KONTOOR BRANDS INC (KTB)
Consumer Discretionary · Apparel and footwear manufacturing and retail · NYSE
Kontoor Brands operates three iconic apparel companies—Wrangler, Lee, and Helly Hansen—spanning heritage denim, outdoor, and workwear categories across 90+ countries.
What KONTOOR BRANDS INC does
Kontoor Brands is a global lifestyle apparel company operating three iconic consumer brands: Wrangler®, Lee®, and Helly Hansen®. The company designs, manufactures, procures, and sells apparel, footwear, and accessories across denim, outdoor, workwear, and accessory categories through wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels in the U.S. and internationally across EMEA, APAC, and Non-U.S. Americas regions. Following the May 2025 acquisition of Helly Hansen and Musto® for $957.5 million, Kontoor expanded its penetration in the outdoor and workwear markets globally.
Themes: ["Heritage denim brands","Outdoor and workwear","Direct-to-consumer apparel","Global supply chain transformation","Tariff and inflation impact mitigation"]
Fundamentals
- Price$84.16 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$4.7B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+21.5% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E16.96 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+8.8% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+47.9% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+50.1% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity1.85 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+20.9% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+4.6% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.93 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +2.5%; 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Tariff exposure: U.S. government increased tariff rates on virtually all imports during 2025-2026, impacting gross margins; ongoing uncertainty regarding tariff policy and potential refunds creates financial volatility","Macroeconomic headwinds: Inconsistent consumer demand, foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, and retailer inventory conservatism continue to pressure sales and margins","Integration and execution risk: Large Helly Hansen acquisition ($957.5M) requires successful brand integration and operationalization of supply chain transformation during uncertain market conditions"]
Competitors & peers
- Levi Strauss (LEVI)
- VF Corporation (VFC)
- Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL)
- Columbia Sportswear (COLM)
- Gap Inc. (GPS)
- Decathlon
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.