Steven Madden

SHOO

Apparel - Footwear & Accessories · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$43.42

-0.26 (-0.60%)

Market Cap

$3.17B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−12.8% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 81.6M (2021) → 71.2M (2025)

Steven Madden, Ltd. designs, sources, markets, and sells fashion-forward branded and private label footwear, accessories, and apparel for women, men, and children in the United States and internationally. Its Wholesale Footwear segment provides footwear under the Steve Madden, Steven by Steve Madden, Madden Girl, BB Dakota, Dolce Vita, DV Dolce Vita, Betsey Johnson, GREATS, Blondo, Anne Klein, Mad Love, Superga, Madden NYC, and COOL Planet brands, as well as private label footwear. The company's

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+17.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+77.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

2.4%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~4 months

$77M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Steven Madden 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

54.5%

Healthy — 54.5% gross margin

Operating Margin

14.7%

Healthy — 14.7% operating margin

ROCE

7.6%

Weak — 7.6% 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

+15.2%

Fast-growing sales (15.2% YoY)

EPS YoY

-54.3%

Earnings shrinking (-54.3% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

165%

Turns 165% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

3.3%

Thin free cash flow (3.3%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.38

Conservative — low debt load (0.38)

Interest Cover

149.05x

Comfortably covers interest (149.0x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

40.6x

Pricey — P/E 40.6

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+25.8

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (40.6 → 14.8)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

2.10%

Moderate income — 2.10% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth

+0.0%

Dividend flat

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