Kontoor Brands (KTB) Competitors

Kontoor Brands (NYSE:KTB) and Birkenstock (NYSE:BIRK) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, KTB or BIRK?

Kontoor Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Birkenstock. Kontoor Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Birkenstock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kontoor Brands	$2.60B	1.56	$230.99M	$4.08	17.89
Birkenstock	$1.96B	5.41	$207.85M	$1.42	39.68

Is KTB or BIRK more profitable?

Birkenstock has a net margin of 11.73% compared to Kontoor Brands' net margin of 9.72%. Kontoor Brands' return on equity of 73.99% beat Birkenstock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kontoor Brands	9.72%	73.99%	16.70%
Birkenstock	11.73%	9.52%	5.08%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of KTB or BIRK?

93.1% of Kontoor Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.9% of Birkenstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Kontoor Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate KTB or BIRK?

Kontoor Brands currently has a consensus target price of $88.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.56%. Birkenstock has a consensus target price of $67.19, indicating a potential upside of 19.23%. Given Kontoor Brands' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kontoor Brands is more favorable than Birkenstock.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kontoor Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Birkenstock	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

Which has more volatility & risk, KTB or BIRK?

Kontoor Brands has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Birkenstock has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KTB or BIRK?

Kontoor Brands received 34 more outperform votes than Birkenstock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.42% of users gave Birkenstock an outperform vote while only 59.28% of users gave Kontoor Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kontoor Brands	Outperform Votes 99 59.28%	Underperform Votes 68 40.72%
Birkenstock	Outperform Votes 65 84.42%	Underperform Votes 12 15.58%

Does the media refer more to KTB or BIRK?

In the previous week, Birkenstock had 40 more articles in the media than Kontoor Brands. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Birkenstock and 12 mentions for Kontoor Brands. Kontoor Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Birkenstock's score of 0.94 indicating that Kontoor Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kontoor Brands	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Birkenstock	27 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Kontoor Brands beats Birkenstock on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.