---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001760965-25-000100"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KTB"
cik: "0001760965"
company_name: "Kontoor Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T00:55:03.519325+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kontoor Brands Q3 rev $853M (+27%), adj EPS $1.44; raises FY2025 outlook

## Summary
- Q3 revenue $853M (+27% YoY); adjusted gross margin 45.8% (+80bps); adj EPS $1.44 (+5%).
- Wrangler global revenue $471M (+2%); Helly Hansen $193M; Lee $187M (-8%).
- Raised FY2025 outlook: rev at high end $3.09-3.12B, adj EPS ~$5.50 (prev $5.45).
- Board declared $0.53 quarterly dividend (+2%), payable Dec 18, 2025.
- Made $25M voluntary term loan payment in Q3; expects $185M in Q4, total $235M for year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001760965-25-000100
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KTB
- cik: 0001760965
- company_name: Kontoor Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096525000100/0001760965-25-000100-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760965/000176096525000100/ktb-20251103.htm

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