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$81.09 -3.00 (-3.57%)
Closing price 09/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kontoor Brands$2.61B1.73$245.80M$4.4818.10
Steven Madden$2.32B0.98$169.39M$1.2724.53

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kontoor Brands
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Steven Madden
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kontoor Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Steven Madden
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kontoor Brands9.48% 68.76% 15.02%
Steven Madden 3.92%18.32%10.36%

Summary

Kontoor Brands beats Steven Madden on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KTB vs. The Competition

MetricKontoor BrandsTEXTILE IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.51B$12.17B$8.38B$21.54B
Dividend Yield2.57%2.64%3.00%3.49%
P/E Ratio18.1017.3118.4729.75
Price / Sales1.731.135.2551.72
Price / Cash14.0210.1014.9718.13
Price / Book11.176.235.054.63
Net Income$245.80M$586.11M$256.79M$999.94M
7 Day Performance1.71%2.47%1.42%0.62%
1 Month Performance14.40%12.90%18.54%4.34%
1 Year Performance8.29%29.82%52.04%16.38%

Kontoor Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KTB
Kontoor Brands
4.3915 of 5 stars
$81.09
-3.6%
$91.33
+12.6%
+8.3%$4.51B$2.61B18.1013,200
SHOO
Steven Madden
3.4326 of 5 stars
$30.50
+0.6%
$28.80
-5.6%
-31.7%$2.20B$2.32B24.024,800Positive News
Ex-Dividend
LEVI
Levi Strauss & Co.
3.6114 of 5 stars
$22.13
-0.4%
$23.45
+6.0%
+10.0%$8.76B$6.36B21.7018,700
BIRK
Birkenstock
3.6092 of 5 stars
$48.82
-2.7%
$68.58
+40.5%
+0.1%$9.17B$2.03B27.127,400Trending News
GIL
Gildan Activewear
4.6548 of 5 stars
$55.73
+0.4%
$64.58
+15.9%
+19.8%$8.32B$3.27B17.6950,000Short Interest ↑
BRP
The Baldwin Insurance Group
N/A$31.85
+1.8%
N/A-35.5%$3.74B$1.27B-34.629,200News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ZGN
Ermenegildo Zegna
0.9853 of 5 stars
$9.00
-0.3%
$8.70
-3.3%
-12.3%$3.67B$2.11B16.977,395
CPRI
Capri
4.4342 of 5 stars
$20.48
-3.8%
$24.08
+17.6%
-46.3%$2.44B$4.44B-2.1814,200Positive News
UAA
Under Armour
4.4187 of 5 stars
$5.09
-1.1%
$6.74
+32.6%
-36.5%$2.18B$5.16B23.1114,400
UA
Under Armour
0.5686 of 5 stars
$4.92
-1.1%
N/A-34.1%$2.11B$5.16B22.3417,500Short Interest ↑
GOOS
Canada Goose
3.2667 of 5 stars
$15.08
+12.6%
$15.00
-0.5%
+34.0%$1.46B$969.08M44.343,942Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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