COLM vs KTB vs PVH Stock Comparison

Columbia Sportswear, Kontoor Brands and Pvh Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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COLM Columbia Sportswear Co
$71.12 +24.2% 1M +43.3% 1Y
Market cap
$3.64B
P/E
17.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.41B
Div. yield
1.69%
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
KTB Kontoor Brands, Inc.
$77.17 +19.2% 1M -4.6% 1Y
Market cap
$4.22B
P/E
17.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.95B
Div. yield
2.75%
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
6 wins
PVH Pvh Corp. /De/
$92.97 +23.1% 1M +18.7% 1Y
Market cap
$4.29B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$8.92B
Div. yield
0.17%
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Kontoor Brands leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Kontoor Brands 6, Columbia Sportswear 3, Pvh 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOLMKTBPVHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.64B $4.22B $4.29B PVH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.7x 17.0x -25.4x KTB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.9x 14.2x 8.0x PVH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.1% +18.6% +1.6% KTB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.0% 8.5% -1.9% KTB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 14.5% 0.0% KTB
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.1x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.69% 2.75% 0.17% KTB
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +43.3% -4.6% +18.7% COLM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.3%/yr +6.3%/yr -4.8%/yr KTB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.7% 47.0% 48.0% COLM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 53/100 44/100 COLM

Percentile Scorecard

COLMKTBPVH

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCOLMKTBPVH
Valuation 75 #12 of 45 21 #36 of 45 82 #9 of 45
Growth 29 #31 of 43 57 #19 of 43 21 #34 of 43
Profitability 71 #13 of 42 88 #6 of 42 37 #27 of 42
Financial Health 80 #11 of 52 31 #36 of 52 45 #29 of 52
Shareholder Returns 85 #6 of 34 67 #12 of 34 36 #22 of 34
Overall 68 53 44
  • COLM ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • KTB ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • PVH ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCOLMKTBPVHSPY
1 month +24.2%+19.2%+23.1% -2.3%
3 months +21.3%-8.9%+4.7% -0.7%
6 months +19.7%+11.3%+5.2% +4.8%
Year to date +29.1%+26.3%+38.7% +10.3%
1 year +43.3%-4.6%+18.7% +10.3%
3 years -8.3%+59.7%+20.4% +73.0%
3 years, per year -2.9%+16.9%+6.4% +20.1%
5 years -31.5%+35.6%-21.6% +61.9%
5 years, per year -7.3%+6.3%-4.8% +10.1%
10 years +24.9%—-12.9% +258.6%
10 years, per year +2.3%—-1.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCOLMKTBPVHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.7%47.0%48.0% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.4%43.8%52.9% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.540.791.04 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.18-0.100.39 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.0%-48.3%-63.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-12.5%-5.9% -3.5%
52-week high $71.12$88.17$98.81 $779.14
52-week low $49.87$57.48$60.87 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCOLMKTBPVH
P/E now vs peer median 17.7xmedian 17.0x 17.0xmedian 17.0x -25.4xmedian 17.0x
P/S now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 0.8x 1.4xmedian 0.8x 0.5xmedian 0.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.6xmedian 9.6x —median 9.6x 9.0xmedian 9.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.3xmedian 12.1x —median 12.1x 6.0xmedian 12.1x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 2.3x 6.8xmedian 2.3x 0.9xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median -3.36median 0.56 2.26median 0.56 0.53median 0.56

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCOLMKTBPVH
Revenue $3.41B $2.95B $8.92B
Gross profit $1.78B $1.38B $5.24B
Operating income $257.00M $332.45M $363.00M
Net income $206.03M $249.37M -$169.00M
Free cash flow $321.30M – $715.00M
EPS (diluted) $4.02 $4.49 $-3.67
Cash & equivalents $532.31M $58.46M $965.90M
Total debt – $1.14B $2.25B
Shares (diluted) 51.26M 55.50M 46.10M
Enterprise value $1.45B $3.91B $1.87B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCOLMKTBPVH
P/E 17.7x 17.0x -25.4x
P/FCF 11.3x – 6.0x
P/Operating cash flow 9.5x – 4.9x
P/S 1.1x 1.4x 0.5x
P/B 2.3x 6.8x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 2.4x 24.7x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA 9.6x – 9.0x
EV/EBIT 11.7x 16.0x 15.3x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 1.8x 0.6x
EV/FCF 9.4x – 7.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.9x – 6.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -3.36 2.26 0.53

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOLMKTBPVH
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.1% 18.6% 1.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.5% 4.0% -0.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 3.2% 22.2% 2.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 0.3% 7.9% 0.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -5.8% 6.3% 86.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -10.9% 1.5% -5.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -8.3% -0.8% -136.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -11.0% 6.7% -43.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -2.1% 0.1% -138.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -5.3% 7.5% -48.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 20.0% – 33.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 58.0% – 30.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 24.9% – 38.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 92.8% – 91.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOLMKTBPVH
Gross margin 52.2% 46.8% 58.8%
EBITDA margin 9.2% – 6.9%
Operating margin 7.5% 11.3% 4.1%
Pretax margin 8.1% 9.8% 3.3%
Net margin 6.0% 8.5% -1.9%
FCF margin 9.4% – 8.0%
Operating cash flow margin 11.2% – 9.8%
Return on equity 12.9% 41.3% -3.5%
Return on assets 7.7% 9.3% -1.5%
Return on invested capital – 14.5% 0.0%
Return on capital employed 13.3% 16.6% 4.0%
Asset turnover 1.3x 1.1x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x – -5.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% – 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOLMKTBPVH
Debt / assets – 42.9% 19.7%
Debt / equity – 1.8x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.1x
Debt / FCF – – 3.1x
Liabilities / assets 42.8% 76.8% 58.0%
Equity / assets 57.2% 23.2% 42.0%
Interest coverage – 4.9x 4.0x
Current ratio 2.5x 1.8x 1.6x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.5x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.1x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 4.66 3.14 2.17

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOLMKTBPVH
Dividend yield 1.7% 2.7% 0.2%
Net buyback yield 5.9% – 0.4%
Shareholder yield 7.6% 2.7% 0.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – -4.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 1.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -13.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -9.9%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCOLMKTBPVH
Forward P/E 16.9xFY2026 14.2xFY2026 8.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.21FY2026 $5.45FY2026 $11.67FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +14.1%FY2026 -2.5%FY2026 +2.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.8% +12.1% +0.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.31BFY2026 $2.85BFY2026 $8.35BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.8%FY2026 -9.5%FY2026 -6.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.8% -5.1% +3.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOLMKTBPVH
Held by institutions 51.1% 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 324 432 384
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% +6.9% +1.7%
Institutions buying 161 217 186
Institutions selling 111 137 128
Buyers to sellers 1.45 1.58 1.45

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

COLMKTBPVH
COLM 1.00 0.53 0.52
KTB 0.53 1.00 0.42
PVH 0.52 0.42 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COLM, KTB and PVH?

Pvh (PVH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Columbia Sportswear (COLM) $3.64B, Kontoor Brands (KTB) $4.22B, Pvh (PVH) $4.29B.

Which stock is cheaper, COLM, KTB and PVH?

Kontoor Brands (KTB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 17.7x, Kontoor Brands (KTB) 17.0x, Pvh (PVH) -25.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pvh (PVH) is cheapest (Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 16.9x, Kontoor Brands (KTB) 14.2x, Pvh (PVH) 8.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Kontoor Brands (KTB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Columbia Sportswear (COLM) -0.1%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) +18.6%, Pvh (PVH) +1.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Kontoor Brands (KTB) has the highest net margin (Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 6.0%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) 8.5%, Pvh (PVH) -1.9%). On return on invested capital, Kontoor Brands (KTB) leads (Kontoor Brands (KTB) 14.5%, Pvh (PVH) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Columbia Sportswear (COLM) returned the most: Columbia Sportswear (COLM) +43.3%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) -4.6%, Pvh (PVH) +18.7%. Over five years, Kontoor Brands (KTB) compounded fastest (Columbia Sportswear (COLM) -7.3%/yr, Kontoor Brands (KTB) +6.3%/yr, Pvh (PVH) -4.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Kontoor Brands (KTB) has the highest dividend yield: Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 1.69%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) 2.75%, Pvh (PVH) 0.17%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) has been the steadiest (Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 36.7%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) 47.0%, Pvh (PVH) 48.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COLM, KTB and PVH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Kontoor Brands (KTB) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.