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Great Coach cash machine at peak heat; the price already assumes it stays fashionable for a decade.
The business
Tapestry designs and sells accessible-luxury handbags, leather goods, footwear and accessories, mainly under Coach, with Kate Spade as the second brand (Stuart Weitzman was sold in 2025). It sells through its own stores, e-commerce and wholesale, earning very high gross margins because its products cost little to make and carry brand pricing. Coach brings in most of the revenue and nearly all of the growth and profit, helped by strong demand from Gen Z, the Tabby franchise, and fewer discounts.
Quality gate · 80/100
Moat & management
| Moat | narrow moat |
| Source | brand |
| Trajectory | stable |
| Management | adequate |
Coach's 80-year heritage and leather craftsmanship let it charge full price at a level few rivals match. Its digital-first, data-driven marketing has made it more relevant to young shoppers. But 'accessible luxury' is fashion-driven and has broken before: Coach lost brand heat and margins in 2013-2016, and Kate Spade is currently shrinking. The moat holds only as long as the brand stays culturally relevant, so it is not structurally locked in.
Strong operators who cut discounting, simplified the portfolio and return heavy cash through a dividend and large buybacks (a share count CAGR of -4%). Still, the blocked $8.5B Capri deal shows a taste for acquisitions, and they kept buying back stock at richer prices after the brand's rerating.
Owner-earnings inputs
| Owner earnings (TTM) | 1.58B |
| Owner-earnings yield | 6.8% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.8% |
| Growth used (normalized) | 5.5% |
| Market-implied growth (reverse DCF) | 6.8% |
| Terminal growth | 3.0% |
| Discount rate (hurdle) | 11.5% |
Projected owner earnings
| Yr | Owner earnings | Growth | PV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.67B | 5.5% | 1.49B |
| 2 | 1.75B | 5.3% | 1.41B |
| 3 | 1.84B | 5.1% | 1.33B |
| 4 | 1.94B | 5.0% | 1.25B |
| 5 | 2.03B | 4.8% | 1.17B |
| 6 | 2.12B | 4.6% | 1.10B |
| 7 | 2.22B | 4.4% | 1.03B |
| 8 | 2.31B | 4.2% | 963.89M |
| 9 | 2.40B | 4.1% | 899.28M |
| 10 | 2.50B | 3.9% | 837.57M |
| 11 | 2.59B | 3.7% | 778.76M |
| 12 | 2.68B | 3.5% | 722.82M |
| 13 | 2.77B | 3.4% | 669.75M |
| 14 | 2.86B | 3.2% | 619.50M |
| 15 | 2.95B | 3.0% | 572.03M |
Key risks
- Coach loses fashion heat with Gen Z after a peak cycle, so discounting and margin compression come back as in 2013-2016
- Kate Spade keeps eroding and drags down group growth and returns
- Tariffs, exposure to Chinese consumers, and a pullback in discretionary spending squeeze gross margins that are near record highs
Catalysts
- Coach keeps pushing average unit retail up and expands internationally (China, Europe) with low capital spending
- Buybacks after the price fall (-19% over 6 months) compound per-share value if margins hold
⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~7%/yr owner-earnings growth over 15y (reverse DCF); model credits 6%.