Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Manufacturers
V.F. Corporation VFC
$14.33 -0.56% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $5.63B
High risk
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 5.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The stock is 34% below its highest close of the past year.
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 5, 2026.
Growth37Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 32%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 8%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 19%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 33%
Quality56Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 49%
- Gross marginTop 17%
- Operating marginBottom 49%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 28%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 45%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Interest coverBottom 48%
Value71Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 46%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 24%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 48%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 43%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 32%
Momentum42Weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 36%
- 6-month returnBottom 27%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 48%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 35%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 34%
Revisions8Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 13%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 33%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 45%
Stability19Very weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 36%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.1% | 0.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 54.1% | 54.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 6.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 1.8% | 6.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.2% | 1.1% | ↓ | Bottom 32% |
| Gross margin | 54.6% | 54.1% | ↑ | Top 17% |
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 3.6% | ↑ | Bottom 49% |
| Net margin | 2.9% | -0.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.1% | 1.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.0% | — | Bottom 49% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -4.7% | — | Bottom 19% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.75×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.30×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.50%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.50%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -6.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $18.33
- Target vs current price
- +27.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 58
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 41%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | -20.3% | -17.4% | -16.5% | -24.1% | — |
| May 20, 2026 | -4565.6% | -3.2% | +4.0% | -0.2% | -11.2% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | +34.9% | -5.8% | +3.1% | -3.6% | -1.3% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | +22.5% | -12.2% | -14.7% | -1.4% | +18.8% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +31.4% | +2.6% | -2.8% | +17.1% | +23.3% |
| May 21, 2025 | +7.1% | -15.8% | -8.7% | -18.5% | -9.4% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | +82.4% | -3.9% | -5.4% | -4.7% | -56.6% |
| Oct 28, 2024 | +58.9% | +1.8% | +25.8% | +18.0% | +57.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | -$0.27 | -$0.22 | -20.3% | $1.67B |
| May 20, 2026 | -$0.30 | -$0.01 | -4565.6% | $2.17B |
| Jan 28, 2026 | $0.58 | $0.43 | +34.9% | $2.82B |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $0.52 | $0.42 | +22.5% | $2.80B |
| Jul 30, 2025 | -$0.24 | -$0.35 | +31.4% | $1.76B |
| May 21, 2025 | -$0.13 | -$0.14 | +7.1% | $2.14B |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $0.62 | $0.34 | +82.4% | $2.83B |
| Oct 28, 2024 | $0.60 | $0.38 | +58.9% | $2.76B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 20.8× | 26.6× | 23th | Top 46% |
| P/E (forward) | 13.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.3× | — | — | Top 48% |
| EV / Sales | 1.04× | — | — | Top 43% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 10.31% | — | — | Top 24% |
| Earnings yield | 4.82% | — | — | Top 46% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.8× – 66.3× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
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
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -8.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -16.6%
- RSI (14)
- 57.2
- Relative volume
- 1.14×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 53.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 63th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.86
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.49
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -33.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -63.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -89.2% | 987 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 8, 2020 | Mar 16, 2021 | -14.9% | 66 days | 30 days (Apr 28, 2021) |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -14.2% | 16 days | 10 days (Nov 13, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $5.63B
- P/E (TTM)
- 20.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.69
- Revenue (TTM)
- $9.51B
- Dividend yield
- 2.51%
- 52-week range
- $12.46 – $22.27
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $11.84B | $11.09B | $9.92B | $9.50B | $9.61B |
| Gross profit | $6.46B | $5.80B | $5.12B | $5.09B | $5.26B |
| Operating income | $1.63B | $998.7M | -$143.9M | $303.8M | $607.3M |
| Net income | $1.39B | $118.6M | -$968.9M | -$189.7M | $254.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.53 | $0.31 | -$2.49 | -$0.49 | $0.64 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.76B | $2.83B | $2.14B | $1.76B | $2.80B | $2.88B | $2.17B | $1.67B |
| Net income | $52.2M | $167.8M | -$150.8M | -$116.4M | $189.8M | $300.8M | -$119.3M | -$97.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.13 | $0.43 | -$0.39 | -$0.30 | $0.48 | $0.76 | -$0.30 | -$0.25 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $864.3M | -$655.8M | $1.01B | $465.2M | $671.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$328.3M | -$245.1M | -$211.0M | -$126.0M | -$165.8M |
| Free cash flow | $536.0M | -$900.9M | $803.6M | $339.2M | $505.5M |
| Dividends paid | -$773.2M | -$702.8M | -$303.1M | -$140.2M | -$140.7M |
| Net share buybacks | -$313.4M | -$2.8M | -$2.8M | -$2.7M | $699,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $670.1M
- Total assets
- $9.46B
- Total liabilities
- $7.70B
- Total debt
- $4.95B
- Net debt
- $4.28B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.76B
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | $0.09 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | $0.09 | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | $0.09 | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Dec 10, 2025 | $0.09 | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Sep 10, 2025 | $0.09 | Sep 18, 2025 |
| Jun 10, 2025 | $0.09 | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Mar 10, 2025 | $0.09 | Mar 20, 2025 |
| Dec 10, 2024 | $0.09 | Dec 18, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 39,249,101
- Days to cover
- 5.76
- Change vs previous report
- +8.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 23, 2019
- 531-for-500
- Dec 23, 2013
- 4-for-1
- Nov 25, 1997
- 2-for-1
- May 6, 1986
- 2-for-1
- Dec 20, 1983
- 2-for-1