PVH Corp. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2026, PVH Corp. had return on equity of 0.5%, an operating margin of 2.6%, debt equal to 48.1% of equity and a current ratio of 1.52. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Jan 2010 | 2011Jan 2011 | 2012Jan 2012 | 2013Feb 2013 | 2014Feb 2014 | 2015Feb 2015 | 2016Jan 2016 | 2017Jan 2017 | 2018Feb 2018 | 2019Feb 2019 | 2020Feb 2020 | 2021Jan 2021 | 2022Jan 2022 | 2023Jan 2023 | 2024Feb 2024 | 2025Feb 2025 | 2026Feb 2026 | LTMAug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 49.3% | 52.2% | 51.9% | 53.8% | 51.5% | 52.5% | 51.9% | 53.3% | 54.9% | 55.0% | 54.4% | 53.0% | 58.2% | 56.8% | 58.2% | 59.4% | 57.5% | 58.8% |
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 6.3% | 6.4% | 9.5% | 9.6% | 7.1% | 9.2% | 5.6% | −15.0% | 11.8% | 5.2% | 10.1% | 8.9% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 1.2% | 4.7% | 7.2% | 1.8% | 5.3% | 7.1% | 6.7% | 6.0% | 7.7% | 4.2% | −15.9% | 10.4% | 2.2% | 7.2% | 6.9% | 0.3% | −1.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.9% | 5.6% | 5.4% | 5.9% | 2.1% | 6.5% | 8.0% | 8.0% | 3.2% | 4.9% | 6.8% | 6.6% | 8.8% | −2.8% | 7.9% | 6.7% | 6.0% | 8.0% |
| Return on equity | 13.9% | 3.0% | 10.7% | 14.5% | 3.8% | 10.1% | 12.8% | 11.7% | 10.4% | 13.1% | 7.2% | −21.6% | 19.0% | 3.9% | 13.1% | 11.7% | 0.5% | −3.5% |
| Return on assets | 6.9% | 1.2% | 4.1% | 6.0% | 1.5% | 4.0% | 5.3% | 5.1% | 4.7% | 6.3% | 3.3% | −8.4% | 7.4% | 1.7% | 5.8% | 5.4% | 0.2% | −1.5% |
| Asset turnover | 1.03 | 1.02 | 0.87 | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.78 | 0.81 | 0.78 | 0.53 | 0.71 | 0.75 | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.77 |
| Current ratio | 2.74 | 1.97 | 1.67 | 2.10 | 1.93 | 1.95 | 1.84 | 1.84 | 1.62 | 1.71 | 1.44 | 1.53 | 1.31 | 1.29 | 1.18 | 1.27 | 1.52 | 1.65 |
| Debt to equity | 34.2% | 96.8% | 70.1% | 70.7% | 91.4% | 81.1% | 69.6% | 66.5% | 55.3% | 48.4% | 46.6% | 75.1% | 44.5% | 45.7% | 42.4% | 40.7% | 48.1% | 46.9% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | — | 2.7x | 3.7x | 6.5x | 6.5x | 4.9x | 7.4x | 4.7x | n/m | 9.9x | 5.3x | 9.4x | 8.6x | 2.4x | 4.0x |
| Effective tax rate | 23.5% | 28.6% | 24.1% | 20.1% | 56.4% | −12.1% | 11.6% | 18.6% | −5.1% | 4.0% | 6.5% | — | 2.1% | 48.4% | 21.1% | 15.2% | 83.3% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 39.1% | 44.7% | 43.3% | 42.9% | 44.9% | 45.1% | 42.6% | 44.8% | 47.6% | 45.9% | 47.6% | 55.8% | 48.7% | 48.5% | 49.3% | 51.0% | 50.2% | 50.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.0% | 2.2% | 2.9% | 3.5% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 3.0% | 4.0% | 3.9% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 2.7% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 117.7% | 474.8% | 116.4% | 82.8% | 121.8% | 121.5% | 112.0% | 119.5% | 53.2% | 63.4% | 161.8% | — | 84.4% | −125.2% | 109.2% | 97.3% | >999% | — |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 4.8% | 18.4% | 3.9% | 2.5% | 8.6% | 2.8% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 1.6% | 2.7% | — | 0.3% | 5.0% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 29.6% | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 4.3% | 4.8% | 5.0% | 6.9% | 42.2% | 4.4% | 23.5% | 51.0% | 94.7% | 71.2% | 52.8% | 25.5% | 45.3% | — | 80.0% | 91.6% | 108.7% | 3.5% |
| Quarter | 2025 Q3Nov 2024 | 2025 Q4Feb 2025 | 2026 Q1May 2025 | 2026 Q2Aug 2025 | 2026 Q3Nov 2025 | 2026 Q4Feb 2026 | 2027 Q1May 2026 | 2027 Q2Aug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 58.4% | 58.2% | 58.6% | 57.7% | 56.3% | 57.6% | 58.6% | 63.0% |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 8.9% | −16.7% | 6.1% | 7.9% | 9.9% | 6.1% | −9.1% |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 6.6% | −2.3% | 10.3% | 0.2% | −6.3% | 4.3% | −4.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −0.5% | 18.7% | −4.9% | 8.4% | −3.7% | 21.5% | −4.2% | 16.5% |
| Current ratio | 1.29 | 1.27 | 1.11 | 1.37 | 1.47 | 1.52 | 1.68 | 1.65 |
| Debt to equity | 40.9% | 40.7% | 48.3% | 46.6% | 46.3% | 48.1% | 46.6% | 46.9% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 51.2% | 48.8% | 51.6% | 52.1% | 48.9% | 48.6% | 53.1% | 53.1% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $4.0bn of assets due within a year against $2.4bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt $966m of cash against $2.2bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 47% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 44% to 47% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $875m of operating cash flow against $2.2bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $363m against $91m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard PVH's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 5 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 5.4% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 19 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 56.2%, moving by 2.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 1 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 7.5%; its worst year was -12.9%.
- Cash conversion 12 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 5.2% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 34.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (57 before it).
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