PLBY vs KTB vs LULU Stock Comparison

Playboy, Kontoor Brands and Lululemon Athletica Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PLBY Playboy, Inc.
$1.33 +27.9% 1M 0.0% 1Y
Market cap
$155.41M
P/E
549.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$125.36M
Div. yield
–
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
KTB Kontoor Brands, Inc.
$76.92 +18.8% 1M +4.7% 1Y
Market cap
$4.50B
P/E
16.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.07B
Div. yield
0.03%
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
5 wins
LULU lululemon athletica inc.
$106.95 +13.2% 1M -35.4% 1Y
Market cap
$12.77B
P/E
9.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.09B
Div. yield
–
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Lululemon Athletica leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Lululemon Athletica 6, Kontoor Brands 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPLBYKTBLULULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $155.41M $4.50B $12.77B LULU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 549.2x 16.8x 9.0x LULU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 14.1x 10.4x LULU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.5% +34.3% +1.7% KTB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.2% 8.7% 12.8% LULU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.0% 15.6% — KTB
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 81.7x 2.6x — KTB
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.03% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months 0.0% +4.7% -35.4% KTB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -46.6%/yr +5.8%/yr -25.8%/yr KTB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 77.5% 46.9% 46.8% LULU
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 25/100 62/100 76/100 LULU

Percentile Scorecard

PLBYKTBLULU

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

AxisPLBYKTBLULU
Valuation 9 #43 of 47 46 #26 of 47 87 #7 of 47
Growth 73 #13 of 45 82 #9 of 45 27 #33 of 45
Profitability 28 #32 of 44 84 #8 of 44 95 #3 of 44
Financial Health 12 #46 of 52 29 #37 of 52 77 #13 of 52
Shareholder Returns 6 #34 of 36 69 #12 of 36 94 #3 of 36
Overall 25 62 76
  • PLBY ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • KTB ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • LULU 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

PeriodPLBYKTBLULUSPY
1 month +27.9%+18.8%+13.2% -2.0%
3 months +9.0%-7.7%-13.1% -2.2%
6 months -24.9%+7.3%-17.9% +4.2%
Year to date -29.3%+25.9%-48.5% +10.6%
1 year 0.0%+4.7%-35.4% +10.4%
3 years +95.6%+59.2%-73.8% +73.6%
3 years, per year +25.1%+16.8%-36.0% +20.2%
5 years -95.6%+32.6%-77.4% +61.6%
5 years, per year -46.6%+5.8%-25.8% +10.1%
10 years ——+94.1% +261.3%
10 years, per year ——+6.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasurePLBYKTBLULUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 77.5%46.9%46.8% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 72.7%43.6%51.8% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.330.791.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.000.10-0.76 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.9%-48.3%-82.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -50.9%-12.8%-50.5% -3.2%
52-week high $2.71$88.17$215.88 $779.14
52-week low $0.98$57.48$91.88 $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.

MultiplePLBYKTBLULU
P/E now vs peer median 539.0xmedian 16.3x 15.8xmedian 16.3x 8.5xmedian 16.3x
P/S now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 0.8x 1.4xmedian 0.8x 1.0xmedian 0.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 185.3xmedian 11.2x 12.6xmedian 11.2x 4.0xmedian 11.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 94.1xmedian 11.3x 10.0xmedian 11.3x 8.4xmedian 11.3x
P/B now vs peer median 6.9xmedian 2.3x 6.8xmedian 2.3x 2.4xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 20.73median 0.55 1.56median 0.55 0.51median 0.55

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 monthsPLBYKTBLULU
Revenue $125.36M $3.07B $11.09B
Gross profit $91.13M $1.48B $6.22B
Operating income $5.53M $365.60M $1.98B
Net income $283.00K $267.94M $1.42B
Free cash flow $1.67M $422.43M $1.35B
EPS (diluted) $0.00 $4.83 $12.56
Cash & equivalents $31.90M $58.46M $1.39B
Total debt $156.00M $1.14B –
Shares (diluted) 114.70M 55.50M 112.92M
Enterprise value $28.01M $4.22B $7.02B

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
MetricPLBYKTBLULU
P/E 539.0x 15.8x 8.5x
P/FCF 94.1x 10.0x 8.4x
P/Operating cash flow 51.5x 9.4x 5.8x
P/S 1.3x 1.4x 1.0x
P/B 6.9x 6.8x 2.4x
P/Tangible book -1.2x 24.6x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA 185.3x 12.6x 4.0x
EV/EBIT 50.9x 14.5x 5.1x
EV/Revenue 2.2x 1.7x 0.9x
EV/FCF 168.4x 12.5x 7.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 92.1x 11.9x 5.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 20.73 1.56 0.51

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPLBYKTBLULU
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.5% 34.3% 1.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -8.0% 5.4% 7.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.1% 44.2% -3.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.7% 10.4% 7.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 112.3% 34.9% -20.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 26.2% 4.8% 8.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 100.4% 6.6% -20.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 26.0% 9.3% 12.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 100.4% 7.6% -15.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 26.0% 10.1% 16.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 117.1% 39.9% 3.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 27.4% 67.0% 6.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 108.7% 39.5% 15.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.7% 81.0% 11.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPLBYKTBLULU
Gross margin 72.7% 48.2% 56.1%
EBITDA margin 1.2% 13.7% 22.7%
Operating margin 4.4% 11.9% 17.8%
Pretax margin -0.8% 9.3% 18.1%
Net margin 0.2% 8.7% 12.8%
FCF margin 1.3% 13.8% 12.2%
Operating cash flow margin 2.4% 14.5% 17.9%
Return on equity 1.0% 42.5% 29.5%
Return on assets 0.1% 9.9% 16.7%
Return on invested capital 0.0% 15.6% –
Return on capital employed 2.6% 18.0% 29.5%
Asset turnover 0.4x 1.2x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 10.8x 1.7x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 4.8% 1.2% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPLBYKTBLULU
Debt / assets 54.0% 42.9% –
Debt / equity 6.8x 1.8x –
Net debt / EBITDA 81.7x 2.6x –
Debt / FCF 93.3x 2.7x –
Liabilities / assets 92.1% 76.8% 43.5%
Equity / assets 7.9% 23.2% 56.5%
Interest coverage 0.6x 5.2x –
Current ratio 0.8x 1.8x 2.2x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.5x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.1x 0.8x
Altman Z-score -2.66 3.22 4.95

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPLBYKTBLULU
Dividend yield – 2.8% –
Net buyback yield -9.8% 2.7% 10.1%
Shareholder yield -9.8% 5.5% 10.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 43.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 27.7% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 2.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 3.3% –

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.

ConsensusPLBYKTBLULU
Forward P/E – 14.1xFY2026 10.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.01FY2026 $5.45FY2026 $10.26FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -2.5%FY2026 -22.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +12.1% -16.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $133.52MFY2026 $2.85BFY2026 $11.00BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.4%FY2026 -9.5%FY2026 -0.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.1% -5.1% -9.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPLBYKTBLULU
Held by institutions 38.4% 100.0% 71.6%
Institutions holding 87 433 850
Change in shares held, QoQ +27.0% +6.9% -2.1%
Institutions buying 48 218 409
Institutions selling 23 137 332
Buyers to sellers 2.09 1.59 1.23

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.

PLBYKTBLULU
PLBY 1.00 0.10 0.14
KTB 0.10 1.00 0.29
LULU 0.14 0.29 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PLBY, KTB and LULU?

Lululemon Athletica (LULU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Playboy (PLBY) $155.41M, Kontoor Brands (KTB) $4.50B, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) $12.77B.

Which stock is cheaper, PLBY, KTB and LULU?

Lululemon Athletica (LULU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Playboy (PLBY) 549.2x, Kontoor Brands (KTB) 16.8x, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 9.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) is cheapest (Kontoor Brands (KTB) 14.1x, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 10.4x). 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: Playboy (PLBY) +4.5%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) +34.3%, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) +1.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lululemon Athletica (LULU) has the highest net margin (Playboy (PLBY) 0.2%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) 8.7%, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 12.8%). On return on invested capital, Kontoor Brands (KTB) leads (Playboy (PLBY) 0.0%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) 15.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Kontoor Brands (KTB) returned the most: Playboy (PLBY) 0.0%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) +4.7%, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) -35.4%. Over five years, Kontoor Brands (KTB) compounded fastest (Playboy (PLBY) -46.6%/yr, Kontoor Brands (KTB) +5.8%/yr, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) -25.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Playboy (PLBY) 0.00%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) 0.03%, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 0.00%. Playboy (PLBY) and Lululemon Athletica (LULU) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) has been the steadiest (Playboy (PLBY) 77.5%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) 46.9%, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 46.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PLBY, KTB and LULU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 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.