(KTB) Kontoor Brands - NYSE
Sector: Consumer Cyclical | Industry: Apparel Manufacturing | Exchange: NYSE (USA) | Market Cap: 4.321m USD | Total Return: 22.4% in 12m
Avg Turnover: 58.7M
EPS Trend: 97.9%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 72.0%
Qual. Beats: -1
Warnings
Choppy
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Kontoor Brands (NYSE: KTB) is a US-based lifestyle apparel company that designs, manufactures, procures, sells, and licenses apparel, footwear, and accessories. It was incorporated in 2018, is headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, and was spun off from VF Corporation in May 2019. The company operates within the Consumer Discretionary sector, in the Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods sub-industry.
The business is organized around two core reportable segments, Wrangler and Lee, with the addition of the Helly Hansen brand extending the company into outdoor and performance apparel. Kontoor also licenses the Musto, Chic, and Rock & Republic names. Products are sold through mass merchants, outdoor and sporting goods retailers, specialty and department stores, company-operated stores, business-to-business workwear and uniform customers, and online channels including digital marketplaces, using both wholesale and direct-to-consumer routes.
The company operates globally across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. Its model pairs consumer-facing denim and lifestyle brands, which are exposed to discretionary retail cycles, with B2B workwear and uniform revenue that tends to be more recurring and less sensitive to consumer sentiment.
- Helly Hansen acquisition fuels international revenue and margin growth
- Wrangler segment faces softer US denim demand and inventory pressure
- DTC channel expansion drives gross margin improvement
| Net Income: 277.0m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.15 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -6.95 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 16.62% < 20% (prev 26.80%; Δ -10.18% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.16 > 3% & CFO 424.4m > Net Income 277.0m |
| Net Debt (1.35b) to EBITDA (443.1m): 3.05 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.87 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (56.0m) vs 12m ago -0.11% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 47.80% > 18% (prev 45.09%; Δ 2.71% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 145.3% > 50% (prev 155.1%; Δ -9.77% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 5.72 > 6 (EBIT TTM 389.6m / Interest Expense TTM 68.1m) |
| A: 0.20 (Total Current Assets 1.12b - Total Current Liabilities 601.0m) / Total Assets 2.65b |
| B: 0.11 (Retained Earnings 295.9m / Total Assets 2.65b) |
| C: 0.18 (EBIT TTM 389.6m / Avg Total Assets 2.16b) |
| D: 0.30 (Book Value of Equity 618.9m / Total Liabilities 2.03b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 3.19 = A |
| DSRI: 0.97 (Receivables 245.0m/208.3m, Revenue 3.14b/2.60b) |
| GMI: 0.94 (GM 45.09% / 47.80%) |
| AQI: 1.87 (AQ_t 0.49 / AQ_t-1 0.26) |
| SGI: 1.21 (Revenue 3.14b / 2.60b) |
| TATA: -0.06 (NI 277.0m - CFO 424.4m) / TA 2.65b) |
| Beneish M = -2.44 (Cap -4..+1) = BBB |
As of June 24, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 76.84 with a total of 449,029 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -3.00%, over one month by +8.45%, over three months by +10.83% and over the past year by +22.37%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 69.20 (which is 9.9% or 2.2 ATR below the current price).
Kontoor Brands has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.80. Therefore, it is recommended to hold KTB.
- StrongBuy: 2
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 1
- Sell: 1
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 92.4 | 20.2% |
P/E Trailing = 15.7601
P/E Forward = 10.6838
P/S = 1.2925
P/B = 6.7046
Revenue TTM = 3.14b USD
EBIT TTM = 389.6m USD
EBITDA TTM = 443.1m USD
Long Term Debt = 1.13b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 42.9m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.41b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 131.6m
Net Debt = 1.35b USD (calculated: Debt 1.41b - CCE 56.4m)
Enterprise Value = 5.67b USD (4.32b + Debt 1.41b - CCE 56.4m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 5.72 (Ebit TTM 389.6m / Interest Expense TTM 68.1m)
EV/FCF = 14.17x (Enterprise Value 5.67b / FCF TTM 400.2m)
FCF Yield = 7.06% (FCF TTM 400.2m / Enterprise Value 5.67b)
FCF Margin = 12.73% (FCF TTM 400.2m / Revenue TTM 3.14b)
Net Margin = 8.81% (Net Income TTM 277.0m / Revenue TTM 3.14b)
Gross Margin = 47.80% ((Revenue TTM 3.14b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.64b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 53.70% (prev 46.90%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 2.14 (Enterprise Value 5.67b / Total Assets 2.65b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.84% (Interest Expense 68.1m / Debt 1.41b)
Taxrate = 23.66% (76.1m / 321.7m)
NOPAT = 297.4m (EBIT 389.6m * (1 - 23.66%))
Current Ratio = 1.87 (Total Current Assets 1.12b / Total Current Liabilities 601.0m)
Debt / Equity = 2.27 (Debt 1.41b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 618.9m)
Debt / EBITDA = 3.05 (Net Debt 1.35b / EBITDA 443.1m)
Debt / FCF = 3.38 (Net Debt 1.35b / FCF TTM 400.2m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 552.9m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 12.81% (Net Income 277.0m / Total Assets 2.65b)
RoE = 50.10% (Net Income TTM 277.0m / Total Stockholder Equity 552.9m)
RoCE = 23.14% (EBIT 389.6m / Capital Employed (Equity 552.9m + L.T.Debt 1.13b))
RoIC = 14.61% (NOPAT 297.4m / Invested Capital 2.04b)
WACC = 8.37% (E(4.32b)/V(5.73b) * Re(9.89%) + D(1.41b)/V(5.73b) * Rd(4.84%) * (1-Tc(0.24)))
Discount Rate = 9.89% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -46.67 | Cagr: -0.77%
[DCF] Terminal Value 76.41% ; FCFF base≈387.9m ; Y1≈416.2m ; Y5≈503.4m
[DCF] Fair Price = 114.9 (EV 7.70b - Net Debt 1.35b = Equity 6.35b / Shares 55.3m; r=8.37% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow 8.28% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 97.89 | EPS CAGR: 12.88% | SUE: -0.70 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 72.05 | Revenue CAGR: 6.18% | SUE: -4.0 | # QB: -1
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=1.08 | Chg30d=-1.43% | Revisions=-33% | Analysts=9
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.31 | Chg30d=-4.10% | Revisions=-67% | Analysts=9
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=5.20 | Chg30d=-2.72% | Revisions=-50% | GrowthEPS=-6.9% | GrowthRev=-13.9%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=6.43 | Chg30d=-0.98% | Revisions=-54% | GrowthEPS=+23.5% | GrowthRev=+4.3%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -67%