Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. DECK scored 81.9, KTB scored 80.0 — DECK leads.
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DECK
Deckers Outdoor Corporation
Footwear & Accessories · Quality-Growth
81.9
$82.89 · $11.3B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
1.9
DECK leads
KTB
Kontoor Brands, Inc.
Apparel Manufacturing · Quality-Growth
80
$65.62 · $3.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestDECK11.7x
Fastest growthKTB+34.3%
Strongest balance sheetDECK0.21
Highest qualityDECK96 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueKTB-53%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
DECK
stronger →← stronger
KTB
96
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
81
72
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
79
80
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
80
DECK and KTB split the three pillars evenly.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
DECK
KTB
$1.1bC+
FCF
$422mC
+9.8%B
Rev
+34.3%A
0.21A-
D/E
2.06C
11.7xA-
P/E
16.0xB+
1.01B+
PEG
1.89C+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
DECK
KTB
36% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
53% below
~-3%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-11%/yr
+43%
1-yr DCF upside
+99%
+56%
5-yr DCF upside
+112%
+77%
10-yr DCF upside
+131%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
DECK
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
KTB
Why this score
Durable high returns
The companies
DECKDeckers Outdoor Corporation
Footwear & Accessories · $82.89 · beta 1.12
Why now
Footwear & Accessories · market cap $11.3b. Down 32% from 52-week high of $122.29 — deep drawdown territory. 22 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $120.41 (implying +45% upside).
Moat
Net margin 18% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 43% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 110% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 32% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
KTBKontoor Brands, Inc.
Apparel Manufacturing · $65.62 · beta 0.90
Why now
Apparel Manufacturing · market cap $3.6b. Down 26% from 52-week high of $88.96 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +34% — in hypergrowth territory. 10 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $97.50 (implying +49% upside).
Moat
ROE 43% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 158% of net income, helped by cash released from working capital ($123m) that doesn't repeat every year.
Risk
D/E 2.06 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
The model favors DECK (79.3) over KTB (77.3), driven by DECK's superior Quality pillar score of 95 versus KTB's 78 and its A- grade for Debt/Equity (0.21). However, a contrarian could prefer KTB, which implies a deeply pessimistic -6% annual growth, offering a larger margin of safety at -54% below fair value.
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Where DECK and KTB diverge
On the headline score the gap is 1.9 points in favor of DECK. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
QualityDECK 95.9 · KTB 80.8DECK +15.1
GrowthDECK 71.6 · KTB 78.7KTB +7.1
ValueDECK 80.0 · KTB 80.4level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is DECK or KTB the better stock?
DECK scores higher: DECK 81.9, KTB 80.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do DECK and KTB differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where DECK leads by 15 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are DECK and KTB scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.