NIKE (NYSE: NKE)
Quality Value Investing Research Report | $NKE Updated Coverage | November 2024
In this updated coverage research report, we reexamine the consumer discretionary sector company NIKE Inc. — NKE 0.00%↑ — to see if it continues to meet Quality Value Investing’s (QVI) Real-Time Stock Picks criteria based on our proprietary checklist analysis of the business’s current wealth and the share price’s present value.
NIKE | Company Current Wealth
Value Proposition
NIKE is a dividend-paying large-cap stock in the consumer discretionary sector’s apparel and footwear industry. It was added to the QVI Real-Time Stock Picks on June 6, 2017, at a $48.40 cost basis per share, adjusted for dividends.
NIKE, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, marketing, and sale of athletic footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories, and services worldwide. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, USA.
Economic Moat
Morningstar assigns NIKE a wide moat rating based on its brand intangible asset.
QVI’s Value Proposition Elevator Pitch for NKE
NIKE’s Swoosh is the moat, as wide as the famous logo.
QVI’s value proposition rating for NKE: Bullish.
Returns on Management
Revenue Growth and Net Profit Margin
Per the table below, NIKE’s trailing three-year annualized revenue growth was single-digit positive, underperforming the S&P 500 topline growth of 16.70%. Moreover, the company’s negative revenue growth of -2.83% lagged the broader market’s +18.90% for the most recently reported twelve months.
Further down the income statement, NIKE had a low double-digit net profit margin from a 44.84% gross margin, lagging the S&P 500’s net of 20.40% from a gross of 53.90%.
Returns on Equity and Invested Capital
NIKE’s senior management produced a return on equity, or ROE, double QVI’s targeted threshold while underperforming the S&P 500’s ROE of 57.00%.
Stock buyback programs often elevate ROE. For example, NIKE’s board of directors had authorized $18 billion of share repurchases between 2022 and 2026, with $8 billion of that approval still available as of October 2024.
NIKE’s return on invested capital, or ROIC, exceeded QVI’s threshold and aligned with the broader market’s 23.00% return. In addition, the company’s ROIC exceeded its weighted average cost of capital, or WACC, demonstrating that its senior executives are excellent capital allocators (Source of WACC: GuruFocus).
QVI’s business fundamentals rating for NIKE: Bullish.
Next, we’ll look at the company’s enterprise downsize risks, the stock price’s present value, including share price downside risks, and the investment thesis, each exclusive to Quality Value Investing’s premium (paying) subscribers.