LEVI vs. ZGN, CAVA, FBIN, MTCH, GPS, SFM, TPR, ANF, FIVE, and LAD
Should you be buying Levi Strauss & Co. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Levi Strauss & Co. include Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), CAVA Group (CAVA), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Match Group (MTCH), GAP (GPS), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Tapestry (TPR), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Five Below (FIVE), and Lithia Motors (LAD). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Ermenegildo Zegna (NYSE:ZGN) and Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Levi Strauss & Co. had 1 more articles in the media than Ermenegildo Zegna. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Levi Strauss & Co. and 2 mentions for Ermenegildo Zegna. Levi Strauss & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Ermenegildo Zegna's score of 0.17 indicating that Ermenegildo Zegna is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ermenegildo Zegna currently has a consensus price target of $15.60, indicating a potential upside of 24.80%. Levi Strauss & Co. has a consensus price target of $20.56, indicating a potential downside of 8.07%. Given Levi Strauss & Co.'s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ermenegildo Zegna is more favorable than Levi Strauss & Co..
Levi Strauss & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Ermenegildo Zegna.
Levi Strauss & Co. has a net margin of 2.05% compared to Levi Strauss & Co.'s net margin of 0.00%. Ermenegildo Zegna's return on equity of 20.68% beat Levi Strauss & Co.'s return on equity.
12.9% of Ermenegildo Zegna shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Ermenegildo Zegna shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Levi Strauss & Co. received 134 more outperform votes than Ermenegildo Zegna when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.06% of users gave Levi Strauss & Co. an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave Ermenegildo Zegna an outperform vote.
Ermenegildo Zegna has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Levi Strauss & Co. has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Levi Strauss & Co. beats Ermenegildo Zegna on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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