Kontoor Brands, Inc. (KTB) Stock Analysis
Falling Knife setup
Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Manufacturing
Sell if holding. Momentum 1.7/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $64.03 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Concentration risk — Customer: Walmart (30.0%); Concentration risk — Customer: top ten customers (53.0%).
Kontoor Brands is a global apparel company with three reportable segments — Wrangler, Lee, and Helly Hansen (acquired May 2025 for ~$957.5M) — selling denim, outdoor, and workwear products in 90+ countries. The US Wholesale channel generates ~64% of net revenues; Walmart alone... Read more
Sell if holding. Momentum 1.7/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $64.03 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Concentration risk — Customer: Walmart (30.0%); Concentration risk — Customer: top ten customers (53.0%). Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 38, MACD bearish. Score 6.9/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 72d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — Kontoor Brands, Inc.
Latest news
- Kontoor Brands (KTB) Reports Q1: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings - StockStory — StockStory neutral
- Analysts Offer Insights on Consumer Cyclical Companies: Kontoor Brands (KTB), Tapestry (TPR) and Rush Enterprises A (RUS — The Globe and Mail neutral
- Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Sells 22,290 Shares of Kontoor Brands, Inc. $KTB - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- Kontoor Brands (KTB) to Release Earnings on Thursday - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- Kontoor Brands Inc (KTB) Shares Fall 3.7% -- What GF Score of 85 Tells Investors - GuruFocus — GuruFocus negative
Generated 2026-05-20T21:06:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCustomerWalmart30%10-K Item 1A: 'our top customer, Walmart, accounted for 30% of our total net revenues in 2025, 2024 and 2023'
- HIGHCustomertop ten customers53%10-K Item 1A: 'Sales to our ten largest customers accounted for 53% of total net revenues in 2025'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-02-13Item 5.02LOWTalent and Compensation Committee adopted new Executive Severance Plan providing eligible executives including named executive officers with severance benefits upon qualifying termination. Routine compensatory arrangement; no officer departure.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
1 floor-breaker·2 ceiling hits
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Sell if holding. Momentum 1.7/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $64.03 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Concentration risk — Customer: Walmart (30.0%); Concentration risk — Customer: top ten customers (53.0%). Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 38, MACD bearish. Prior stop was $59.84. Score 6.9/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $80.62 (+25.9% upside). Prior stop was $59.84. Stop-loss: $59.84.
Concentration risk — Customer: Walmart (30.0%); Concentration risk — Customer: top ten customers (53.0%); Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5.
Kontoor Brands, Inc. trades at a P/E of 13.0 (forward 9.9). TrendMatrix value score: 9.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
13 analysts cover KTB with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $93.
What does Kontoor Brands, Inc. do?Kontoor Brands is a global apparel company with three reportable segments — Wrangler, Lee, and Helly Hansen (acquired...
Kontoor Brands is a global apparel company with three reportable segments — Wrangler, Lee, and Helly Hansen (acquired May 2025 for ~$957.5M) — selling denim, outdoor, and workwear products in 90+ countries. The US Wholesale channel generates ~64% of net revenues; Walmart alone accounted for 30% of total net revenues in 2025.