KONTOOR BRANDS, INC. vs RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION, two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where KTB and RL diverge most: on debt / equity, KTB reads 1.87 and RL reads 0.44; on implied growth (priced in), KTB reads +6.5% and RL reads +21.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's KTB price has a different growth bar priced in than RL (+6.5% implied for KTB vs +21.3% for RL); 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 RL'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 | RL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $83.63 | $380.70 |
| Market cap | $4.7B | $23.7B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +6.5% | +21.3% |
| P/E | 16.9 | 25.2 |
| P/B | 7.57 | 8.33 |
| P/S | 1.49 | 2.92 |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.7 | 16.2 |
| Revenue growth | +31.6% | +14.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 69.7% |
| Operating margin | 14.7% | 9.5% |
| Net margin | 8.8% | 11.6% |
| Return on equity | 44.8% | 33.1% |
| Return on assets | 10.4% | 12.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.1% | 22.7% |
| FCF yield | 8.5% | 3.4% |
| Dividend yield | 2.5% | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 1.87 | 0.44 |
| Current ratio | 1.87 | 2.13 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.07 | 5.85 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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