Kontoor Brands - KTB Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kontoor Brands in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" KTB shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in KTB, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Kontoor Brands' stock. Their KTB share price forecasts range from $34.00 to $50.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $40.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.0% from the stock's current price.
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Kontoor Brands' stock was trading at $51.25 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, KTB stock has decreased by 21.2% and is now trading at $40.41.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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Kontoor Brands, Inc. (NYSE:KTB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 4th. The company reported $1.09 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.06 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $613.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $624.46 million. Kontoor Brands had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 155.26% and a net margin of 9.52%. The firm's revenue was up 25.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.40 earnings per share.

Kontoor Brands declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.46 per share on Monday, September 19th. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 8th.
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Kontoor Brands (NYSE:KTB) pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.61%. KTB has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 42.69%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KTB will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.74% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Kontoor Brands updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 11th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.40-$4.50 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.23. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.62 billion-$2.62 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.62 billion.

4 employees have rated Kontoor Brands Chief Executive Officer Apisak Tantivorawong on Glassdoor.com. Apisak Tantivorawong has an approval rating of 72% among the company's employees.

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Kontoor Brands trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KTB."

Kontoor Brands' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Cullen Capital Management LLC (16.39%), FMR LLC (5.65%), Jennison Associates LLC (2.54%), Northern Trust Corp (1.65%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.38%) and Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (1.26%). Insiders that own company stock include Juliana L Chugg, Laurel Krueger, Richard Carucci, Susan Denise Sumner and Thomas E Waldron.
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One share of KTB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.41.

Kontoor Brands (NYSE:KTB) has a market capitalization of $2.26 billion and generates $2.48 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $195.42 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.31 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,000 workers across the globe.

Kontoor Brands' mailing address is 400 N. ELM STREET, GREENSBORO NC, 27401. The official website for the company is www.kontoorbrands.com. The company can be reached via phone at (336) 332-3400 or via email at ir@kontoorbrands.com.