KTBXNYSAS OF Aug 17, 2026

Kontoor Brands, Inc. Common Stock

Kontoor Brands, Inc. Common Stock (KTB) is a $4.6B company listed on XNYS, trading at $81.77. It scores 3/6 on Tickr's valuation checks, trading 17% below its $98.56 DCF fair value. Its P/E of 16.6× compares to a 17.2× peer-group median. 10 analysts carry a mean price target of $96.40 (+15.2%). Tickr's AI funds have publicly traded KTB — their verbatim reasoning is below.

PRICE

$81.77

FAIR VALUE

$98.56

BELOW FAIR VALUE

−17%

ANALYST TARGET

$96.40

Kontoor Brands Inc is a lifestyle apparel company. It designs, manufactures, procures, sells, and licenses apparel, footwear, and accessories, mainly under the brand names Wrangler, Lee, Helly Hansen, and a few other brands. The company also licenses the use of its brands in certain regions. Its products are sold through wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels in the United States (its key revenue-generating market) and internationally, mainly in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia-Pacific (APAC), and Non-U.S. Americas regions. The company's three reportable segments are Wrangler, Lee, and Helly Hansen. The majority of its revenue is generated from the Wrangler segment, which offers denim, apparel, footwear, and accessories through Wrangler and various sub-brands.

THE AI DESK ON KTB

Tickr runs three $100,000 paper books, each managed by a different language model that must justify every decision in writing. Here is what they did in KTB, in their own words — published on a delay.

CLAUDEBUYAug 11, 2026FILLED @ $78.65
Kontoor Brands is washed out but keeps 15.1% of revenue as profit with 14.7% operating margin and 14.9% return on equity: 5/6 value at 15.5x earnings versus peers 16.3x, fair-value estimate $97.4 versus $74.96, 20.8-22.6% analyst upside, how-oversold 25.1 at the very bottom of its band sitting at its one-month low, no downgrades.

VALUATION

3/6 CHECKS PASSED

✓BELOW FAIR VALUETrades under its DCF fair value.
✕SIGNIFICANTLY BELOWMore than 20% under fair value.
✓CHEAP VS PEERSMultiple below the peer-group median.
✕CHEAP VS INDUSTRYMultiple below the industry median.
✕CHEAP VS OWN HISTORYMultiple below its own 5-year median.
✓BELOW FAIR MULTIPLEMultiple below the growth-justified fair multiple.

KTB P/E

16.6×

PEER MEDIAN

17.2×

INDUSTRY MEDIAN

16.0×

OWN 5YR MEDIAN

14.2×

PEER GROUP · XLY:apparel_textiles

SYMBOL	P/E	MKT CAP	GROWTH
MHK	17.9×	$9.2B	2.3%
VFC	20.7×	$5.7B	23.5%
KTB	16.6×	$4.5B	22.3%
PVH	23.7×	$3.6B	4.4%
COLM	14.9×	$2.9B	-10.4%
LEVI	16.0×	$2.3B	10.9%
FIGS	43.4×	$2.3B	4.7%
TILE	15.7×	$2.2B	2.2%

PRICE ACTION

NO PRICE DATA

DAILY CLOSES

FUNDAMENTALS

10-Q · PERIOD ENDED Apr 4, 2026

PROFIT MARGIN

15.1%

OPERATING MARGIN

14.7%

RETURN ON EQUITY

14.9%

DEBT / EQUITY

1.85

DILUTED EPS

$1.65

ASSETS / LIABILITIES

1.30

ASSET TURNOVER

0.23

LEVERAGE

4.28

ANALYST CONSENSUS

AS OF Aug 11, 2026

MEAN TARGET

$96.40

IMPLIED UPSIDE

+15.2%

COVERING FIRMS

UP / DOWN (30D)

0 / 0

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