---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001760965-23-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KTB"
cik: "0001760965"
company_name: "Kontoor Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T08:58:06.280615+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kontoor Brands Q2 revenue flat at $616M; adjusted EPS $0.77 vs $1.09; reaffirms FY adjusted outlook

## Summary
- Q2 revenue $616M flat YoY; reported EPS $0.64, adjusted EPS $0.77 (includes $0.09 one-time tax charge).
- Reported gross margin 40.6% (-290bps YoY); adjusted gross margin 41.0% (-250bps YoY).
- Inventory +17% YoY, improving from +52% in Q1; expects decline in H2 2023.
- FY23 adjusted EPS guidance $4.55-$4.75; adjusted gross margin 43.5%-44.0%; revenue low-single-digit growth.
- Restructuring actions taken in Q2 to cut non-strategic spend; FY outlook excludes those charges.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001760965-23-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KTB
- cik: 0001760965
- company_name: Kontoor Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096523000025/0001760965-23-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096523000025/ktb-20230803.htm

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