Kontoor Brands (KTB) 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Is KTB or SHOO a better dividend stock?

Kontoor Brands pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Steven Madden pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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. Kontoor Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is KTB or SHOO more profitable?

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 Brands	9.48%	68.76%	15.02%
Steven Madden	3.92%	18.32%	10.36%

Which has more volatility and risk, KTB or SHOO?

Kontoor Brands has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steven Madden has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend KTB or SHOO?

Kontoor Brands currently has a consensus price target of $95.38, suggesting a potential upside of 12.46%. Steven Madden has a consensus price target of $34.67, suggesting a potential downside of 0.95%. Given Kontoor Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Steven Madden	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KTB or SHOO?

93.1% of Kontoor Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Steven Madden shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Kontoor Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Steven Madden shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, KTB or SHOO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kontoor Brands	$2.61B	1.81	$245.80M	$4.48	18.93
Steven Madden	$2.28B	1.11	$169.39M	$1.27	27.56

Does the media prefer KTB or SHOO?

In the previous week, Kontoor Brands had 14 more articles in the media than Steven Madden. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Kontoor Brands and 6 mentions for Steven Madden. Steven Madden's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Kontoor Brands' score of 0.74 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Steven Madden	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Kontoor Brands beats Steven Madden on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.