Anta Sports Products (OTCMKTS:ANPDF – Get Free Report) and Wolverine World Wide (NYSE:WWW – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Anta Sports Products and Wolverine World Wide, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Anta Sports Products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Wolverine World Wide | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3.00 |
Wolverine World Wide has a consensus target price of $25.3750, indicating a potential downside of 11.29%. Given Wolverine World Wide’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wolverine World Wide is more favorable than Anta Sports Products.
Risk and Volatility
Profitability
This table compares Anta Sports Products and Wolverine World Wide’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Anta Sports Products | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Wolverine World Wide | 4.73% | 31.99% | 5.97% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
90.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Anta Sports Products and Wolverine World Wide”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Anta Sports Products | $9.85 billion | 3.28 | $2.17 billion | N/A | N/A |
| Wolverine World Wide | $1.76 billion | 1.32 | $47.90 million | $1.02 | 28.05 |
Anta Sports Products has higher revenue and earnings than Wolverine World Wide.
Summary
Wolverine World Wide beats Anta Sports Products on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Anta Sports Products
ANTA Sports Products Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research and development, design, manufacturing, and marketing of shoes, apparel, and accessories in the Mainland of China, Hong Kong, Macao, and internationally. The company's products portfolio includes running, cross-training, basketball, professional competition, training, physical education classes, outdoor sports, triathlon, golf, skiing, camping, hiking, urban outdoor, tennis, and other sports under the FILA, FILA KIDS, FILA FUSION, AMER, KOLON SPORT, ANTA, DESCENTE, and ANTA KIDS brands. It provides management, product design, logistics, and information technology services; manufactures shoe soles; holds trademarks; and develops and manages properties. It is also involved in the exporting and importing activities; and retailing of sporting goods. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Jinjiang, the People's Republic of China.
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.
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