
VF Corp. returns to annual growth as The North Face and Americas fuel Q4 beat
VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC) reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year ended March 28, 2026, marking a return to annual top-line growth alongside expanding profit margins and a strengthened balance sheet.
Following the performance, the company's Board of Directors authorized a quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per share.
For the full fiscal year 2026, total revenue increased by 1% compared to the prior year.
Stripping out the impact of the Dickies brand, which VF Corp. divested during the third quarter, fiscal-year revenue advanced 4%.
Full-year gross margin expanded by 130 basis points to 54.8%, while operating income reached $577 million, yielding an operating margin of 6%.
The company generated $405 million in free cash flow, representing a year-over-year increase of more than $90 million, which helped reduce its leverage ratio to 3.1x from 4.1x at the end of fiscal 2025.
Fourth-quarter momentum was heavily anchored by the Americas region and the company's outdoor segments.
Total fourth-quarter revenue edged up 1% year-over-year, or 8% excluding the Dickies business, outpacing the company's flat-to-2% guidance to notch its strongest constant-currency quarterly expansion in three years.
In the Americas, revenue rose 2%, bolstered by a 10% constant-currency increase when isolating ongoing brands.
Brand-specific results during the quarter were led by The North Face, which grew 12% globally, underpinned by a 17% increase within the Americas.
Timberland also posted an 8% gain.
Conversely, Vans revenue slipped 1% globally, though the brand achieved a strategic milestone by returning to positive territory across its direct-to-consumer channel in the Americas.
Fourth-quarter operating income came in at $62 million, exceeding conservative internal forecasts.
Backed by the structural recovery, VF Corp. reinstated its annual guidance framework for fiscal year 2027.
Management projects constant-currency revenue growth between 1% and 2% for the upcoming year.