KTB vs. SHOO, LEVI, BIRK, GIL, BRP, ZGN, CPRI, UAA, UA, and GOOS
Should you be buying Kontoor Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kontoor Brands include Steven Madden (SHOO), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), Birkenstock (BIRK), Gildan Activewear (GIL), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Capri (CPRI), Under Armour (UAA), Under Armour (UA), and Canada Goose (GOOS).
Kontoor Brands vs. Its Competitors
Kontoor Brands (NYSE:KTB) and Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Kontoor Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Steven Madden. Kontoor Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steven Madden, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kontoor Brands has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steven Madden has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kontoor Brands pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Steven Madden pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Kontoor Brands pays out 46.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steven Madden pays out 66.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Kontoor Brands has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
93.1% of Kontoor Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Steven Madden shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Kontoor Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Steven Madden shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Kontoor Brands had 5 more articles in the media than Steven Madden. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Kontoor Brands and 9 mentions for Steven Madden. Steven Madden's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Kontoor Brands' score of 1.00 indicating that Steven Madden is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kontoor Brands presently has a consensus price target of $91.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.63%. Steven Madden has a consensus price target of $28.80, indicating a potential downside of 7.54%. Given Kontoor Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kontoor Brands is more favorable than Steven Madden.
Kontoor Brands has a net margin of 9.48% compared to Steven Madden's net margin of 3.92%. Kontoor Brands' return on equity of 68.76% beat Steven Madden's return on equity.
Summary
Kontoor Brands beats Steven Madden on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KTB) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff