Kontoor Brands (KTB) Competitors

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

Which has preferable 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	$2.61B	1.39	$230.99M	$4.37	14.97
Birkenstock	$1.86B	4.77	$207.85M	$1.24	38.13

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KTB or BIRK?

Kontoor Brands received 40 more outperform votes than Birkenstock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.54% of users gave Birkenstock an outperform vote while only 58.13% of users gave Kontoor Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kontoor Brands	Outperform Votes 93 58.13%	Underperform Votes 67 41.88%
Birkenstock	Outperform Votes 53 81.54%	Underperform Votes 12 18.46%

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%

Which has more volatility & risk, KTB or BIRK?

Kontoor Brands has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Birkenstock has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in KTB or BIRK?

93.1% of Kontoor Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.9% of Birkenstock shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Kontoor Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer KTB or BIRK?

In the previous week, Birkenstock had 4 more articles in the media than Kontoor Brands. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Birkenstock and 7 mentions for Kontoor Brands. Kontoor Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Birkenstock's score of 0.76 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Birkenstock	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer KTB or BIRK?

Kontoor Brands presently has a consensus target price of $91.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.86%. Birkenstock has a consensus target price of $68.31, suggesting a potential upside of 44.49%. Given Birkenstock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Birkenstock is more favorable than Kontoor Brands.

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
Birkenstock	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

Summary

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