What To Expect From Kontoor Brands's (KTB) Q2 Earnings

Clothing company Kontoor Brands (NYSE:KTB) will be reporting earnings this Thursday before market open. Here’s what to expect.

Kontoor Brands met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $622.9 million, down 1.3% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with full-year revenue guidance exceeding analysts’ expectations and full-year EPS guidance exceeding analysts’ expectations.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Kontoor Brands’s revenue to grow 4.6% year on year to $634.9 million, a reversal from the 1.5% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.83 per share.

The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Kontoor Brands has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.

Looking at Kontoor Brands’s peers in the apparel and accessories segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Levi's delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 6.4%, beating analysts’ expectations by 5.8%, and ThredUp reported revenues up 16.4%, topping estimates by 4%. Levi's traded up 11.1% following the results while ThredUp was also up 5.4%.

Read our full analysis of Levi’s results here and ThredUp’s results here.

Investors in the apparel and accessories segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices up 1.6% on average over the last month. Kontoor Brands is down 19.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $78.67 (compared to the current share price of $57.13).

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