
complete canonical membership
Combined market value
$111.6B
NIKE, Inc.
Revenue growing
6/10
positive TTM year-on-year growth
Beating S&P 500
7/13
positive Mansfield relative strength
Global company selection
00 · research priority, made explicit
4-Factor Sector Score
An additive sector-relative research score. The four displayed point contributions always equal the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or stale evidence is absorbed inside the affected factor, never applied as a hidden adjustment.
Weyco Group, Inc. has the strongest current balance of earnings trajectory, business quality, valuation and price confirmation, with 76% evidence confidence.
Weyco Group, Inc. looks inexpensive relative to peers or its own history, but its earnings trajectory has not yet earned the valuation signal.
Weyco Group, Inc. has stronger price confirmation than earnings confirmation; that is a research prompt, not permission to chase.
Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. PEG is guarded: positive earnings, positive 5–60% three-year EPS growth, and a positive P/E are required.
Decision use: Acceleration candidate, not a confirmed leader: earnings are strong but sector-relative strength is -18.4% and the one-year return is -19.4%. Do not upgrade until sector-relative strength is above zero and another reported period confirms growth.
Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
12.5/35Growth & earnings
Revenue 100% · PAT — · OPM change -2133.6 pp
62% evidence
9.3/25Capital efficiency
ROCE -101.5% · debt/equity 0.1×
68% evidence
8.7/20Valuation
P/E 47.8× · PEG —
15% evidence
3.0/20Relative strength
RS sector -62.3% · RS bench -60.6% · 1Y -67.1%
70% evidence
01 · compare level, then change
Revenue Scale & Growth Durability
NIKE, Inc. has the highest Revenue among the 13 Footwear & Accessories companies compared here, at $46,398 million. Crocs, Inc. is next at $4,024 million. Forward Industries, Inc. has the highest Revenue growth at the 100% top of the scoring scale, so level and change sit with different companies. Its Revenue series carries 20 reported observations across the 20-quarter window.
What the numbers say: NIKE, Inc. is the scale leader at $46,398 million, 11.5× the revenue of Crocs, Inc.. Forward Industries, Inc.'s growth is stored at the ≥100% scoring cap; the uncapped TTM change is 144.4% from a $44 million base, with 19 reported observations in the 20-quarter window. Treat the growth leader as an acceleration candidate, not as equally proven scale.
LeaderNIKE, Inc. · $46,398 million
Gap11.5× versus #2 · Crocs, Inc.
Persistence3/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage11/13 companies · 247 observations
Investor read: NIKE, Inc. is the scale benchmark; Forward Industries, Inc. is the acceleration watch. Promote the challenger only if growth persists and converts into margin and returns.
This conclusion weakens if: NIKE, Inc.'s growth falls below Forward Industries, Inc.'s for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.
Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.
Revenuelargest
1NIKE, Inc. NKE$46.4B
2Crocs, Inc. CROX$4.0B
3On Holding AG ONON$3.1B
4Designer Brands Inc. DBI$2.9B
5Steven Madden, Ltd. SHOO$2.6B
Revenue growthfastest growers
1Forward Industries, Inc. FWDI100%
2On Holding AG ONON23%
3Steven Madden, Ltd. SHOO15%
4Birkenstock Holding plc BIRK11%
5Rocky Brands, Inc. RCKY8.4%
Revenue · company comparison
11/13 level · 10/13 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Birkenstock Holding plc has the highest OPM among the 13 Footwear & Accessories companies compared here, at 25.1%. Crocs, Inc. is next at 21.8%. Vera Bradley, Inc. has the highest Margin change at +26.3 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 12 of 13 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Birkenstock Holding plc leads opm at 25.1%; Vera Bradley, Inc. leads margin change at +26.3 percentage points.
LeaderBirkenstock Holding plc · 25.1%
Gap15.1% versus #2 · Crocs, Inc.
Persistence6/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage12/13 companies · 245 observations
Investor read: Birkenstock Holding plc sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.
Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.
OPMhighest
1Birkenstock Holding plc BIRK25%
2Crocs, Inc. CROX22%
3Steven Madden, Ltd. SHOO15%
4On Holding AG ONON14%
5Deckers Outdoor Corporation DECK14%
Margin changefastest expanders
1Vera Bradley, Inc. VRA+26.3 pp
2NIKE, Inc. NKE+9.0 pp
3Fossil Group, Inc. FOSL+8.3 pp
4Steven Madden, Ltd. SHOO+5.4 pp
5Designer Brands Inc. DBI+3.9 pp
Operating margin · company comparison
12/13 level · 13/13 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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NIKE, Inc. has the highest Net profit among the 13 Footwear & Accessories companies compared here, at $3,108 million. Birkenstock Holding plc is next at $356 million. Birkenstock Holding plc has the highest Profit growth at 41.3%, so level and change sit with different companies. 11 of 13 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: NIKE, Inc. leads with $3,108 million of TTM profit, 773% above Birkenstock Holding plc. Birkenstock Holding plc shows 41.3% growth from a $356 million profit base. Compare the size of the base and persistence before ranking acceleration above profit scale.
LeaderNIKE, Inc. · $3,108 million
Gap773% versus #2 · Birkenstock Holding plc
Persistence1/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage11/13 companies · 247 observations
Investor read: NIKE, Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.
Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.
Net profitlargest
1NIKE, Inc. NKE$3.1B
2Birkenstock Holding plc BIRK$356M
3On Holding AG ONON$250M
4Steven Madden, Ltd. SHOO$80M
5Weyco Group, Inc. WEYS$24M
Profit growthfastest growers
1Birkenstock Holding plc BIRK41%
2Rocky Brands, Inc. RCKY36%
3On Holding AG ONON20%
4NIKE, Inc. NKE-3.5%
5Weyco Group, Inc. WEYS-20%
Net profit · company comparison
11/13 level · 7/13 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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NIKE, Inc. has the highest CAPEX among the 13 Footwear & Accessories companies compared here, at $138 million. Birkenstock Holding plc is next at $21 million. Birkenstock Holding plc has the highest CAPEX intensity at 3.4%, so level and change sit with different companies. 13 of 13 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: NIKE, Inc. reports $138 million of CAPEX; Birkenstock Holding plc has the highest covered intensity at 3.4%. Coverage is only 13 of 13 companies and 245 reported observations, so this is partial evidence—not a complete sector rank.
LeaderNIKE, Inc. · $138 million
Gap557.1% versus #2 · Birkenstock Holding plc
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage13/13 companies · 245 observations
Investor read: Use the CAPEX rank as a diligence queue. Verify commissioning, utilization, cash conversion and post-investment ROCE before treating spend as value creation.
This conclusion weakens if: CAPEX rises without higher utilization, operating cash flow or incremental returns.
CAPEX is cash spent on property, plant, equipment and other reported capital assets. CAPEX intensity divides that spend by revenue; high intensity is a reinvestment signal, not proof that the reinvestment will earn attractive returns.
CAPEXlargest spenders
1NIKE, Inc. NKE$138M
2Birkenstock Holding plc BIRK$21M
3Crocs, Inc. CROX$18M
4Deckers Outdoor Corporation DECK$17M
5On Holding AG ONON$17M
CAPEX intensityhighest reinvestment intensity
1Birkenstock Holding plc BIRK3.4%
2Crocs, Inc. CROX2.0%
3On Holding AG ONON2.0%
4Deckers Outdoor Corporation DECK1.5%
5Weyco Group, Inc. WEYS1.5%
Capital expenditure · company comparison
13/13 level · 13/13 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Capacity base is net fixed assets plus capital work in progress, straight off the reported balance sheet. It is not cash spent, so it answers a narrower question than CAPEX — but it is reported for companies whose cash-flow CAPEX is not published, which is why it leads here. Missing years remain blank; annual values are never relabelled as quarters.
Full annual capacity base, operating cash flow, CAPEX and free cash flow history
Capacity base · net fixed assets + CWIP · fiscal-year history
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Weyco Group, Inc. has the lowest Gross debt among the 13 Footwear & Accessories companies compared here, at $10 million. Forward Industries, Inc. is next at $53 million. Deckers Outdoor Corporation has the lowest Net debt at $1,131 million net cash, so level and change sit with different companies.
What the numbers say: Deckers Outdoor Corporation has the clearest covered balance-sheet capacity with $1,131 million net cash and gross debt of $472 million. Absolute debt alone does not identify the strongest balance sheet because company scale differs; net debt and debt-to-equity carry more information.
LeaderWeyco Group, Inc. · $10 million
Gap81.1% versus #2 · Forward Industries, Inc.
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage13/13 companies · 244 observations
Investor read: Prioritize net-cash capacity and leverage relative to operating scale, not the smallest absolute rupee debt.
This conclusion weakens if: Net debt rises faster than revenue and profit for two consecutive reported periods.
Gross debt shows contractual borrowings. Net debt subtracts reported cash; a negative value means net cash. Lower debt can create capacity, but should be read against the scale and capital intensity of the business.
Gross debtlowest gross debt
1Weyco Group, Inc. WEYS$10M
2Forward Industries, Inc. FWDI$53M
3Vera Bradley, Inc. VRA$65M
4Rocky Brands, Inc. RCKY$128M
5Fossil Group, Inc. FOSL$334M
Net debtlowest net debt
1Deckers Outdoor Corporation DECK$-1.1B
2On Holding AG ONON$-550M
3Weyco Group, Inc. WEYS$-82M
4Forward Industries, Inc. FWDI$36M
5Vera Bradley, Inc. VRA$52M
Debt and balance-sheet capacity · company comparison
13/13 level · 13/13 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Steven Madden, Ltd. has the highest ROCE among the 13 Footwear & Accessories companies compared here, at 7.8%. On Holding AG is next at 5.8%. Vera Bradley, Inc. has the highest ROCE change at +4.5 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 13 of 13 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Steven Madden, Ltd. leads ROCE at 7.8%, 2 percentage points above On Holding AG. Vera Bradley, Inc. has the strongest latest improvement at +4.5 percentage points. Read the leader beside the density of its reported history: a sparse high return is a candidate; a repeated high return is evidence of durability.
LeaderSteven Madden, Ltd. · 7.8%
Gap34.5% versus #2 · On Holding AG
Persistence3/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage13/13 companies · 239 observations
Investor read: Steven Madden, Ltd. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.
ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.
ROCEhighest
1Steven Madden, Ltd. SHOO7.8%
2On Holding AG ONON5.8%
3Deckers Outdoor Corporation DECK5.5%
4NIKE, Inc. NKE5.1%
5Crocs, Inc. CROX5.0%
ROCE changefastest improvers
1Vera Bradley, Inc. VRA+4.5 pp
2Fossil Group, Inc. FOSL+4.2 pp
3NIKE, Inc. NKE+3.9 pp
4Steven Madden, Ltd. SHOO+2.5 pp
5Designer Brands Inc. DBI+1.8 pp
Return on capital · company comparison
13/13 level · 13/13 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Birkenstock Holding plc has the lowest Guarded PEG among the 13 Footwear & Accessories companies compared here, at 0.38×. Rocky Brands, Inc. is next at 0.45×. Weyco Group, Inc. has the lowest P/E at 12.9×, so level and change sit with different companies. 6 of 13 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Birkenstock Holding plc has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.38×, 15.6% below Rocky Brands, Inc.. Only 6 of 13 companies pass the guard, so no broad “cheapest stock” conclusion is defensible unless the current multiple, own-history position and growth durability agree.
LeaderBirkenstock Holding plc · 0.38×
Gap15.6% versus #2 · Rocky Brands, Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage6/13 companies · 38 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.
PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is recomputed consistently as the trailing P/E divided by that growth rate — reported earnings, never an expected-earnings multiple. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data sources reconciled. A missing PEG is more honest than a low-base fiction.
Guarded PEGlowest PEG
1Birkenstock Holding plc BIRK0.4
2Rocky Brands, Inc. RCKY0.5
3Weyco Group, Inc. WEYS1.0
4On Holding AG ONON1.6
5NIKE, Inc. NKE3.1
P/Elowest P/E
1Weyco Group, Inc. WEYS12.9
2Wolverine World Wide, Inc. WWW12.9
3Deckers Outdoor Corporation DECK14.1
4Rocky Brands, Inc. RCKY15.7
5Birkenstock Holding plc BIRK16.1
Valuation · company comparison
6/13 level · 13/13 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Weyco Group, Inc. has the lowest EV/EBITDA among the 13 Footwear & Accessories companies compared here, at 6.84×. Rocky Brands, Inc. is next at 9.94×. Forward Industries, Inc. has the lowest P/BV at 0.61×, so level and change sit with different companies. 13 of 13 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Weyco Group, Inc. leads ev/ebitda at 6.84×; Forward Industries, Inc. leads p/bv at 0.61×.
LeaderWeyco Group, Inc. · 6.84×
Gap31.2% versus #2 · Rocky Brands, Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage13/13 companies · 195 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/bv signal.
EV/EBITDA includes debt in enterprise value and is useful across different capital structures. P/BV prices the company against its own book. Both are market multiples on reported figures, not intrinsic-value estimates and not forecasts.
EV/EBITDAlowest EV/EBITDA
1Weyco Group, Inc. WEYS6.8
2Rocky Brands, Inc. RCKY9.9
3Deckers Outdoor Corporation DECK10.1
4Birkenstock Holding plc BIRK10.3
5Wolverine World Wide, Inc. WWW10.6
P/BVlowest P/BV
1Forward Industries, Inc. FWDI0.6
2Vera Bradley, Inc. VRA0.9
3Rocky Brands, Inc. RCKY1.2
4Weyco Group, Inc. WEYS1.3
5Designer Brands Inc. DBI1.4
Enterprise and book valuation · company comparison
13/13 level · 13/13 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Fossil Group, Inc. has the strongest one-year price move in Footwear & Accessories at +179.2%. Crocs, Inc. leads on Mansfield relative strength against the S&P 500 at +33.9%. 7 of 13 covered companies are above zero on that measure. Every line covers 314 weekly closes through 2026-07-28.
Every price line is indexed to 100 over the chosen window. Mansfield relative strength compares a price ratio with its own 52-week average; zero separates leadership from lagging.
Price and relative strength
Price is rebased to 100 inside the selected window. Pair ratio rebases each selected company against one chosen denominator.
Before the conclusion · check the blind spots
What can make this comparison misleading?
This Footwear & Accessories comparison names 4 specific ways its own evidence can mislead, all listed below. All 13 companies here report on comparable dates, so no rank carries a stale marker. A high growth rate can still be a low-base artefact.
Keep these limits visible
A high growth rate can be a low-base artefact. The page keeps level and change separate for that reason.
A high ROCE can be temporary or flattered by a small capital base. Read it beside margin, cash conversion and reinvestment.
The 4-Factor Sector Score ranks research priority, not portfolio action. Management quality, catalysts and risks need equally fresh evidence before capital is deployed.
An “all companies” line chart preserves completeness, but rank changes should be checked against reporting dates before drawing a conclusion.
10 · the complete set
Which companies are included?
All 13 companies in the canonical Footwear & Accessories membership are listed below, largest market value first — nothing is silently dropped, even where a company reports too little to rank. The charts above default to a selective view; this register is the complete set, with each company's own latest reporting date beside it.
AHEAD means the company is beating the index by 5% or more over three months. LAGGING, FUNDAMENTALS UP means it is 20% or more behind over a year while its trailing twelve-month earnings grew 20% or more. Both rules are fixed and applied the same way in every sector.
This comparison is built from the reported filings of 13 Footwear & Accessories companies, normalized to a common $ scale and a shared quarter axis of up to 20 quarters each. Fundamentals run through Jun 2026 and market data through 2026-07-28. A second data feed fills gaps only after identity and scale reconciliation, and missing observations are never interpolated.
FundamentalsThrough Jun 2026 · up to 20 quarters per company
Market dataThrough 2026-07-28 · weekly price and relative-strength history
Derived metricsGrowth, changes, CAPEX intensity, net debt, guarded PEG and P/BV÷ROE are calculated only when their inputs are comparable.
Score confidenceMissing and stale evidence reduces confidence and pulls the 0–100 research-priority score toward neutral.
These 18 answers restate the Footwear & Accessories comparison above in question form. Every one is computed from the same 13 companies and the same reported filings as the rankings and charts, current through Jun 2026. Price and relative-strength answers run through 2026-07-28. Nothing here is estimated, and none of it is a recommendation.
Which Footwear & Accessories company is the biggest?
NIKE, Inc. is the largest, with trailing-twelve-month revenue of $46,398 million, ahead of Crocs, Inc. at $4,024 million. That covers 11 of 13 companies with comparable reporting through Jun 2026.
Which Footwear & Accessories company is growing fastest?
Forward Industries, Inc. has the fastest revenue growth at 100% year on year, across 10 of 13 comparable companies. Fast growth off a small base is not the same as proven scale — check whether the rate holds across several quarters on the chart above before treating it as a trend.
Which Footwear & Accessories company has the best profit margins?
Birkenstock Holding plc has the highest operating margin at 25.1%, from 12 of 13 comparable companies. Vera Bradley, Inc. shows the biggest recent improvement, at +26.3 percentage points. A high margin matters most when it is holding or rising, not when it is peaking.
Which Footwear & Accessories company makes the most profit?
NIKE, Inc. earns the most, at $3,108 million of trailing-twelve-month net profit, from 11 of 13 comparable companies. Birkenstock Holding plc has the fastest profit growth at 41.3%, though growth off a small or recovering profit base overstates how much has actually changed.
Which Footwear & Accessories company earns the highest return on capital?
Steven Madden, Ltd. leads on return on capital employed at 7.8%, across 13 of 13 companies. Read it beside the length of its reported history: a high return that repeats for years is evidence of a durable business, while a single high reading can be a small capital base or one good year.
Which Footwear & Accessories stock is the cheapest?
On guarded PEG — where a LOWER number is cheaper — Birkenstock Holding plc screens cheapest at 0.38×. Only 6 of 13 companies pass the comparability guard, so this is not a sector-wide "cheapest stock" verdict. Cheap on a multiple is a reason to investigate, never a reason to buy on its own.
Which Footwear & Accessories company has the strongest balance sheet?
Weyco Group, Inc. carries the lowest comparable gross debt at $10 million, from 13 of 13 companies. Absolute rupee debt alone does not settle it, because company scale differs — net debt and debt-to-equity in the chart above carry more information, and a very low-debt balance sheet can also mean under-investment.
Which Footwear & Accessories company is investing most in new capacity?
NIKE, Inc. reports the largest capital spending at $138 million, across 13 of 13 companies. Spending consumes cash before it earns anything, so treat the ranking as a diligence queue: check commissioning, utilisation and the return earned on the completed assets before reading spend as value creation.
Is the Footwear & Accessories sector beating the market?
Footwear & Accessories has outperformed S&P 500 by 20% over the last 52 weeks and 5.2% over 13 weeks, measured on an equal-weight index of its current members. Inside the sector, 7 of 13 covered companies are beating the market on their own. Sector strength does not transfer evenly to every stock in it.
Which Footwear & Accessories stock has the strongest price momentum?
Crocs, Inc. has the strongest relative strength against S&P 500. Relative strength answers last, after growth, quality and valuation: price can move well before the fundamentals confirm it, and sometimes without them confirming at all.
Which Footwear & Accessories company scores highest for research priority?
Weyco Group, Inc. scores 55.8 out of 100 with 76% evidence confidence, from 14 points on growth and earnings, 14 on capital efficiency, 13.8 on valuation and 14 on relative strength. This ranks what deserves work next. It is not a buy recommendation, and management quality, catalysts and risk still need separate research.
How many Footwear & Accessories companies does this comparison cover, and over what period?
It compares 13 listed companies over up to 20 reported quarters of fundamentals and 6 fiscal years of capital allocation, ending Jun 2026, plus weekly price and relative-strength history. Membership is the full sector list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
What is the total market cap of the Footwear & Accessories sector?
The 13 Footwear & Accessories companies on this page carry $111,617 million of combined market value. NIKE, Inc. is the largest at $63,865 million, about 57% of the sector's total on its own. Market value moves with price, so this reading is dated 2026-07-28.
What is the Footwear & Accessories sector's P/E ratio?
The median price-to-earnings ratio across the 13 Footwear & Accessories companies on this page is 26.8×, measured on the 13 that report a comparable figure. A sector-level history for this multiple is not held here, so this is a cross-section of today, not a comparison with the sector’s own past. Figures are as of 2026-07-28.
How is the Footwear & Accessories sector performing?
7 of the 13 covered Footwear & Accessories companies are beating S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength. The sector itself is 20% ahead of S&P 500 over 52 weeks on an equal-weight index of its current members. Readings are as of 2026-07-28.
How many Footwear & Accessories stocks are listed in the US?
This comparison covers 13 listed Footwear & Accessories companies in the US, each above the size floor the site applies. The full ranked list is on this page, with reported fundamentals through Jun 2026. Membership is the full industry list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
Why are some values on this page blank?
A blank means that company did not report a comparable figure for that period, so nothing is shown. Missing observations are never interpolated, carried forward, or replaced with a similar-looking accounting line, and a company with missing evidence has its research score pulled toward neutral rather than being scored as bad.
Is this investment advice?
No. Every figure here is a deterministic calculation from reported company filings and market data, published for research. It contains no recommendation to buy or sell any security, does not account for your circumstances, and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed adviser.