All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-01-18.
From the record
V.F. Corporation's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a material cybersecurity incident (8-K item 1.05, 2 times, the latest 2024-01-18) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
-1.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.
From the record
V.F. Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $11 billion in fiscal 2016 to $9.6 billion in fiscal 2026, down 1.5% a year; it rose in 4 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 24% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2017; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 0.6% a year. 27% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 3 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-03-28, V.F. Corporation's diluted share count grew about 0.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 27% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04, buying about $1 million (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 14%: 14¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 80%: owes 80¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-03-28, V.F. Corporation earned about 14 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 57 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 80 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.8% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 40% of 7 in its family; net margin 2.7%.
From the record
V.F. Corporation's standing among 7 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $9.6 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 21% by size; a net margin of 2.7% ranks in the bottom 36%; revenue growth of -4.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 7% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 40% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.
From the record
V.F. Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Darrell, Bracken (President & Chief Exec Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-07-25, 3.3 years (bottom 21% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.5 years (bottom 36%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (top 36%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 36% of 7 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
V.F. Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $824 million against debt of $3.5 billion leaves -29% of its assets as net cash, bottom 21% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7% of revenue (top 50%); a gross margin of 54.8% (bottom 36%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 21% of 7 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
V.F. Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -4.7% a year over the last three filed years against -1.5% over all 10, slowing (bottom 7% of its family); the newest year grew 1.1% (bottom 36%) (its annual reports). V.F. Corporation reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Outdoor at $5.6 billion, Active at $3.1 billion, Work at $833 million. 1 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 59% of revenue (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 17% of 7 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
V.F. Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $9.6 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 9.2% above the $8.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 36% of its family); net income of $255 million against a prior three-year average of $347 million (top 7%); a net margin of 2.7% against -3.6% before (top 7%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made