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Kontoor Brands Q4 2025 earnings summary

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Q4 2025 earnings summary3 Mar, 2026

Executive summary

  • Achieved record revenue, earnings, and cash flow in 2025, driven by Wrangler growth and Helly Hansen acquisition, with Q4 revenue at $1.02 billion, up 46% year-over-year.

  • Returned over $140 million to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, including $25 million in Q4.

  • Project Genius/Jeanius transformation programs delivered significant profit improvement and investment capacity.

  • Integration of Helly Hansen exceeded expectations, providing strong revenue and earnings accretion and a 36-point Q4 revenue benefit.

  • Strategic priorities for 2026 include further Helly integration, accelerating Wrangler growth, and Lee brand turnaround.

Financial highlights

  • Full year 2025 revenue reached $3.15 billion, up 21% year-over-year; Q4 adjusted EPS was $1.73, up 25% year-over-year.

  • Adjusted gross margin expanded 210 bps to 46.8% in Q4; full-year adjusted gross margin was 46.6%, up 150 bps.

  • Generated over $450 million in cash from operations; year-end cash balance was $108 million.

  • Net debt at $1 billion; net leverage ratio at 2.0x.

  • Q4 adjusted EBITDA was $163.5 million (16.1% margin); full-year adjusted EBITDA was $508.6 million (16.1% margin).

Outlook and guidance

  • 2026 revenue expected at $3.40–$3.45 billion, ~9% growth; adjusted EPS expected at $6.40–$6.50, up 15%–16%.

  • Adjusted gross margin forecasted at 47.2%–47.4%, up 60–80 bps; adjusted operating income at $506–$512 million, up 8–9%.

  • Cash from operations projected at ~$425 million.

  • Voluntary term loan payments of $225 million planned for 2026; net leverage ratio targeted below 1.5x by year-end.

  • Outlook includes full-year Helly Hansen contribution and impact from increased tariffs, with larger tariff impact in H1 2026.

2026 tariff impact timing and magnitude?
Helly Hansen's impact on core business margins?
2026 capital allocation priorities?
Helly Hansen's 2027+ growth acceleration plan
Project Jeanius: sustained benefits post-2026
Tariff mitigation strategy and timeline
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Kontoor Brands, Inc. designs, manufactures, procures, markets, and distributes apparel under the Wrangler and Lee brands in the United States and internationally. It offers jeans under the Wrangler brand; and various types of casual clothing under the Lee brand. The company sells its products primarily through mass and mid-tier retailers; specialty stores; department stores; retailer-owned and third-party e-commerce sites; and direct-to-consumer channels, including full-price and outlet stores, as well as through its websites. As of January 2, 2021, it operated 86 retail stores across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific regions. Kontoor Brands was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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