Apparel & textiles
15 companies · $89.8B combined revenue · $9.9B operating profit
The typical US-listed apparel & textiles company grew revenue 4.9% and earnings 10.4% in its latest year, at a 10.7% operating margin, and 5 of 15 earn a return on capital above 15%. Figures from each company's latest annual filing with the SEC, refreshed daily.
Growth engines: the 4 Cylinders
All four working: 9% of companiesA company's earnings per share can grow in only four ways: more sales, profits growing faster than sales (operating leverage), wider margins, and less debt. Each bar is the share of companies where that engine worked in their latest year.
- Sales growth · Revenue up 10% or more33%
- Operating leverage · Operating income growing faster than a growing revenue50%
- Margin expansion · Operating margin up 1 point or more40%
- Debt reduction · Debt down 5% or more, or net cash42%
Combined revenue · 14 companies reporting in US dollars
Combined operating margin
All 15 companies
| Median | – | 4.9% | 10.4% | 10.7% | 8.9% | 0.46x |
| CTASCintas | $11.3B | 8.9%▲ | 10.4% | 23.1%▲ | 33.2%▲ | 0.47x▼ |
| RLRalph Lauren | $8.1B | 14.6%▲ | 26.7%▲ | 14.5%▲ | 19.9%▲ | 0.44x▲ |
| ASAmer Sports | $6.6B | 26.7%▲ | 462%▲ | 10.7%▲ | 8.9% | 0.14x▲ |
| LULUlululemon athletica | $11.1B | 4.9% | -13%▼ | 19.9%▲ | 33.7%▲ | – |
| MHKMohawk Industries | $10.8B | -0.5%▼ | -28.1%▼ | 4.5%▼ | 4.5%▼ | 0.24x▲ |
| GILGildan Activewear | $3.6B | 10.7%▲ | -0.5%▼ | 17.1%▲ | 7.5%▼ | 1.21x▼ |
| LEVILEVI Strauss | $6.3B | 4.1%▼ | 175%▲ | 10.8%▲ | 14.1%▲ | 0.46x▲ |
| VFCV F | $9.6B | 1.1%▼ | – | 6%▼ | 8.1%▼ | 1.90x▼ |
| KTBKontoor Brands | $3.2B | 20.9%▲ | -7.5%▼ | 10.7% | 16.9%▲ | 2.02x▼ |
| PVHPVH | $9.0B | 3.4%▼ | -95.8%▼ | 2.6%▼ | 2.5%▼ | 0.48x▼ |
| ZGNErmenegildo Zegna | EUR 1.9B | -1.5%▼ | 20.5%▲ | 7.3%▼ | 6.7%▼ | 0.24x▲ |
| FIGSFIGS | $631M | 13.6%▲ | 1159%▲ | 6%▼ | 7.8%▼ | – |
| COLMColumbia Sportswear | $3.4B | 0.9%▼ | -20.6%▼ | 6.1%▼ | 9.6%▲ | – |
| UAAUnder Armour | $5.0B | -3.8%▼ | – | -3.3%▼ | -6%▼ | 0.84x▼ |
| TILEInterface | $1.4B | 5.4%▲ | 33.5%▲ | 11.8%▲ | 16.9%▲ | 0.28x▲ |
▲ better than the median, ▼ worse. n/a: the ratio doesn't apply to that kind of business (e.g. a bank's operating margin). Sort by any column. Figures from each company's latest 10-K (or 20-F/40-F).