Capri Holdings vs Kontoor Brands
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The short version
- Capri Holdings is the larger business, with $3.5B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $3.2B for Kontoor Brands.
- Kontoor Brands grew revenue faster (20.9%, against −4.1%).
- Kontoor Brands kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (10.7% operating margin, against 0.7%).
- Kontoor Brands turned more of its sales into free cash flow (13.8% FCF margin, against 0.4%).
- Kontoor Brands earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (21.2%, against 1.6%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Kontoor Brands’s earnings: a P/E of 15.9x against 12.2x for Capri Holdings.
| Latest fiscal year | CPRI · FY26 | KTB · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $1.8B | $4.2B |
| Revenue | $3.5B | $3.2B |
| Free cash flow | $14.0M | $435M |
| Net income | $137M | $228M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −4.1% | 20.9% |
| 5-year growth | −3.1% | 8.5% |
| Share count change | 1.4% | −0.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 62.3% | 45.2% |
| Operating margin | 0.7% | 10.7% |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 7.2% |
| FCF margin | 0.4% | 13.8% |
| Return on capital | 1.6% | 21.2% |
| Return on equity | 61.2% | 47.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $236M | $1.0B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.6x | 2.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $81.0M | $141M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 12.2x | 15.9x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 6 |
Revenue
FY17
CPRI $4.5B
KTB $2.8B
FY18
CPRI $4.7B
KTB $2.8B
FY19
CPRI $5.2B
KTB $2.5B
FY20
CPRI $5.6B
KTB $2.1B
FY21
CPRI $4.1B
KTB $2.5B
FY22
CPRI $5.7B
KTB $2.6B
FY23
CPRI $5.6B
KTB $2.6B
FY24
CPRI $4.1B
KTB $2.6B
FY25
CPRI $3.6B
KTB $3.2B
FY26
CPRI $3.5B
KTB —
CPRI
KTB
Operating margin
FY17
CPRI 15.4%
KTB 12.6%
FY18
CPRI 15.9%
KTB 12.1%
FY19
CPRI 14.0%
KTB 6.6%
FY20
CPRI −3.5%
KTB 5.9%
FY21
CPRI 0.5%
KTB 11.4%
FY22
CPRI 16.0%
KTB 13.6%
FY23
CPRI 12.1%
KTB 12.2%
FY24
CPRI 1.4%
KTB 13.1%
FY25
CPRI −0.7%
KTB 10.7%
FY26
CPRI 0.7%
KTB —
CPRI
KTB
Free cash flow
FY17
CPRI $870M
KTB $143M
FY18
CPRI $942M
KTB −$117M
FY19
CPRI $513M
KTB $755M
FY20
CPRI $636M
KTB $224M
FY21
CPRI $513M
KTB $273M
FY22
CPRI $573M
KTB $65.2M
FY23
CPRI $545M
KTB $329M
FY24
CPRI $174M
KTB $349M
FY25
CPRI $207M
KTB $435M
FY26
CPRI $14.0M
KTB —
CPRI
KTB
Return on capital
FY17
CPRI 37.7%
KTB —
FY18
CPRI 26.1%
KTB —
FY19
CPRI —
KTB 9.6%
FY20
CPRI —
KTB 14.2%
FY21
CPRI 0.3%
KTB 30.1%
FY22
CPRI 23.7%
KTB 31.4%
FY23
CPRI 18.5%
KTB 28.1%
FY24
CPRI 1.1%
KTB 32.0%
FY25
CPRI −0.8%
KTB 21.2%
FY26
CPRI 1.6%
KTB —
CPRI
KTB
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.