Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Acquires New Stake in PVH Corp. $PVH

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of PVH Corp. (NYSE:PVH) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 11,492 shares of the textile maker’s stock, valued at approximately $853,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in PVH. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of PVH by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 563,629 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $37,774,000 after purchasing an additional 12,279 shares during the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp raised its position in shares of PVH by 5,248.4% in the first quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 30,165 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $2,104,000 after buying an additional 29,601 shares during the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC raised its holdings in PVH by 391.1% in the 1st quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 42,250 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $2,928,000 after acquiring an additional 33,646 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of PVH in the second quarter valued at $332,758,000. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP grew its position in shares of PVH by 25.0% in the first quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 132,823 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $9,266,000 after purchasing an additional 26,569 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 97.25% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently weighed in on PVH. Needham & Company LLC reduced their target price on PVH from $107.00 to $102.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, June 4th. Weiss Ratings cut PVH from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 14th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of PVH in a research note on Friday, June 5th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price objective on shares of PVH from $93.00 to $87.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, June 5th. Finally, Bank of America reissued an “underperform” rating and issued a $70.00 target price (down from $90.00) on shares of PVH in a research report on Thursday, June 25th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $86.82.

PVH Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of PVH opened at $75.71 on Monday. PVH Corp. has a twelve month low of $59.60 and a twelve month high of $100.75. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.74. The company has a current ratio of 1.68, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $79.56 and its 200 day simple moving average is $79.03.

PVH (NYSE:PVH) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 3rd. The textile maker reported $2.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.80 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $2.03 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2 billion. PVH had a return on equity of 10.87% and a net margin of 1.76%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 2.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.30 earnings per share. PVH has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.000-3.10 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 11.800-12.10 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that PVH Corp. will post 12.01 earnings per share for the current year.

PVH Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.0375 per share. This represents a $0.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 2nd. PVH’s dividend payout ratio is 4.75%.

PVH Company Profile

PVH Corp is a leading global apparel company known for its portfolio of iconic brands in the dress shirt, sportswear and lifestyle categories. The company designs, markets and distributes clothing, accessories and fragrances under both owned and licensed brands. PVH’s core brand holdings include Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, complemented by a range of heritage labels such as Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW, Warner’s and Olga.

PVH’s operations span the entire value chain from product design and development to manufacturing, marketing and distribution.