KTB vs. AS, BIRK, GIL, LEVI, BRP, UAA, UA, ZGN, CPRI, and FIGS
Should you be buying Kontoor Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kontoor Brands include Amer Sports (AS), Birkenstock (BIRK), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Under Armour (UAA), Under Armour (UA), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Capri (CPRI), and FIGS (FIGS). These companies are all part of the "apparel" industry.
Kontoor Brands vs.
Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) and Kontoor Brands (NYSE:KTB) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
40.3% of Amer Sports shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Kontoor Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Kontoor Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kontoor Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amer Sports. Amer Sports is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kontoor Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Amer Sports currently has a consensus target price of $26.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.08%. Kontoor Brands has a consensus target price of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.34%. Given Kontoor Brands' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kontoor Brands is more favorable than Amer Sports.
In the previous week, Amer Sports had 4 more articles in the media than Kontoor Brands. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Amer Sports and 2 mentions for Kontoor Brands. Kontoor Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Amer Sports' score of 0.62 indicating that Kontoor Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kontoor Brands has a net margin of 9.72% compared to Amer Sports' net margin of -0.74%. Kontoor Brands' return on equity of 73.99% beat Amer Sports' return on equity.
Kontoor Brands received 53 more outperform votes than Amer Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Amer Sports an outperform vote while only 56.77% of users gave Kontoor Brands an outperform vote.
Summary
Kontoor Brands beats Amer Sports on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KTB) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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