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Kontoor Brands, Inc. (KTB)

Consumer Cyclical | Apparel Manufacturing | Greensboro, United States | NYSE
69.53 USD +1.06 (1.548%) ⇧ (Oct. 14, 2026, 11:15 a.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 10:43 a.m. EDT

Kontoor Brands presents a compelling value case where the market has punished the stock for a single year of price weakness, ignoring a robust underlying business. The company boasts exceptional profitability metrics, including a 49.5% return on equity and nearly 19% revenue growth, yet trades at a forward P/E under 10x. This disconnect creates a significant margin of safety for patient investors. While the recent price action shows a trailing decline, the multi-year trajectory remains strongly positive, and the balance sheet is healthy enough to support continued dividend growth. The low analyst consensus and recent 'overvalued' headlines reflect a temporary sentiment overhang rather than a fundamental flaw. For the short term, the stock is neutral as it digests the earnings miss, but the long-term setup is a solid buy for those willing to overlook the noise and focus on the high-quality cash generation and attractive valuation relative to peers.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.129909
AutoTheta0.136714
AutoETS0.136965
AutoARIMA0.136967

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 38%
H-stat 19.57
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.125
Excess Kurtosis -1.46
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-07
Last Dividend Date 2026-09-07
Debt to Equity Ratio 205.768
Revenue per Share 62.05
Market Cap 3,800,066,048
Trailing P/E 17.00
Forward P/E 10.57
Beta 0.90
Profit Margins 7.80%
Website https://www.kontoorbrands.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 10:43 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a moderate upside move, evidenced by heavy out-of-the-money call open interest at strikes significantly above the current price (85 and 90), while put activity remains concentrated at lower strikes with minimal volume. This asymmetry suggests a bullish bias among retail traders betting on a recovery from recent lows, despite elevated implied volatility on deep out-of-the-money calls indicating uncertainty about the magnitude of that move.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.75% 2.98% 3.00% 3.56%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-09-08 0.53 0.749328
2026-06-08 0.53 0.733564
2026-03-10 0.53 0.778725
2025-12-08 0.53 0.714575
2025-09-09 0.52 0.662167
2025-06-10 0.52 0.761124
2025-03-10 0.52 0.875863
2024-12-09 0.52 0.591783
2024-09-10 0.50 0.703730
2024-06-10 0.50 0.691850
2024-03-07 0.50 0.814996
2023-12-07 0.50 0.920980
2023-09-07 0.48 1.119142
2023-06-08 0.48 1.117058
2023-03-09 0.48 0.936037
2022-12-08 0.48 1.132877
2022-09-08 0.46 1.289961
2022-06-09 0.46 1.199166
2022-03-07 0.46 1.156069
2021-12-09 0.46 0.870059
2021-09-09 0.40 0.761615
2021-06-07 0.40 0.630020
2021-03-08 0.40 0.808571
2020-12-09 0.40 0.867867
2020-03-09 0.56 1.859847
2019-12-09 0.56 1.465969
2019-09-09 0.56 1.579244
Additional Data
dividendYield 3.1
exDividendDate 2026-09-08
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.11
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.030816413
lastDividendValue 0.53
lastDividendDate 2026-09-08
dividendDate 2026-09-18

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.19008756
Address1 400 North Elm Street
All Time High 96.8
All Time Low 12.905
Ask 69.59
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 4
Average Analyst Rating 1.9 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 643,810
Average Daily Volume3 Month 712,646
Average Volume 712,646
Average Volume10Days 643,810
Beta 0.895
Bid 69.4
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 5
Book Value 11.318
City Greensboro
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 69.53
Current Ratio 1.831
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 71.45
Day Low 68.935
Debt To Equity 205.768
Display Name Kontoor Brands
Dividend Date 1,789,689,600
Dividend Yield 3.1
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,537,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,537,800
Earnings Growth -0.114
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.123
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,537,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,277,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,277,000
Ebitda 603,651,008
Ebitda Margins 0.17576
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.211
Enterprise To Revenue 1.443
Enterprise Value 4,956,442,112
Eps Current Year 5.28648
Eps Forward 6.57988
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 4.09
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,788,825,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 72.2706
Fifty Day Average Change -2.7406006
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.037921377
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -19.008755
Fifty Two Week High 88.96
Fifty Two Week High Change -19.43
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.21841277
Fifty Two Week Low 56.19
Fifty Two Week Low Change 13.34
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2374088
Fifty Two Week Range 56.19 - 88.96
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,559,050,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.28
Float Shares 53,689,530
Forward Eps 6.57988
Forward P E 10.567061
Free Cashflow 440,592,512
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 10,600
Fullday Change 2.4100037
Fullday Change Percent 3.6482043
Fullday Price 69.53
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.49308997
Gross Profits 1,693,468,032
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.021170001
Held Percent Institutions 1.06041
Implied Shares Outstanding 54,653,620
Industry Apparel Manufacturing
Industry Disp Apparel Manufacturing
Industry Key apparel-manufacturing
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,788,825,600
Last Dividend Value 0.53
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,398,400
Long Business Summary Kontoor Brands, Inc., a lifestyle apparel company, designs, manufactures, procures, sells, and licenses apparel, footwear, and accessories, primarily under the Wrangler, Lee, and Helly Hansen brands. The company operates through two segments: Wrangler and Lee. It licenses and sells apparel under the Musto, Chic, and Rock & Republic brand names. The company sells its products through mass merchants, outdoor and sporting goods stores, specialty stores, department stores, company-operated stores, business-to-business through workwear and uniform businesses, and online, including digital marketplaces, as well as through wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels. It operates in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific regions. Kontoor Brands, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Long Name Kontoor Brands, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 3,800,066,048
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_577318955
Most Recent Quarter 1,783,123,200
Net Income To Common 276,566,016
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,934,400
Non Diluted Market Cap 3,590,196,297
Number Of Analyst Opinions 10
Open 70.17
Operating Cashflow 446,132,992
Operating Margins 0.15482001
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.5159
Phone 336 332 3400
Previous Close 68.47
Price Eps Current Year 13.152419
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 6.1433115
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.1064609
Profit Margins 0.07802
Quick Ratio 0.455
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.9
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.0599976
Regular Market Change Percent 1.5481197
Regular Market Day High 71.45
Regular Market Day Low 68.935
Regular Market Day Range 68.935 - 71.45
Regular Market Open 70.17
Regular Market Previous Close 68.47
Regular Market Price 69.53
Regular Market Time 1,791,990,903
Regular Market Volume 167,614
Return On Assets 0.12722999
Return On Equity 0.49523997
Revenue Growth 0.186
Revenue Per Share 62.05
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17004645
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 54,653,620
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.1177
Shares Short 6,433,112
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 5,664,331
Short Name Kontoor Brands, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1596
Short Ratio 8.15
Source Interval 15
State NC
Symbol KTB
Target High Price 136.0
Target Low Price 50.0
Target Mean Price 97.5
Target Median Price 104.0
Total Cash 58,457,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.07
Total Debt 1,272,765,952
Total Revenue 3,434,433,024
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.11
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.030816413
Trailing Eps 4.09
Trailing P E 17.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 71.68385
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.1538544
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.030046577
Type Disp Equity
Volume 167,614
Website https://www.kontoorbrands.com
Zip 27,401