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Crocs (CROX) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: Here's Why

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Crocs (CROX - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $105.64, moving -1.04% from the previous trading session. The stock's change was less than the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.02%. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 0.14%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.33%.

Heading into today, shares of the footwear company had gained 3.62% over the past month, outpacing the Consumer Discretionary sector's gain of 2.32% and lagging the S&P 500's gain of 4.93%.

The upcoming earnings release of Crocs will be of great interest to investors. The company's earnings report is expected on August 7, 2025. In that report, analysts expect Crocs to post earnings of $4.04 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 0.75%. Alongside, our most recent consensus estimate is anticipating revenue of $1.14 billion, indicating a 3.01% upward movement from the same quarter last year.

In terms of the entire fiscal year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates predict earnings of $12.87 per share and a revenue of $4.13 billion, indicating changes of -2.28% and +0.71%, respectively, from the former year.

It's also important for investors to be aware of any recent modifications to analyst estimates for Crocs. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.

Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-term stock moves. To exploit this, we've formed the Zacks Rank, a quantitative model that includes these estimate changes and presents a viable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, there's been a 0.23% fall in the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. Crocs is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).

Valuation is also important, so investors should note that Crocs has a Forward P/E ratio of 8.3 right now. This valuation marks a discount compared to its industry average Forward P/E of 15.11.

Also, we should mention that CROX has a PEG ratio of 2.21. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. Textile - Apparel stocks are, on average, holding a PEG ratio of 2.04 based on yesterday's closing prices.

The Textile - Apparel industry is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector. This industry, currently bearing a Zacks Industry Rank of 205, finds itself in the bottom 18% echelons of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

Don't forget to use Zacks.com to keep track of all these stock-moving metrics, and others, in the upcoming trading sessions.


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