The business combines high financial quality — Piotroski F-Score of 8/9, 53% return on equity, and 45% year-over-year growth — with an attractively priced forward multiple of 12.3x; however, with the current price just 1.5% below the analyst consensus target and a reward-to-risk ratio of 0.21-to-1, the setup favors maintaining an existing position rather than adding new exposure.
Thesis pillars
- Target Reached Thin Asymmetry↑Improving
- Attractive Valuation Low Peg↑Improving
- Strong Piotroski Quality→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Kontoor Brands, Inc. (KTB) Stock Analysis
Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Manufacturing
Sell if holding. Momentum 3.3/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $73.59 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Concentration risk — Customer: ten largest customers (53.0%); Concentration risk — Geographic: Asia manufacturing (77.0%).
Kontoor Brands sells apparel under the Wrangler, Lee, and Helly Hansen brands through U.S. wholesale (64% of 2025 net revenues), international wholesale (21%), and direct-to-consumer (15%) channels in over 90 countries. Walmart accounted for 30% of net revenues in 2025, and the... Read more
Sell if holding. Momentum 3.3/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $73.59 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Concentration risk — Customer: ten largest customers (53.0%); Concentration risk — Geographic: Asia manufacturing (77.0%). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 6.5/10, high confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 54d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-09-05Recent Developments — Kontoor Brands, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Kontoor Brands (NYSE:KTB) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.45 EPS - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
- NEWS Kontoor Brands (KTB) Beats Q2 Earnings Estimates - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance positive
- NEWS Kontoor Brands’s (NYSE:KTB) Q2 CY2026 Earnings Results: Revenue In Line With Expectations - StockStory — StockStory positive
- NEWS Kontoor Brands’s (NYSE:KTB) Q2 CY2026 Earnings Results: Revenue In Line With Expectations - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance neutral
- NEWS Kontoor Brands lifts profit guidance after solid quarters for Wrangler and Helly Hansen (KTB:NYSE) - Seeking Alpha — Seeking Alpha positive
Generated 2026-09-05T19:02:00Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMCustomerWalmart30%10-K Item 1A: 'our top customer, Walmart, accounted for 30% of our total net revenues in 2025, 2024 and 2023'
- HIGHCustomerten largest customers53%10-K Item 1A: 'Sales to our ten largest customers accounted for 53% of total net revenues in 2025'
- HIGHGeographicAsia manufacturing77%10-K Item 1A: 'approximately 77% of our units were purchased from independent manufacturers primarily located in Asia'
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Sell if holding. Momentum 3.3/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $73.59 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Concentration risk — Customer: ten largest customers (53.0%); Concentration risk — Geographic: Asia manufacturing (77.0%). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $68.58. Score 6.5/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $85.00 (+15.5% upside). Prior stop was $68.58. Stop-loss: $68.58.
Concentration risk — Customer: ten largest customers (53.0%); Concentration risk — Geographic: Asia manufacturing (77.0%); Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5.
Kontoor Brands, Inc. trades at a P/E of 14.9 (forward 11.2). TrendMatrix value score: 8.5/10. Verdict: Sell.
14 analysts cover KTB with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $98.
What does Kontoor Brands, Inc. do?Kontoor Brands sells apparel under the Wrangler, Lee, and Helly Hansen brands through U.S. wholesale (64% of 2025 net...
Kontoor Brands sells apparel under the Wrangler, Lee, and Helly Hansen brands through U.S. wholesale (64% of 2025 net revenues), international wholesale (21%), and direct-to-consumer (15%) channels in over 90 countries. Walmart accounted for 30% of net revenues in 2025, and the top ten customers represented 53% combined. The May 2025 acquisition of Helly Hansen for ~$957.5 million added a global outdoor and workwear brand.