KONTOOR BRANDS, INC.
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $85.64, KONTOOR BRANDS, INC. (KTB) is priced for +16.8% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed June 27, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Kontoor owns Wrangler and Lee, two of the most recognized denim brands in the world, and recently added the premium outdoor brand Helly Hansen, shifting the mix from pure jeans toward a broader apparel portfolio [Source: Kontoor Q1 2026 results, May 2026]. • The price is reasonable rather than stretched: at roughly 18 times operating income it embeds about 15% annual operating-profit growth for five years, a pace the company has recently delivered and that fewer than half of comparable fast-gr
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395 institutional managers reported holding KTB in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 59 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, State Street, among others. On the short side, 4.8M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 9% of shares outstanding (5.5 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
KTB has cut its share count 4.1% over the past five years, spending $303.74M on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (7 and counting); the current rate is $2.09 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $312.30M in dividends and $165.79M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at KTB over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 14 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
KTB's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-04 | +16.6% | -8.8% |
| 2023-11-09 | +6.3% | +19.5% |
| 2024-02-29 | -6.8% | +14.0% |
| 2024-05-03 | +5.7% | -1.3% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
KTB's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-24 (items 5.02, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-06-15 (items 5.02, 9.01); 2026-05-21 (items 1.01); 2026-05-07 (items 2.02, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-04-24 (items 5.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 27, 2026
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