Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Footwear & Accessories
Crocs, Inc. CROX
$118.09 -0.96% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $5.66B
High qualityStrong trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $11.56, up 209.9% year over year.
- The diluted share count fell 10.1% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +13.8%).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 24%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 4%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 37%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 46%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 14%
- Gross marginTop 13%
- Operating marginTop 9%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 26%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 36%
- Interest coverTop 3%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 11%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 18%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 18%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 38%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 45%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 17%
- 6-month returnTop 14%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 15%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 26%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 34%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 43%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 3%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 48%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 27%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 49%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 47%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 29%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 36%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.9% | -2.0% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -108.5% | 209.9% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 59.4% | 57.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 24.2% | 20.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 18.6% | 17.4% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.0% | -1.9% | ↓ | Bottom 24% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 209.9% | -108.5% | ↑ | Top 4% |
| Gross margin | 57.5% | 59.4% | ↓ | Top 13% |
| Operating margin | 20.7% | 24.2% | ↓ | Top 9% |
| Net margin | 14.6% | 5.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 17.4% | 18.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 17.7% | — | Top 14% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 4.4% | — | Top 37% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.29×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +3.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.71×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 319.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 11.44%
- Shareholder yield
- 11.44%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -10.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -7.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +13.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $136.78
- Target vs current price
- +15.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 37
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 51%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +4.6% | -7.4% | +2.8% | -7.4% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +7.6% | +1.8% | +5.6% | +18.5% | +34.4% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | +19.3% | +19.0% | +16.6% | -3.7% | +25.3% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +23.7% | -2.5% | -5.3% | +0.9% | -0.6% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +5.5% | -29.2% | -20.7% | -15.3% | -21.5% |
| May 8, 2025 | +19.5% | +9.8% | +17.4% | -0.6% | -0.4% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | +11.0% | +23.9% | +22.6% | +12.6% | +23.6% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | +16.1% | -19.2% | -23.0% | -21.4% | -25.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $4.55 | $4.35 | +4.6% | $1.18B |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $2.99 | $2.78 | +7.6% | $921.5M |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $2.29 | $1.92 | +19.3% | $957.6M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $2.92 | $2.36 | +23.7% | $996.3M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $4.23 | $4.01 | +5.5% | $1.15B |
| May 8, 2025 | $3.00 | $2.51 | +19.5% | $937.3M |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $2.52 | $2.27 | +11.0% | $989.8M |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $3.60 | $3.10 | +16.1% | $1.06B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 10.2× | 9.6× | 58th | Top 11% |
| P/E (forward) | 8.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.1× | — | — | Top 18% |
| EV / Sales | 1.77× | — | — | Bottom 38% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 12.45% | — | — | Top 18% |
| Earnings yield | 9.79% | — | — | Top 11% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.9× – 26.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +38.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +209.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +55.5%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 126
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +10.9%
- RSI (14)
- 45.2
- Relative volume
- 0.88×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 41.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 21th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.79
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.25
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -16.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -54.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2021 | Jun 17, 2022 | -73.9% | 149 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 23, 2021 | Oct 11, 2021 | -22.9% | 12 days | 15 days (Nov 1, 2021) |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -15.3% | 10 days | 8 days (Feb 8, 2021) |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -13.6% | 7 days | 22 days (Apr 26, 2021) |
| May 7, 2021 | May 12, 2021 | -10.1% | 3 days | 22 days (Jun 14, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $5.66B
- P/E (TTM)
- 10.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $11.56
- Revenue (TTM)
- $4.05B
- 52-week range
- $73.21 – $141.28
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.31B | $3.55B | $3.96B | $4.10B | $4.04B |
| Gross profit | $1.42B | $1.86B | $2.18B | $2.41B | $2.30B |
| Operating income | $683.1M | $850.8M | $1.05B | $1.02B | $887.6M |
| Net income | $725.7M | $540.2M | $792.6M | $950.1M | -$81.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $11.39 | $8.71 | $12.79 | $15.88 | -$1.50 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.06B | $989.8M | $937.3M | $1.15B | $996.3M | $957.6M | $921.5M | $1.18B |
| Net income | $199.8M | $368.9M | $160.1M | -$492.3M | $145.8M | $105.2M | $137.6M | $204.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.36 | $6.36 | $2.83 | -$8.82 | $2.70 | $2.03 | $2.71 | $4.12 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $567.2M | $603.1M | $930.4M | $992.5M | $710.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$55.9M | -$104.2M | -$115.6M | -$69.3M | -$51.2M |
| Free cash flow | $511.2M | $499.0M | $814.8M | $923.1M | $659.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.02B | -$11.5M | -$192.1M | -$560.7M | -$582.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $170.3M
- Total assets
- $4.36B
- Total liabilities
- $2.97B
- Total debt
- $1.69B
- Net debt
- $1.52B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.38B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,679,535
- Days to cover
- 4.79
- Change vs previous report
- +2.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 15, 2007
- 2-for-1