Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

NIKE entered fiscal 2027 with evidence of stabilization but not yet a broad-based recovery. Fiscal fourth-quarter wholesale revenue grew while North America improved, supporting management's Sport Offense and marketplace-reset strategy. Those positives were offset by continued contraction in NIKE Direct, digital, Greater China, and Converse. Moreover, fourth-quarter gross margin and EPS benefited materially from expected IEEPA tariff recoveries, limiting their value as indicators of recurring profitability. A Hold stance is appropriate pending evidence that wholesale momentum can coexist with improving Direct trends and that Greater China is approaching stabilization.

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This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.
Street view · analyst 12-month targets34 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026
Low · most bearish analyst$23.00
Mean target$50.66
High · most bullish analyst$94.00
Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026
Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date
Bear CaseDownside scenario
$23.0025%

Direct and digital declines persist, Greater China remains under pressure, Converse continues contracting, and wholesale growth loses momentum. Under this outcome, product initiatives and cost discipline do not restore sustained revenue growth or recurring margin improvement.

Base CaseCentral scenario
$50.6657%
Matches the consensus mean

Revenue remains around broadly stable levels as wholesale and North America offset continued, but gradually moderating, weakness in Direct and Greater China. Product and marketplace actions improve the business incrementally, but the nonrecurring tariff-recovery benefit makes fiscal fourth-quarter margin and EPS unsuitable as normalized run rates.

Bull CaseUpside scenario
$94.0018%

The Sport Offense produces stronger performance-product demand, wholesale momentum broadens beyond North America, and NIKE Direct declines moderate as marketplace health improves. Greater China stabilizes and operating efficiencies convert renewed top-line growth into better recurring profitability.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits
  • Fiscal fourth-quarter wholesale revenue increased 4% on a reported basis and 1% currency-neutral, indicating improving partner-channel momentum.
  • North America revenue increased 3% in the fiscal fourth quarter and 5% for fiscal 2026 on both reported and currency-neutral bases.
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Key Investment Risks
  • Fiscal fourth-quarter NIKE Direct revenue declined 7% reported and 9% currency-neutral; NIKE Brand Digital declined 12% and owned stores declined 7%.
  • Greater China fiscal fourth-quarter revenue declined 12% reported and 17% currency-neutral.
  • Converse fiscal fourth-quarter revenue declined 32% reported and 34% currency-neutral.
  • Fiscal fourth-quarter gross margin included an approximately 900-basis-point benefit, and diluted EPS included a $0.52 benefit, from expected IEEPA tariff recoveries.
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All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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