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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

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

PVH Corp.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2010Jan 20102011Jan 20112012Jan 20122013Feb 20132014Feb 20142015Feb 20152016Jan 20162017Jan 20172018Feb 20182019Feb 20192020Feb 20202021Jan 20212022Jan 20222023Jan 20232024Feb 20242025Feb 20252026Feb 2026LTMAug 2026
Gross margin49.3%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 margin6.7%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 margin7.9%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 equity13.9%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 assets6.9%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 turnover1.031.020.870.830.850.740.750.750.780.810.780.530.710.750.800.780.790.77
Current ratio2.741.971.672.101.931.951.841.841.621.711.441.531.311.291.181.271.521.65
Debt to equity34.2%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)————2.7x3.7x6.5x6.5x4.9x7.4x4.7xn/m9.9x5.3x9.4x8.6x2.4x4.0x
Effective tax rate23.5%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 revenue39.1%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 revenue1.0%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 income117.7%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 income4.8%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 flow4.3%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%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 6 checks passed · August 2, 2026
What it owns · $11.4bn
Short-term assets $4.0bnLonger-term assets $7.4bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $7.2bn
Short-term liabilities $2.4bnShareholders' equity $4.8bn
  • 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.

From PVH Corp.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

52 /100

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).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from PVH Corp.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to PVH Corp.