Valuation
Switching to the bull scenario (revenue growth 5.5%, FCF margin expanding to 25%, 12x exit multiple, WACC 8.5%):
Intrinsic value: ~$316/share — about +142% upside vs. the current $130.46 price.
What's driving it:
Revenue growing from $4.04B to ~$5.28B by Year 5
FCF margin expanding from ~16% today to 25% (strong operating leverage as HEYDUDE turns around and DTC mix grows)
Terminal value blended between Gordon Growth (~$22.6B) and a 12x FCF exit multiple (~$15.8B)
That's a genuinely optimistic case — it assumes Crocs brand momentum holds, HEYDUDE fully stabilizes in H2 2026 as management has guided, and the market re-rates the multiple higher. Worth flagging: this leans hard on the margin assumption (25% FCF margin would be a meaningful step up from anything CROX has posted historically), so I'd treat this as a ceiling rather than a base expectation.
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