KONTOOR BRANDS, INC. vs LEVI STRAUSS & CO., two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where KTB and LEVI diverge most: on revenue growth, KTB reads +31.6% and LEVI reads +7.5%; on debt / equity, KTB reads 1.87 and LEVI reads 0.46. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's KTB price has a different growth bar priced in than LEVI (+16.8% implied for KTB vs +16.5% for LEVI); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What KTB's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What LEVI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | KTB | LEVI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $83.67 | $24.54 |
| Market cap | $4.7B | $9.6B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +16.8% | +16.5% |
| P/E | 16.9 | 15.2 |
| P/B | 7.57 | 4.21 |
| P/S | 1.49 | 1.45 |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.8 | 12.9 |
| Revenue growth | +31.6% | +7.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 62.7% |
| Operating margin | 14.7% | 7.8% |
| Net margin | 8.8% | 9.7% |
| Return on equity | 44.8% | 28.1% |
| Return on assets | 10.4% | 9.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.1% | 16.4% |
| FCF yield | 8.5% | 5.8% |
| Dividend yield | 2.5% | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 1.87 | 0.46 |
| Current ratio | 1.87 | 1.60 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.07 | 2.98 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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