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Owns and markets Wrangler and Lee jeans, workwear and Helly Hansen outdoor apparel, spun off from VF Corp.
Owns and markets Wrangler and Lee jeans, workwear and Helly Hansen outdoor apparel, spun off from VF Corp.
Designs and sells but outsources much of its production to contract factories. Wrangler and Lee are sold mainly through large retailers, so a few accounts such as Walmart weigh heavily, with its own stores and websites a smaller channel. It has added Helly Hansen, an outdoor and workwear brand with Nordic roots.
Moat: narrow (brand, distribution). Wrangler and Lee are century-old heritage denim brands with deep mass-retail shelf space.
Headquarters: Greensboro, North Carolina, US · Founded: 2019 · Employees: 10,600
Size Kontoor Brands (KTB) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Apparel/Footwear) with a market value of $4.21B, the 1314th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $77.06 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 4.6%, against +5.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 15.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.9%); the operating margin is 13.1% (peer median 8.8%).
Valuation It trades at 13.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.9× (6th cheapest of 19).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +8%, so the hurdle is -7 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 9.1 points above its cost of capital (8.3% WACC).
Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $44.7M at 3 Oct 2026, down 39% on a year earlier — 0.0 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →
Short interest Short interest is 12.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 2 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.07B | $3.15B | $2.61B | $2.61B | $2.63B |
| Revenue growth | — | +21% | 0% | -1% | — |
| Gross profit | $1.50B | $1.47B | $1.16B | $1.06B | $1.12B |
| EBITDA | $456M | $494M | $388M | $348M | $394M |
| Net income | $268M | $227M | $246M | $231M | $245M |
| Free cash flow | $423M | $435M | $349M | $329M | $65.2M |
| Capital expenditure | $27.8M | $25.2M | $22.1M | $37.4M | $28.4M |
| Total debt | $1.27B | $1.29B | $791M | $842M | $851M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kontoor Brands KTB | $4.21B | +5% | +16% | 13% | 13.2× | 1.1% |
| Levi Strauss & LEVI | $8.77B | +1% | +5% | 13% | 14.6× | 5.2% |
| V.F VFC | $8.01B | +7% | -2% | 8% | 16.6× | 11.1% |
| PVH PVH | $4.15B | +1% | +2% | 8% | 8.1× | 2.5% |
| Columbia Sportswear COLM | $3.61B | +12% | 0% | 8% | 16.2× | 4.6% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | KTB | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +16.2% | +10.4% | 7th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +4.6% | +5.6% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -13.4% | -12.2% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +15.6% | +2.9% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 13.1% | 8.8% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 13.2× | 14.9× | 6th cheapest of 19 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 1.1% | 5.3% | 7th least demanding of 19 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +8.5% | +8.8% | 10th highest of 19 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -7.4 pp | -1.9 pp | 8th least demanding of 19 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +9.1 pp | +3.3 pp | 8th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.9× | 10.4× | 7th most expensive of 17 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.7× | 0.7× | 4th most indebted of 18 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kontoor Brands KTB | United States | $4.21B | +5% | +16% | 13% | 13.2× | 1.1% | +8.5% |
| K.P.R. Mill KPRMILL.NS | India | $4.21B | +19% | +6% | 18% | 34.8× | 29.9% | +13.3% |
| Page Industries PAGEIND.NS | India | $4.22B | -4% | +8% | 19% | 46.8× | 27.7% | +13.1% |
| PVH PVH | United States | $4.15B | +1% | +2% | 8% | 8.1× | 2.5% | +4.6% |
| Puma PUM.DE | Germany | $4.42B | +4% | -19% | -6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| HLA 600398.SS | China | $4.47B | -6% | +7% | 11% | 14.3× | -13.1% | +3.8% |
| Fosun International 0656.HK | Hong Kong | $4.82B | +11% | -1% | 3% | 12.9× | 10.6% | +4.1% |
| Columbia Sportswear COLM | United States | $3.61B | +12% | 0% | 8% | 16.2× | 4.6% | +6.3% |
| Abc-mart 2670.T | Japan | $5.03B | +20% | +4% | 17% | 16.2× | -10.0% | +11.4% |
| Li Ning 2331.HK | Hong Kong | $5.10B | -21% | +7% | 13% | 14.4× | -5.4% | +14.6% |
| Burberry BRBY.L | United Kingdom | $5.38B | -4% | -2% | 7% | 28.8× | 19.1% | +0.6% |
| FIGS FIGS | United States | $3.29B | +37% | +25% | 10% | 54.0× | 25.5% | +19.1% |
| Youngor Fashion 600177.SS | China | $5.69B | +10% | -5% | -3% | 12.8× | 23.3% | +0.1% |
| Ermenegildo Zegna ZGN | United States | $5.96B | +7% | +11% | 9% | 31.1× | 20.3% | +11.3% |
| Crystal International 2232.HK | Hong Kong | $2.92B | +23% | +4% | 10% | 11.4× | -5.3% | +6.0% |
| Hugo Boss BOSS.DE | Germany | $2.90B | +8% | -5% | 8% | 15.4× | -6.6% | +17.0% |
| Steven Madden SHOO | United States | $2.89B | -3% | +18% | 9% | 17.5× | 5.9% | +16.1% |
| Eclat Textile 1476.TW | Taiwan | $2.88B | +3% | 0% | 20% | 13.7× | -8.9% | +6.2% |
| Star Shine 1440.HK | Hong Kong | $2.85B | +34% | -33% | -3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) 0551.HK | Hong Kong | $2.75B | -7% | -3% | 3% | 13.6× | 2.4% | -0.9% |
| Gildan Activewear GIL.TO | Canada | $6.48B | -40% | +40% | 15% | 6.8× | 6.5% | +13.7% |
Kontoor Brands reported $44.7M of remaining performance obligations at 3 Oct 2026, down 39% from a year earlier and down 5% from the previous quarter. That is 0.0 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 1.00.