Kontoor Brands (KTB) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate KTB or RL?

Kontoor Brands currently has a consensus price target of $95.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.76%. Ralph Lauren has a consensus price target of $223.90, indicating a potential downside of 2.77%. Given Kontoor Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Kontoor Brands is more favorable than Ralph Lauren.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kontoor Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Ralph Lauren	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

Is KTB or RL a better dividend stock?

Kontoor Brands pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Kontoor Brands pays out 46.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ralph Lauren pays out 31.5% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KTB or RL?

Ralph Lauren received 703 more outperform votes than Kontoor Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.23% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote while only 56.77% of users gave Kontoor Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kontoor Brands	Outperform Votes 88 56.77%	Underperform Votes 67 43.23%
Ralph Lauren	Outperform Votes 791 62.23%	Underperform Votes 480 37.77%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, KTB or RL?

Ralph Lauren has higher revenue and earnings than Kontoor Brands. Kontoor Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ralph Lauren, 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	$2.58B	1.87	$230.99M	$4.44	19.67
Ralph Lauren	$6.74B	2.12	$646.30M	$10.49	21.95

Which has more risk & volatility, KTB or RL?

Kontoor Brands has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KTB or RL more profitable?

Ralph Lauren has a net margin of 10.15% compared to Kontoor Brands' net margin of 9.72%. Kontoor Brands' return on equity of 73.99% beat Ralph Lauren's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kontoor Brands	9.72%	73.99%	16.70%
Ralph Lauren	10.15%	29.44%	10.70%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KTB or RL?

93.1% of Kontoor Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Kontoor Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to KTB or RL?

In the previous week, Ralph Lauren had 9 more articles in the media than Kontoor Brands. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ralph Lauren and 4 mentions for Kontoor Brands. Kontoor Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Ralph Lauren's score of 0.80 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ralph Lauren	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ralph Lauren beats Kontoor Brands on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.