Crocs

CROX

Apparel - Footwear & Accessories · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$137.13

-1.78 (-1.28%)

Market Cap

$6.81B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

−14.9% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 63.7M (2021) → 54.2M (2025)

Crocs, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes casual lifestyle footwear and accessories for men, women, and children. It offers various footwear products, including clogs, sandals, slides, flip-flops, boots, flats, wedges, platforms, socks, shoe charms, loafers, sneakers, and slippers under the Crocs brand name. The company sells its products in approximately 85 countries through wholesalers, retail stores, e-commerce sites, and third-part

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-1.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-3.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$30M/ year

↑ Rising (+16% vs prior year)

0.7% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

4.1%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~6 months

$131M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Crocs has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

56.8%

Premium pricing power — 56.8% gross margin

Operating Margin

21.8%

Excellent — 21.8% operating margin

ROCE

7.0%

Weak — 7.0% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-1.9%

Shrinking sales (-1.9% YoY)

EPS YoY

-108.0%

Earnings shrinking (-108.0% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

16.7%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (16.7%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

1.00

Moderate — manageable debt (1.00)

Interest Cover

10.07x

Comfortably covers interest (10.1x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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