URBN vs LEVI vs KTB Stock Comparison

Urban Outfitters, Levi Strauss and Kontoor Brands Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
URBN Urban Outfitters Inc
$89.35 +18.4% 1M +33.0% 1Y
Market cap
$7.65B
P/E
13.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.47B
Div. yield
–
Apparel Retail Consumer Discretionary
5 wins
LEVI Levi Strauss & Co
$21.65 +9.4% 1M +1.8% 1Y
Market cap
$8.36B
P/E
14.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.68B
Div. yield
2.77%
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
4 wins
KTB Kontoor Brands, Inc.
$74.40 +14.5% 1M -10.7% 1Y
Market cap
$4.07B
P/E
16.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.95B
Div. yield
2.85%
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Urban Outfitters leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Urban Outfitters 5, Levi Strauss 4, Kontoor Brands 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionURBNLEVIKTBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.65B $8.36B $4.07B LEVI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 13.4x 14.2x 16.4x URBN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.5x 14.5x 13.7x URBN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.0% +6.6% +18.6% KTB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.8% 8.8% 8.5% LEVI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 17.4% 14.5% LEVI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.3x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 2.77% 2.85% KTB
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +33.0% +1.8% -10.7% URBN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +22.9%/yr -3.7%/yr +7.0%/yr URBN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 42.9% 33.2% 47.7% LEVI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 79/100 67/100 52/100 URBN

Percentile Scorecard

URBNLEVIKTB

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

AxisURBNLEVIKTB
Valuation 60 #42 of 104 61 #18 of 45 23 #35 of 45
Growth 80 #20 of 98 67 #15 of 43 57 #19 of 43
Profitability 82 #18 of 96 85 #7 of 41 88 #6 of 41
Financial Health 84 #18 of 110 53 #25 of 52 31 #36 of 52
Shareholder Returns 87 #10 of 71 67 #12 of 34 61 #14 of 34
Overall 79 67 52
  • URBN ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • LEVI ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • KTB 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

PeriodURBNLEVIKTBSPY
1 month +18.4%+9.4%+14.5% +0.9%
3 months +18.5%-12.2%-12.6% +5.9%
6 months +30.1%-1.1%+3.3% +8.5%
Year to date +18.7%+4.4%+21.8% +13.3%
1 year +33.0%+1.8%-10.7% +12.4%
3 years +164.2%+58.4%+59.5% +88.1%
3 years, per year +38.3%+16.6%+16.8% +23.5%
5 years +179.8%-17.3%+40.4% +68.2%
5 years, per year +22.9%-3.7%+7.0% +11.0%
10 years +163.5%—— +263.4%
10 years, per year +10.2%—— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureURBNLEVIKTBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 42.9%33.2%47.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.0%29.7%45.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.951.170.79 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.770.06-0.22 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -52.2%-56.1%-48.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.5%-15.2%-15.6% -0.9%
52-week high $90.73$25.53$88.17 $779.14
52-week low $59.57$17.91$57.48 $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.

MultipleURBNLEVIKTB
P/E now vs peer median 13.4xmedian 16.7x 14.2xmedian 16.4x 16.4xmedian 16.4x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 0.4x 1.3xmedian 0.7x 1.4xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.0xmedian 9.2x 8.8xmedian 10.0x —median 10.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 25.9xmedian 16.0x 13.0xmedian 12.0x —median 12.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 1.6x 3.5xmedian 2.2x 6.6xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.34median 0.73 0.47median 0.54 2.18median 0.54

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 monthsURBNLEVIKTB
Revenue $6.47B $6.68B $2.95B
Gross profit $2.43B $4.20B $1.38B
Operating income $731.44M $753.80M $332.45M
Net income $569.06M $589.70M $249.37M
Free cash flow $295.21M $643.00M –
EPS (diluted) $6.57 $1.51 $4.49
Cash & equivalents $598.76M $641.40M $58.46M
Total debt – $1.04B $1.14B
Shares (diluted) 86.67M 390.62M 55.50M
Enterprise value $5.22B $4.94B $3.76B

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
MetricURBNLEVIKTB
P/E 13.4x 14.2x 16.4x
P/FCF 25.9x 13.0x –
P/Operating cash flow 10.7x 9.8x –
P/S 1.2x 1.3x 1.4x
P/B 2.7x 3.5x 6.6x
P/Tangible book 2.7x 3.8x 23.8x
EV/EBITDA 8.0x 8.8x –
EV/EBIT 9.5x 11.4x 15.5x
EV/Revenue 1.1x 1.3x 1.7x
EV/FCF 23.5x 13.4x –
EV/Operating cash flow 9.7x 10.1x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.34 0.47 2.18

Growth

14 metrics
MetricURBNLEVIKTB
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.0% 6.6% 18.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.4% 2.9% 4.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 16.7% 8.0% 22.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 16.0% 6.7% 7.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 31.4% 11.6% 6.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 34.9% 30.5% 1.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 19.7% -2.2% -0.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 36.1% 29.2% 6.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 25.9% 0.1% 0.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 40.0% 30.4% 7.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 21.3% 52.1% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.9% 63.6% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -26.0% 98.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.4% 92.1% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricURBNLEVIKTB
Gross margin 37.5% 62.8% 46.8%
EBITDA margin 13.5% 14.6% –
Operating margin 11.3% 11.3% 11.3%
Pretax margin 11.1% 11.5% 9.8%
Net margin 8.8% 8.8% 8.5%
FCF margin 4.6% 9.6% –
Operating cash flow margin 11.1% 12.8% –
Return on equity 20.8% 25.2% 41.3%
Return on assets 11.5% 8.7% 9.3%
Return on invested capital – 17.4% 14.5%
Return on capital employed 19.3% 15.7% 16.6%
Asset turnover 1.3x 1.0x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.4x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 1.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricURBNLEVIKTB
Debt / assets – 15.1% 42.9%
Debt / equity – 0.4x 1.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.3x –
Debt / FCF – 1.6x –
Liabilities / assets 44.3% 65.1% 76.8%
Equity / assets 55.7% 34.9% 23.2%
Interest coverage – 14.4x 4.9x
Current ratio 1.6x 1.6x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.8x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.4x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 4.70 3.05 3.09

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricURBNLEVIKTB
Dividend yield – 2.8% 2.8%
Net buyback yield 3.9% 1.0% –
Shareholder yield 3.9% 3.7% 2.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusURBNLEVIKTB
Forward P/E 13.5xFY2026 14.5xFY2026 13.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.62FY2026 $1.49FY2026 $5.45FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +21.7%FY2026 +11.2%FY2026 -2.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.3% +7.4% +12.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.18BFY2026 $7.03BFY2026 $2.85BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.4%FY2026 +12.0%FY2026 -9.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.8% -3.6% -5.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersURBNLEVIKTB
Held by institutions 71.7% 87.8% 100.0%
Institutions holding 416 313 430
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.4% +2.6% +6.9%
Institutions buying 205 185 215
Institutions selling 150 78 137
Buyers to sellers 1.37 2.37 1.57

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.

URBNLEVIKTB
URBN 1.00 0.44 0.36
LEVI 0.44 1.00 0.47
KTB 0.36 0.47 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, URBN, LEVI and KTB?

Levi Strauss (LEVI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Urban Outfitters (URBN) $7.65B, Levi Strauss (LEVI) $8.36B, Kontoor Brands (KTB) $4.07B.

Which stock is cheaper, URBN, LEVI and KTB?

Urban Outfitters (URBN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Urban Outfitters (URBN) 13.4x, Levi Strauss (LEVI) 14.2x, Kontoor Brands (KTB) 16.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Urban Outfitters (URBN) is cheapest (Urban Outfitters (URBN) 13.5x, Levi Strauss (LEVI) 14.5x, Kontoor Brands (KTB) 13.7x). 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: Urban Outfitters (URBN) +11.0%, Levi Strauss (LEVI) +6.6%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) +18.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Levi Strauss (LEVI) has the highest net margin (Urban Outfitters (URBN) 8.8%, Levi Strauss (LEVI) 8.8%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) 8.5%). On return on invested capital, Levi Strauss (LEVI) leads (Levi Strauss (LEVI) 17.4%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) 14.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Urban Outfitters (URBN) returned the most: Urban Outfitters (URBN) +33.0%, Levi Strauss (LEVI) +1.8%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) -10.7%. Over five years, Urban Outfitters (URBN) compounded fastest (Urban Outfitters (URBN) +22.9%/yr, Levi Strauss (LEVI) -3.7%/yr, Kontoor Brands (KTB) +7.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Kontoor Brands (KTB) has the highest dividend yield: Levi Strauss (LEVI) 2.77%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) 2.85%. Urban Outfitters (URBN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Levi Strauss (LEVI) has been the steadiest (Urban Outfitters (URBN) 42.9%, Levi Strauss (LEVI) 33.2%, Kontoor Brands (KTB) 47.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, URBN, LEVI and KTB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Urban Outfitters (URBN) leads on 5. 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.