PVH
PVH on NYSE. PVH sells apparel, underwear, and footwear to retailers and consumers. Market value $3.5bn.
Price checks use the past 12 months to July 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to January 2026.
Recent profit includes a big one-time charge, so we price the company excluding that charge.
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For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $19.81 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.
You pay 6.1 years of operating profit for the business. The average large US company costs around 18.
Each dollar kept in the business earns 9 cents a year. Above 10 is good.
Quality score: 79 of 100. Price score: 94 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.
$78.21 a share, 31% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $59.60 to $100.75.
Dividend: 0.2% a year
Paid every year for at least 5 years
Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | |||||
| Revenue | $9.2bn | $9.0bn | $9.2bn | $8.7bn | $9.0bn |
| Operating margin | |||||
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 5.2% | 10.1% | 8.9% | 2.6% |
| Debt to equity | |||||
| Debt to equity | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.43 | 0.41 | 0.48 |
| Shares outstanding | |||||
| Shares outstanding | 0.06bn | 0.06bn | 0.06bn | 0.05bn | 0.05bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positive4 of 5 years
- Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Nothing unusual
- Financial strength (Piotroski)5 of 8 checks we could run
- Profit backed by cash (accruals)Yes
- Debt0.48× equity
- Revenue growth, five yearsSlow, 4.6% a year
- Buying back its own sharesYes, 27% fewer since 2022
The quarter to July 2026
How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- Sales: $2.1 billion last quarter, down 3% on a year ago.
- A loss of $103 million, after a profit of $224 million a year ago.
- It keeps 4 cents of each $1 of sales as operating profit, up from 2 cents a year earlier.
- Spare cash over the past 12 months: $715 million, up from $516 million.
- 5% fewer shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit more of the company.
- Debt is $1.3 billion more than cash, down from $2 billion a year ago.
- Sales grew on a year ago in 3 of the last 4 quarters.
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| October 2024 | $2.3bn |
| January 2025 | $2.4bn |
| April 2025 | $2.0bn |
| July 2025 | $2.2bn |
| October 2025 | $2.3bn |
| January 2026 | $2.5bn |
| April 2026 | $2.0bn |
| July 2026 | $2.1bn |
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| October 2024 | $132m |
| January 2025 | $157m |
| April 2025 | -$45m |
| July 2025 | $224m |
| October 2025 | $4m |
| January 2026 | -$158m |
| April 2026 | $88m |
| July 2026 | -$103m |
From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- n/a
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 31 March 2026
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- 2 December 2026
Who owns it
10 long-term investors we follow own it, up from 9 last quarter. 387 funds in all.
- LSV Asset ManagementJosef Lakonishok
- Value
- $157m
- Share of fund
- 0.3%
| Fund | Value | Share of that fund | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pzena Investment ManagementRichard Pzena | $445m | 1.3% | Added |
| LSV Asset ManagementJosef Lakonishok | $157m | 0.3% | |
| Southeastern Asset Management (Longleaf)Mason Hawkins | $47m | 2.4% | Cut |
| Greenlight CapitalDavid Einhorn | $39m | 1.0% | New |
| Atlantic Investment ManagementAlex Roepers | $19m | 9.9% | Added |
| Gotham Asset ManagementJoel Greenblatt | $9m | <0.1% | Added |
| Kiltearn PartnersKiltearn team | $4m | 0.9% | Added |
| Hotchkis & WileyHotchkis & Wiley team | $3m | <0.1% | Cut |
| GMOJeremy Grantham | $2m | <0.1% | Cut |
| GAMCO InvestorsMario Gabelli | $690,989 | <0.1% | Added |
Largest holders overall
- FMR$507mAdded
- Pzena Investment Management$445mAdded
- BlackRock$333m
- Dimensional Fund Advisors LP$229m
- Vanguard Portfolio Management$161m
- LSV Asset Management$157m
- Allspring Global Investments Holdings$155mCut
- Vanguard Capital Management$155m
- American Century Companies$134mAdded
- State Street$110mCut
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
5 investors own more than 5%.
- FMR LLCPassive investorat least 14.7%+4.7 pts(filed with 1 related holder)Since 30 April 2026
- Pzena Investment ManagementPassive investor13.4%+2.2 ptsSince 30 June 2025
- BlackRock, Inc.Passive investor9.0%−1.2 ptsSince 30 June 2025
- Dimensional Fund Advisors LPPassive investor6.3%Since 30 June 2025
- Vanguard Capital ManagementPassive investor5.3%Since 31 March 2026
- The Vanguard GroupPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 13 March 2026
| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
FMR LLC Passive investor | at least 14.7%+4.7 pts (filed with 1 related holder) | 30 April 2026 | |
Pzena Investment Management Passive investor | 13.4%+2.2 pts | 30 June 2025 | |
BlackRock, Inc. Passive investor | 9.0%−1.2 pts | 30 June 2025 | |
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Passive investor | 6.3% | 30 June 2025 | |
Vanguard Capital Management Passive investor | 5.3% | 31 March 2026 | |
The Vanguard Group Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 13 March 2026 |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
In the last 12 months, 1 insider bought $1m of shares on the open market. 1 sold $642,500.
- Larsson StefanChief Executive Officer, DirectorBought
- Date
- 11 September 2026
- Shares
- 14,179
- Price
- $70.53
- Value
- $1m
- FISCHER MARK DEVP, General Counsel & Sec.Sold
- Date
- 17 April 2026
- Shares
- 4,739
- Price
- $93.80
- Value
- $444,500
- FISCHER MARK DEVP, General Counsel & Sec.Sold
- Date
- 16 April 2026
- Shares
- 2,200
- Price
- $90.00
- Value
- $198,000
| Date | Who | Did | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2026 | Larsson Stefan Chief Executive Officer, Director | Bought | 14,179 | $70.53 | $1m |
| 17 April 2026 | FISCHER MARK D EVP, General Counsel & Sec. | Sold | 4,739 | $93.80 | $444,500 |
| 16 April 2026 | FISCHER MARK D EVP, General Counsel & Sec. | Sold | 2,200 | $90.00 | $198,000 |
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
Warning signs in its filings
Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.
None of the warning signs we check for were found.
We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.
We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 31 Mar 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 2 Sep 2026 and 7 later 8-Ks.
A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.
What could go wrong
Cheap for a reason is the question the numbers cannot answer.
Whether the price already reflects the risks is what the deep dive is for.
What changed in the risks this year
Companies must list what could hurt them each year. These are the parts that changed since last year’s report.
We rely significantly on information technology. Our business and reputation could be adversely impacted if our computer systems, or the systems of our business partners and service providers, are disrupted or cease to operate effectively or if we or they are subject to a data security or privacy breach.
Could happenWe recently announced a partnership with OpenAI to integrate an enterprise ChatGPT platform throughout various aspects of our operations for which there can be no assurance that we will be fully successful in our utilization of artificial intelligence. The growing integration of artificial intelligence into business systems and processes both by us and our business partners poses data exposure, privacy, legal, operational and other risks that could adversely affect us and our business. Additionally, malicious actors are using artificial intelligence to carry out more sophisticated social engineering attacks, increasing the potential for harm.
Read moreWe primarily use foreign suppliers for our products and raw materials, which poses risks to our business operations.
Could happenThere continues to be uncertainty in the current global trade environment due to recent changes in, and proposals and declared intentions to change trade policy, including trade restrictions, the negotiation, renegotiation or termination of trade agreements, and the imposition of new tariffs or increases in existing tariffs on imports into the affected countries. Recent legal and policy developments have further increased uncertainty. In February 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that many of the tariffs imposed by the U.S. federal government were unconstitutional. In response to that decision, the U.S. President issued an executive order imposing tariffs pursuant to Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 for 150 days, effective on February 24, 2026. There is significant uncertainty regarding further trade policy actions, including whether further additional tariffs or other retaliatory actions may be imposed, modified, or suspended, and in the amount and timing of tariff refunds.
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The deep dive
Everything above is arithmetic on public filings. The deep dive reads the last ten years of annual reports, the proxy statements, and the earnings calls, then argues the case the way Buffett, Klarman, and Hohn would, and checks every claim against the source.
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