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Kontoor Brands (Kontoor Brands) Interest Coverage

: 7.53 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Kontoor Brands's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $75 Mil. Kontoor Brands's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-10 Mil. Kontoor Brands's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.53. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Kontoor Brands's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

KTB' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.48   Med: 9.06   Max: No Debt
Current: 7.9


KTB's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
58.59% of 710 companies
in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry
Industry Median: 5.35 vs KTB: 7.90

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Kontoor Brands Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kontoor Brands's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Kontoor Brands Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.61 2.48 7.27 10.21 7.90

Kontoor Brands Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.63 9.24 6.56 8.18 7.53

Competitive Comparison

For the Apparel Manufacturing subindustry, Kontoor Brands's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Kontoor Brands Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Kontoor Brands's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kontoor Brands's Interest Coverage falls into.



Kontoor Brands Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Kontoor Brands's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Kontoor Brands's Interest Expense was $-40 Mil. Its Operating Income was $319 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $801 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*319.269/-40.408
=7.90

Kontoor Brands's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Kontoor Brands's Interest Expense was $-10 Mil. Its Operating Income was $75 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $801 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*75.441/-10.018
=7.53

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Kontoor Brands  (NYSE:KTB) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Kontoor Brands (Kontoor Brands) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
400 N. Elm Street, Greensboro, NC, USA, 27401
Kontoor Brands Inc is a lifestyle apparel company. It is engaged in designing, manufacturing, sourcing, marketing, and distribution of its portfolio of brands, including Wrangler and Lee. It manufactures its products in owned and leased facilities and distributes the products through both brick and mortar and e-commerce retailers. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Wrangler segment. The company's geographical segments are the United States and International, of which the majority of its revenue comes from the United States.
Executives
Susan Denise Sumner officer: VP & CAO 400 N. ELM STREET, GREENSBORO NC 27401
Joseph A Alkire officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer C/O KONTOOR BRANDS, INC., 400 N. ELM STREET, GREENSBORO NC 27401
Thomas E. Waldron officer: VP & GB President - Wrangler 400 NORTH ELM STREET, GREENSBORO NC 27401
Andrew E Page director C/O FOOT LOCKER, INC., 330 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Doerr Thomas L Jr officer: EVP, GC, & Corp. Sec. ONE PARK PLAZA, 11270 W. PARK PLACE, SUITE 1000, MILWAUKEE WI 53224
Ashley Goldsmith director 400 N. ELM STREET, GREENSBORO NC 27401
Scott H Baxter director, officer: President & CEO 400 NORTH ELM STREET, GREENSBORO NC 27401
Laurel Krueger officer: VP, GC & Corporate Secretary ONE EXPRESS DRIVE, COLUMBUS OH 43230
Mark L. Schiller director C/O THE HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP, INC., 1111 MARCUS AVENUE, LAKE SUCCESS NY 11042
Robert Lynch director P. O. BOX 99900, LOUISVILLE KY 40269
Richard Carucci director 1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 47113
Juliana L Chugg director 1200 WILLOW LAKE BOULEVARD, PO BOX 64683, ST PAUL MN 55164-0683
Rich Williams director 600 W. CHICAGO AVENUE SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60654
Rustin Welton officer: VP & CFO 400 NORTH ELM STREET, GREENSBORO NC 27401
Christopher Waldeck officer: VP & GB President - Lee 400 NORTH ELM STREET, GREENSBORO NC 27401