Kontoor Brands (KTB) stock

Clothing and shoes , market cap $4.1B

Clothing, shoes, and accessories

Market cap $4.1B

$77.30

+4.11%

After-hours $77.30 0.00%

As of 5:14 PM ET after-hours, delayed 15+ min · Live for Pro members

Quality Score

Average

In its industry

#5of 6

Men's Apparel

Checks firing

5of 14

Trending down

From 52-week high

-13.1%

Above the 200-day

KTB's Quality Score rose 2 points on Mon, Nov 2, to 9.

See KTB's 14 chart checksSee it live, free until Wednesday morning. No account. No card. Then keep going with a free account.

We do the work for you. Every stock is scored and ranked, every 15 seconds while the market is open. Here it's 15 minutes behind. Pro members see it live.

Key facts on KTB

Key facts on KTB
The company	Sales up 34% on the year
Latest filing	8-K, Sep 24 Reported a change of officers or directors

1 more reason behind KTB's 9, free with an account →2 more reasons behind KTB's 9, for Pro members.

KTB in the news

TodayWith its group.

What's next

Tue Dec 8: Ex-dividend, $0.54 a shareAt the open. Pays Dec 18.

KTB catalysts

Coming up

After its last 4 reports it closed +6.1% on average, higher 3 of 4 times.

27 past catalysts since 2019, with sizes and sources, for Pro members.Get in free →

Why KTB scores 9

Averagefor quality, not price, 5 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means

+5Chart checks 5 of 14 firing right now, one point each
+3Growth sales up 34% on the year, gross margin up 3.3 pointsSales and margins against a year earlier: up to +3 for fast growth and widening margins, down to -2 when both shrink.

Long-term trend subtracts
Profit addsRead on the last four quarters against the four before, or the last full year where no quarters are filed.
News adds

No effect today: Run-up, Size, Dilution, Volatility, Cash flow, Persistence, and Insider trades.

What every line is worth, and the reason behind it, on KTB and every other stock.Get in free →

Price, score, chart checks, and the industry rank are from a snapshot taken at 5:14 PM ET, at least 15 minutes behind. How we rank stocks.

Tested. Our top-⁠scored stocks returned 2.2x the average stock over the next month. How we tested it

Alert me when KTB's Quality Score turns up

See it live, free until Wednesday morning. No account. No card. Then keep going with a free account.

Here is what Pro members see.

The same page for Pro members, on AMD
Its Quality Score and rank, the line that drives it, and the live price.
The full chart
A year of candles to start, out to the whole history, with insider trades marked and the Quality Score under the price.
Every line of the score
Price action, the company, and signals, each with its points, on KTB and every other stock.
CEOs buying their own stock
Every CEO buy, biggest names first. Sort, filter, save the list, and set optional alerts.
Congress trades
A member's trades, newest first, each with its amount. Sort and filter the whole list.
14 chart checks, read for you
The ones firing on the stock, each in plain words, its rule a tap away.
Earnings, week by week
Who reports each day, and how each stock took its last four reports.
FDA dates, counted down
Each date in the company's words, its cash against the date, and an optional alert before it.
The market map
Every stock a box, colored by its Quality Score.
Themes, ranked live
Each theme's stocks ranked by Quality Score, live. Here, AI chips.
The top 10, every day
The ten highest Quality Scores at each close, kept day by day, week by week.
Optional alerts, your way
Pick a stock, a score, a price, a filing, or a whole scan. It tells you by push or email.
Your watchlist, scored
Your stocks by Quality Score, today's move, or name.
On your phone and your laptop
The same account and watchlist on both, each laid out for its screen.

Prices refresh every 2.5 seconds during market hours.
Optional alerts by push, email, or the bell.
Add it to your Home Screen and it opens like an app.

KTB has 5 of 14 chart checks firing

Trend1 of 5 shown

MA FAN 21 EMA W.EMA HH/HL 52W HI

Volume1 of 3 shown

VOL VDU U/D VOL

Tight range1 of 3 shown

ATR SQZ SQUEEZE NR7

Buying1 of 3 shown

OBV+CLOSE HI SPRING

The other 10 checks on KTB, and all 14 on every stock.Get in free →

KTB RSI today: 63.9, above its 50-day and 200-day averages

Not scored

Not in the Quality Score: over 20 years of tests, 2006 to 2026, they added no edge.

RSI 1463.9
Above 50, below 70.
MACD (12, 26, 9)Above signal
Crossed above its signal line 26 sessions ago.
50-day average$70.51
The price is 9.6% above it.
200-day average$72.65
The price is 6.4% above it.
50/200 crossDeath cross
The 50-day crossed below the 200-day on Oct 16.
ADX 1433.0
25 or more, with +DI above -DI.
Support$74.60
Swing low from Aug 11, 3.5% below the price.
Resistance$78.25
Swing high from Oct 22, 1.2% above the price.
52-week high$88.96
From Jul 17, 15.1% above the price.
52-week low$56.19
From Jan 28, 27.3% below the price.
Chart patternNone
No triangle, channel, or wedge in the last year.
Bollinger Bands (20, 2)Inside
The bands run from $63.63 to $80.60.
Volume1.7x
Against its 20-day average, for the time of day.

The deep dive on KTB

What it does and how it makes money4 findings"Our U.S. Wholesale channel also includes revenues from licensing arrangements where we receive royalties based on a percentage of the licensed products' net revenues." (10-K for fiscal 2025)SEC filing · Mar 4, 2026
Where it stands4 findingsFor Pro members4 findings on where KTB stands: its cash, debt, and share count, for Pro members
What changed in its filings3 findingsBacklog fell 40% in a year, to $47.1M on Jul 4, 2026 from $79.0M: sales under contract, not yet delivered.Filed figures, Jul 4, 2026"In addition, in the past, when the market price of a stock has been volatile, holders of that stock have instituted securities class action litigation against the company that issued the stock." (10-K for fiscal 2025)SEC filing · Mar 4, 2026Top Ten Customers made up 53% of its revenue in fiscal 2025; another made up 30%, down from 36% in fiscal 2024.SEC filing · Mar 4, 2026
Who holds and trades it4 findingsFor Pro members4 findings on who holds and trades KTB, for Pro members
Against its closest peers2 peersSales over four quarters against a year before: KTB +34%, PVH +1.6%, RL +15%.

11 more findings on KTB, each with its source, for Pro membersGet in free →

How KTB ranks in Men's Apparel

KTB is #5 of 6 by Quality Score among Men's & Boys' Furnishings, Work Clothing, & Allied Garments.

How KTB ranks in Men's Apparel
1	RLRalph Lauren	7/14	18
2	CTASCintas	7/14	16
3	PVHPVH	8/14	10
	OXMOxford Industries		Open for its score
	VFCV.F.		Open for its score
5	KTBKontoor Brands	5/14	9

Sales over four quarters against a year before: KTB +34%, PVH +1.6%, RL +15%.

When does KTB report earnings, and what happens after?

Reports Thu Nov 5, before the open (in 3 days). Confirmed.

What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.

What KTB reported on Aug 12, 2026

The quarter

The figures are not read from the release yet.

“Revenue from continuing operations of $584 million increased 19 percent compared to prior year, driven by $114 million of Helly Hansen revenue, exceeding expectations, and 2 percent growth in Wrangler”

The filing on EDGAR

Where the sales came from

KTB's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.

The outlook

The outlook the company gave, by period
Measure	Figure
Full year 2026
Revenue	$2.66B to $2.71Bkept

Figures as filed (SEC filing, Aug 12)

In the company's words

“The updated outlook compares to the prior outlook of 48.3 to 48.5 percent and primarily reflects stronger-than-expected year-to-date results and contribution from Helly Hansen.”

From its results filing (SEC filing · Aug 12)

1 more sentence, for Pro members.

The numbers

Market value: $4.1B; today
Sales: $3.1B; up 34.3% on the year
Free cash flow: $422M; last 12 months

Sales grew 8.5% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.

Pays $2.16 a share a year.

5 more figures, for Pro members.

No analyst estimates on Breakaway: every figure here is filed.

The whole report on KTB: every line of its sales, every outlook beside the one it replaced, and the company's words, for Pro members.Get in free →

+20.6%+4.2%+8.9%

Mar 3May 7Aug 12

Reported	When	Gap	Reaction	5 sessions
Aug 12, 2026Before open	Before open	+4.9%	+8.9%	+9.8%
May 7, 2026Before open	Before open	+4.2%	+4.2%	-13.0%
Mar 3, 2026Before open	Before open	+10.9%	+20.6%	+12.5%

KTB closed higher after 3 of its last 4 reports.

All 4 reports, and KTB's Quality Score going into each

Everyone reporting earnings this week

KTB sales and profit by year

Sales and profit by year

Sales grew in four of the last seven years, to $3.2B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.

Is KTB's dividend covered? What its financials say

Its dividends come to 28% of its free cash flow.

KTB's dividend against its free cash flow
Dividend	$2.16 a share a year Paid 4 times a year
Paid out	About $118M a year $2.16 a share on 54.7M shares, the count on its cover page as of Jul 31, 2026
Free cash flow	$422M The last four quarters, to Jul 4, 2026
Record	Raised each of the last 5 years Against the payout a year before, each year

Insiders trading KTB

KTB insider trades

3 insiders sold $16.3M across 4 filings in the last 6 months. No open-⁠market buys on record. The newest:

SellScott H. Baxter$9.7MChairman and CEOat $82.99 on Aug 13, filed Aug 17

SellScott H. BaxterChairman and CEO$9.7Mat $82.99 on Aug 13, filed Aug 17

All 4 insider filings on KTB from the last six months, for Pro members.Get in free →

All KTB insider trades

KTB trades by Congress and the executive branch

3 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:

SellDonald Trump$1K to $15KPresident (R)traded Jul 29, disclosed Sep 22(55 days later)

SellDonald TrumpPresident (R)$1K to $15Ktraded Jul 29, disclosed Sep 22(55 days later)

All 3 trades on KTB disclosed by Congress and the executive branch, for Pro members.Get in free →

See what Congress is buying across the market

KTB's officers and directors

Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.

Scott H. BaxterChairman and CEO · 2 trades
Jennifer H. BroylesEVP, Global Brands President · 1 trade
Joseph A. AlkirePresident and CFO · 1 trade
Jennifer H. BroylesEVP, Global Brands President
Thomas L. Doerr Jr.EVP, GC, & Secretary · 1 trade
Andrew Lyn TaylorVP, Chief Accounting Officer
Peter A. KiddEVP and CHRO
Susan Denise SumnerVP & Chief Accounting Officer

8 more officers and directors file at KTB. Each page above names the rest.

See insider trades by person

Which ETFs hold KTB?

In ETFs: KTB is under 0.1% of DGRO, under 0.1% of VYM, and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.

About Kontoor Brands

Kontoor Brands Inc is a lifestyle apparel company. It designs, manufactures, procures, sells, and licenses apparel, footwear, and accessories, mainly under the brand names Wrangler, Lee, Helly Hansen, and a few other brands. The company also licenses the use of its brands in certain regions. Its products are sold through wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels in the United States (its key revenue-generating market) and internationally, mainly in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia-Pacific (APAC), and Non-U.S. Americas regions. The company's three reportable segments are Wrangler, Lee, and Helly Hansen. The majority of its revenue is generated from the Wrangler segment, which offers denim, apparel, footwear, and accessories through Wrangler and various sub-brands.

10,600 employeesGreensboro, NCkontoorbrands.com

What Kontoor Brands says it competes with

“The apparel industry is highly competitive, highly fragmented and characterized by low barriers to entry with many local, regional and global competitors.”

From its annual report, SEC filing · Mar 4, 2026

2 more sentences, what it says it does, and its sales by region, for Pro membersGet in free →

KTB's score card

Kontoor Brands (KTB): Quality Score 9, Average, #5 of 6 in Men's Apparel, with its price, on Breakaway — The picture a link to this page shows when it is shared.

Pro members see every line of every stock's score.

What would turn KTB's score around: 5 things
3 more filings explained, a plain line each
Real-⁠time prices, no delay

BreakawayJul 1Donald Trump bought KTB$15K to $50K, disclosed Jul 1

Alerts are optional.

See KTB's 14 chart checks

See it live, free until Wednesday morning. No account. No card. Then keep going with a free account.

Straight Answers

As of Nov 2, 2026: KTB's Quality Score is 9 (Average), #5 of 6 in Men's & Boys' Furnishings, Work Clothing, & Allied Garments. Insiders sold $16.3M in the last 6 months (Form 4).

Is KTB a good stock to buy? What its Quality Score says

KTB scores 9 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #5 of 6 in Men's & Boys' Furnishings, Work Clothing, & Allied Garments by Quality Score, with 5 of 14 chart checks firing. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.

What is KTB's Quality Score?

KTB scores 9 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #5 of 6 in Men's & Boys' Furnishings, Work Clothing, & Allied Garments by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind KTB's 9.

Are insiders buying KTB?

3 insiders sold $16.3M across 4 filings in the last 6 months. No open-⁠market buys on record. The newest is Scott H. Baxter, Chairman and CEO, who sold $9.7M on Aug 13. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.

Are the prices delayed?

Only on the public pages, which run at least 15 minutes behind. Pro members, and anyone on a guest pass, see real-time prices: the scanner refreshes every 15 seconds, and your watchlist every few seconds, pre-market and after hours included.