KONTOOR BRANDS, INC. vs Ermenegildo Zegna N.V., two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Kontoor Brands owns Wrangler and Lee, mature denim it milks for a 44.76% return on equity using heavy debt at 1.87. Ermenegildo Zegna sells Italian luxury with no debt and a gentler 9.96% on equity. The market pays far more for Zegna, 31.76 times earnings against Kontoor's 16.87, and their book multiples sit closer, 7.54 for Kontoor and 2.85 for Zegna. Both generate strong cash, Kontoor at 8.57% and Zegna at 8.14%. Kontoor hands back 2.51% in dividends. A leveraged, cash-focused denim operator against a debt-free luxury house priced for prestige.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | KTB | ZGN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $85.64 | $13.44 |
| Market cap | $4.8B | $3.5B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +18.2% | — |
| P/E | 17.3 | 32.5 |
| P/B | 7.75 | 2.92 |
| P/S | 1.43 | 1.67 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.4 | 7.8 |
| Revenue growth | +38.7% | +10.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 67.5% |
| Operating margin | 14.7% | 7.3% |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 5.7% |
| Return on equity | 44.8% | 10.0% |
| Return on assets | 10.4% | 3.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.8% | 9.9% |
| FCF yield | 8.3% | 8.0% |
| Dividend yield | 2.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.87 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.87 | 1.59 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.18 | 7.02 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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