---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001760965-24-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KTB"
cik: "0001760965"
company_name: "Kontoor Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T07:33:12.048158+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kontoor Brands Q3 beats; raises full-year outlook

## Summary
- Revenue $670M (+2% YoY); US revenue $530M (+5%); international $141M (-5%).
- Adjusted EPS $1.37 (+12% YoY); adjusted gross margin 45.0% (+150 bps).
- Inventory down 24% to $462M; repurchased $40M shares; dividend raised 4% to $0.52.
- Raised full-year outlook: revenue ~$2.60B, adjusted EPS $4.83, cash from ops >$360M.
- Preliminary 2025: H1 revenue growth ~4%; Project Jeanius benefits H2-weighted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001760965-24-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KTB
- cik: 0001760965
- company_name: Kontoor Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096524000049/0001760965-24-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096524000049/ktb-20241031.htm

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