Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Manufacturers
Kontoor Brands, Inc. KTB
$64.20 -0.79% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $3.58B
High quality
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 10 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +10.1%).
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $3.07B, up 15.8% from a year earlier, slowing from 20.9% a quarter earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned -22.3%, behind the S&P 500 by 38.0 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
Growth65Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 13%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 46%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 36%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 30%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 8%
Quality84Strong
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 18%
- Gross marginTop 22%
- Operating marginTop 26%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 46%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 40%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 48%
- Interest coverTop 42%
Value74Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 20%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 19%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 44%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 41%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 41%
Momentum39Weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 40%
- 6-month returnBottom 38%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 33%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 50%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
Revisions93Exceptional
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 48%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 11%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 31%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 14%
Stability48Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 50%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 34%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 48%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 20.9% | 15.8% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 21.1% | 6.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 45.5% | 49.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 12.6% | 12.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 11.3% | 13.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 15.8% | 20.9% | ↓ | Top 13% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 6.9% | 21.1% | ↓ | Top 46% |
| Gross margin | 49.7% | 45.5% | ↑ | Top 22% |
| Operating margin | 12.7% | 12.6% | ↑ | Top 26% |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 9.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.8% | 11.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 14.2% | — | Top 18% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 6.2% | — | Top 30% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.67×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -43.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.94×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.27%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.82%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.09%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 10
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +10.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +4.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $112.50
- Target vs current price
- +75.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 18
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 61%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | +1.0% | +8.9% | +9.8% | -10.4% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +32.5% | +4.2% | -13.0% | -8.4% | +13.0% |
| Mar 3, 2026 | +4.8% | +20.6% | +12.5% | +2.2% | +12.9% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | +2.1% | -9.2% | -10.8% | -7.1% | -26.6% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +40.7% | +12.8% | +24.7% | +41.7% | +43.1% |
| May 6, 2025 | +3.4% | +1.8% | +14.5% | +7.8% | -12.3% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | +3.8% | -13.5% | -26.7% | -24.7% | -15.2% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +8.7% | +11.8% | +12.9% | +18.5% | +21.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | $1.06 | $1.05 | +1.0% | $584.3M |
| May 7, 2026 | $1.55 | $1.17 | +32.5% | $613.3M |
| Mar 3, 2026 | $1.73 | $1.65 | +4.8% | $1.02B |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $1.44 | $1.41 | +2.1% | $853.2M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $1.21 | $0.86 | +40.7% | $658.3M |
| May 6, 2025 | $1.20 | $1.16 | +3.4% | $622.9M |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $1.38 | $1.33 | +3.8% | $699.3M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $1.37 | $1.26 | +8.7% | $670.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 13.4× | 14.5× | 38th | Top 20% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.6× | — | — | Top 44% |
| EV / Sales | 1.56× | — | — | Bottom 41% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 11.83% | — | — | Top 19% |
| Earnings yield | 7.46% | — | — | Top 20% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.2× – 19.3× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -22.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +6.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +19.3%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -9.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -13.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -10.3%
- RSI (14)
- 36.6
- Relative volume
- 0.88×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 41.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 38th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.26
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -27.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -45.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | -53.1% | 281 days | 471 days (May 2, 2024) |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -45.4% | 47 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 9, 2020 | Jan 29, 2021 | -21.6% | 34 days | 21 days (Mar 2, 2021) |
| Jun 6, 2024 | Jul 10, 2024 | -14.9% | 22 days | 36 days (Aug 29, 2024) |
| Mar 18, 2021 | Mar 23, 2021 | -13.3% | 3 days | 11 days (Apr 8, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.58B
- P/E (TTM)
- 13.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.79
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.07B
- Dividend yield
- 3.30%
- 52-week range
- $56.19 – $88.96
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.48B | $2.63B | $2.61B | $2.61B | $3.15B |
| Gross profit | $1.11B | $1.13B | $1.09B | $1.16B | $1.47B |
| Operating income | $283.0M | $356.7M | $319.3M | $342.3M | $446.0M |
| Net income | $195.4M | $245.5M | $231.0M | $245.8M | $227.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.31 | $4.31 | $4.06 | $4.36 | $4.05 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $670.2M | $699.3M | $622.9M | $658.3M | $853.2M | $1.02B | $613.3M | $584.3M |
| Net income | $70.5M | $64.0M | $42.9M | $73.9M | $36.9M | $73.8M | $92.4M | $64.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.26 | $1.14 | $0.76 | $1.32 | $0.66 | $1.31 | $1.65 | $1.17 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $283.9M | $83.6M | $356.5M | $368.2M | $587.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$36.9M | -$28.4M | -$37.4M | -$22.1M | -$21.0M |
| Free cash flow | $247.0M | $55.2M | $319.2M | $346.1M | $566.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$95.1M | -$103.7M | -$108.6M | -$112.1M | -$116.1M |
| Net share buybacks | -$77.4M | -$74.2M | -$29.8M | -$83.3M | -$25.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $58.5M
- Total assets
- $2.67B
- Total liabilities
- $2.05B
- Total debt
- $1.27B
- Net debt
- $1.21B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $618.5M
As of Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | $0.53 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Jun 8, 2026 | $0.53 | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | $0.53 | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Dec 8, 2025 | $0.53 | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Sep 9, 2025 | $0.52 | Sep 19, 2025 |
| Jun 10, 2025 | $0.52 | Jun 20, 2025 |
| Mar 10, 2025 | $0.52 | Mar 20, 2025 |
| Dec 9, 2024 | $0.52 | Dec 19, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,144,365
- Days to cover
- 7.59
- Change vs previous report
- +8.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.