KONTOOR BRANDS, INC. vs UNDER ARMOUR, INC., two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where KTB and UA diverge most: on revenue growth, KTB reads +38.7% and UA reads -3.7%; on operating margin, KTB reads 14.7% and UA reads -2.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What KTB'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 | UA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $85.64 | $6.62 |
| Market cap | $4.8B | $2.8B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +18.2% | — |
| P/E | 17.3 | — |
| P/B | 7.75 | 1.99 |
| P/S | 1.43 | 0.57 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.4 | 46.4 |
| Revenue growth | +38.7% | -3.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 42.0% |
| Operating margin | 14.7% | -2.9% |
| Net margin | 8.3% | -10.0% |
| Return on equity | 44.8% | -35.0% |
| Return on assets | 10.4% | -11.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.8% | -0.4% |
| FCF yield | 8.3% | -5.8% |
| Dividend yield | 2.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.87 | 1.27 |
| Current ratio | 1.87 | 1.62 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.18 | 2.01 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 1 / 9 |
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