Amer Sports, Inc. vs PVH Corp., two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
PVH owns Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger yet trades below its own book value at 0.71 times, a sign the market doubts those brands can earn their keep. Its net margin has thinned to 1.76% and return on equity to 3.23%. Amer Sports sits at the opposite pole of sentiment, 44.36 times earnings and 3.26 times book for Arc'teryx and Wilson. PVH's free cash flow yield of 15.94% towers over Amer's 2.7%, which is what happens when a stock gets left for dead. Amer runs debt-free; PVH carries 0.47. The crowd loves one brand house and has given up on the other.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | AS | PVH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $34.84 | $79.37 |
| Market cap | $19.4B | $3.7B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 45.3 | 24.1 |
| P/B | 3.33 | 0.75 |
| P/S | 2.95 | 0.41 |
| EV/EBITDA | 26.7 | 5.6 |
| Revenue growth | +26.3% | +3.5% |
| Gross margin | 57.7% | 58.6% |
| Operating margin | 10.8% | 6.1% |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 1.8% |
| Return on equity | 7.6% | 3.2% |
| Return on assets | 4.4% | 1.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 7.8% | 7.8% |
| FCF yield | 2.6% | 14.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.47 |
| Current ratio | 1.50 | 1.68 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.60 | 7.73 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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