---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001760965-25-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KTB"
cik: "0001760965"
company_name: "Kontoor Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T04:50:36.289276+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kontoor Q4 revenue $699M (+4%); adj EPS $1.38; FY25 guidance $5.20-$5.30

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $699M (+4% YoY); adj gross margin 44.7% (+160bps); adj operating income $101M (+17%).
- Full year 2024: revenue $2.61B (flat); adj EPS $4.89 (+10%); inventory -22%.
- FY25 outlook: revenue $2.63-$2.69B (+1-3%); adj EPS $5.20-$5.30 (+6-8%); adj operating income $400-$408M.
- Project Jeanius run-rate benefit raised to >$100M; Helly Hansen acquisition not included in FY25 outlook.
- Quarterly dividend $0.52/share declared; $198M returned to shareholders in 2024 including buybacks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001760965-25-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KTB
- cik: 0001760965
- company_name: Kontoor Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-25T23:59:59+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/1760965/000176096525000009/0001760965-25-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096525000009/ktb-20250225.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001760965-25-000009.txt

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