# Kontoor Brands Inc. Common Stock (KTB) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Consumer Cyclical / Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods. Price $73.59, market value $4.0 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 14.9×** (5-yr avg 13.9×, 3-yr avg 16.0×). Kontoor Brands Inc. Common Stock trades at 14.9× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 13.9×. The Consumer Cyclical median in the September 2026 study was 19.5×. Forward P/E is 11.2×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 1.2×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 1.2×.
- **Price / book: 6.5×**. The shares trade at 6.5× book value; most of the value is in earnings power and intangibles rather than the balance sheet.
- **EV / EBITDA: 11.1×**. Enterprise value is 11.1× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 10.5%** (5-yr avg 8.8%). Free cash flow equals 10.5% of the market value, in line with its five-year average of 8.8%. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 6.7%**. The inverse of the P/E: 6.7% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 12.5%**. 12.5% of revenue is left after running the business.
- **Net margin: 7.2%**. 7.2% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 40.3%**. 40.3% on shareholders' equity is excellent if it is not driven by leverage; sustained above 20% usually signals a competitive advantage.
- **Return on invested capital: 19.7%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 19.7%: comfortably above what that capital costs.
- **Return on assets: 10.4%**. Each dollar of assets produces 10.4% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 20.9%** (3-yr 6.2%/yr, 5-yr 8.5%/yr). Revenue grew 20.9% over the last year, against 8.5% a year compounded over five years: growth is accelerating.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -7.1%** (3-yr -2.1%/yr, 5-yr 28.2%/yr). Earnings per share fell 7.1%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 88.2%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 88.2% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 2.02**. Debt is 2.02 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 2.3×**. It would take 2.3 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Altman Z-score: 3.15**. A Z-score of 3.15 places the company in the safe zone for bankruptcy risk.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 2.88%** ($2.11 per share, trailing). Kontoor Brands Inc. Common Stock yields 2.88%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 51%** (28% of free cash flow). 51% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 5**. 5 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 16.8%/yr** (1-yr 3.5%). The dividend has compounded at 16.8% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 4 years at that pace.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: buy** (10 analysts). 10 analysts cover Kontoor Brands Inc. Common Stock; the consensus is buy, with an average price target of $97.50 (+32% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -5.8%** (YTD 22.3%, 3-mo 5.8%). The shares are down 5.8% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -17.3%** (31.0% above the low). Trading 17% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 38**. An RSI of 38 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.99** (volatility 49%). Beta of 0.99 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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