G III Apparel vs Kontoor Brands
GIII and KTB side by side, both in apparel and other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How GIII and KTB compare
Kontoor Brands is the larger company, worth 3.3 times as much as G III Apparel ($4.5B against $1.4B).
On earnings, G III Apparel is cheaper: it trades at 10.3× trailing earnings, against 22.7× for Kontoor Brands.
Kontoor Brands grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (51.4% versus −8.7% for G III Apparel).
Kontoor Brands keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.8% compared with 4.8% at G III Apparel.
Both pay dividends: G III Apparel yields 1.3% and Kontoor Brands 2.6%.
Kontoor Brands scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 15 for G III Apparel), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | GIII | KTB |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.4B | $4.5B |
| Share price | $31.80 | $81.56 |
| Change, 1 year | 11.3% | 12.0% |
| Change, 5 years | −0.50% | 35.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.00 | 1.02 |
| Employees | 4,500 | 11K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividend score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.3× (better) | 22.7× |
| P/S | 0.5× (better) | 1.3× |
| P/B | 0.7× (better) | 7.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | 4.0× (better) | 10.6× |
| P/FCF | 5.0× (better) | 10.8× |
| FCF yield | 20.1% (better) | 9.3% |
| Fair value | $48.82 | $69.25 |
| Margin of safety | 34.9% (better) | −17.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −8.7% | 51.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.5% | 8.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −25.7% | −7.5% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −23.0% | −7.5% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 25.8% | 28.2% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 44.4% | 49.9% (better) |
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 13.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 5.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 9.6% | 12.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | 7.7% | 36.9% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 9.8% | 14.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 (better) | 2.03 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −2.49 | 2.08 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 6.9× |
| Current ratio | 2.70 (better) | 1.69 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.32 (better) | 3.31 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.3% | 2.6% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 58.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 16.8% |
| Buyback yield | – | 3.0% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.3% | 5.6% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 97.1% | 109% |
| Held by insiders | 16.7% | 1.7% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.8M (better) | −$32.9M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 19.4% | 11.6% |
Go deeper
- GIII stock overview
- GIII income statement
- GIII valuation and score
- KTB stock overview
- KTB income statement
- KTB valuation and score
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