Forensic Analysis · Durable Goods, Textiles & Apparel · as of Sep 24, 2026

Pvh Corp. /De/ (PVH)

A forensic read on Pvh Corp. /De/ built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

D · Weak — demands caution

Forensic grade

Safe

Financial health

3.0

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

-20.6

P / E (ttm)

0.5%

ROE

$3.5B

Market cap

0.17%

Dividend yield

3.4%

Revenue growth

This free snapshot doesn't read filing or proxy text, so the auditor-quality and governance checks that can lower a grade were not evaluated (red flags, auditor quality, say on pay, board independence, going concern, valuation). Those checks only ever lower a grade, so the full analysis can land below the grade above but never above it — treat it as the most favourable reading, not the settled one.

Pvh Corp. /De/ earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 3.0, placing it in the Safe zone. 3 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

1.7%

FY2026

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 1.7% in the latest fiscal year and slipping across FY2024–FY2026 from 9%. The capital base behind it barely moved across FY2024–FY2026 ($8.3B to $8.6B, +4%), so there has been little new capital for that return to be earned on.

$426M

FY2026–FY2026

Goodwill impairments. Took $426M of goodwill writedowns across 1 year (FY2026 ($426M)) — about 1684% of net income over the span. A large writedown means an acquisition turned out worth far less than was paid — a real mark against M&A discipline.

107% of FCF

FY2026

Shareholder returns. Returned $578M to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2026 — 107% of free cash flow. That is $39M (7%) more than free cash flow covered. The balance sheet covered it: cash fell $46M and total debt rose $214M over FY2026. That ratio has been CLIMBING past free cash flow — 79% of free cash flow two years back — not just sitting there. Counting the $44M of stock-based comp paid out in shares on top of that, the combined claim on free cash flow is 115%.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$8.95B

Revenue Growth YoY+3.4%

Revenue CAGR (2yr)-1.5%

Net Margin0.3%

Free Cash Flow$538.4M

Return on Equity0.5%

Debt / Equity0.48x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Sep 24, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.