Kontoor Brands

KTB

Kontoor Brands is an American clothing company. It was spun off from the VF Corporation in May 2019, and markets denim clothing under the Lee, Wrangler and Rock & Republic brand names. Kontoor Brands also operates the VF Outlet chain of factory outlet stores. Its head office is in Greensboro, North Carolina.Stock in the company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KTB; market capitalisation in 2020 was about $2.2 billion.

Kontoor Brands has been a target of short sellers for a while. The current short interest of 12.24% is significantly above the average of the last 12 months (8.34%).