Columbia Sportswear Company (COLM) vs Kontoor Brands, Inc. (KTB)

Columbia Sportswear Company and Kontoor Brands, Inc. are both Apparel Manufacturing companies. Kontoor Brands, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.5B against $2.9B — 1.2× the size. Kontoor Brands, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 13.5× against 14.9×. Kontoor Brands, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 50.3% against −0.15%. Kontoor Brands, Inc. has the higher net margin (7.80% vs 6.05%) and the lower return on invested capital (15.7% vs 16.4%). Both pay a dividend; Kontoor Brands, Inc. yields more (2.99% vs 1.52%). Across the 23 metrics below, Kontoor Brands, Inc. leads on 14 and Columbia Sportswear Company on 9.

Valuation

Metric COLM KTB Apparel Manufacturing median
P/E 14.92 13.51 17.21
P/S 0.87 1.05 0.44
P/B 1.84 5.82 1.58
Price to free cash flow 9.17 8.63 9.18
EV/EBITDA 8.45 9.99 8.64
EV/Sales 0.78 1.36 0.54
Earnings yield 6.70% 7.40% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 10.90% 11.59% 9.25%

Profitability

Metric COLM KTB Apparel Manufacturing median
Gross margin 52.16% 48.31% 48.31%
Operating margin 7.54% 12.49% 2.46%
Net margin 6.05% 7.80% (0.46%)
Free cash flow margin 9.43% 12.15% 5.26%
Return on equity 12.66% 47.98% 4.29%
Return on assets 7.24% 9.95% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 16.44% 15.74% 0.00%

Growth

Metric COLM KTB Apparel Manufacturing median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.15%) 50.30% 0.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (15.18%) (7.11%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.31% 8.49% 6.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 10.41% 27.34% 0.00%

Health

Metric COLM KTB Apparel Manufacturing median
Debt to equity 0.00 1.85 0.23
Current ratio 2.49 1.83 1.81
Net debt to EBITDA (3.00) 2.69 (0.43)

Dividend

Metric COLM KTB Apparel Manufacturing median
Dividend yield 1.52% 2.99% 2.76%
Payout ratio 0.26 0.52 0.07

Size

Metric COLM KTB Apparel Manufacturing median
Market cap 2.92b 3.52b 402.31m

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