Telsey Advisory Group Weighs in on LEVI FY2025 Earnings

Key Points

• Telsey Advisory Group has raised its FY2025 EPS estimate for Levi Strauss & Co. to $1.33, up from a previous estimate of $1.30, while maintaining an "Outperform" rating and a price target of $27.00.
• Levi Strauss & Co. reported a quarterly EPS of $0.34, exceeding estimates of $0.31, and a revenue of $1.54 billion for the quarter, which is up 7% year-over-year.
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.14, resulting in an annualized yield of 2.6%, with an ex-dividend date set for October 20th.

Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Telsey Advisory Group upped their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Levi Strauss & Co. in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, October 13th. Telsey Advisory Group analyst D. Telsey now forecasts that the blue-jean maker will post earnings per share of $1.33 for the year, up from their prior estimate of $1.30. Telsey Advisory Group has a "Outperform" rating and a $27.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Levi Strauss & Co.'s current full-year earnings is $1.27 per share. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for Levi Strauss & Co.'s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.39 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.37 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.45 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on LEVI. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on Levi Strauss & Co. from $24.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. Citigroup boosted their price objective on Levi Strauss & Co. from $22.00 to $23.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, September 29th. Zacks Research cut Levi Strauss & Co. from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, September 12th. Bank of America boosted their price objective on Levi Strauss & Co. from $26.00 to $27.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on Levi Strauss & Co. from $19.00 to $20.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Friday. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $26.36.

Levi Strauss & Co. Stock Down 1.2%

Shares of LEVI stock opened at $21.19 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.52. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $22.20 and its 200 day simple moving average is $19.16. The company has a market capitalization of $8.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.94, a PEG ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.30. Levi Strauss & Co. has a twelve month low of $12.17 and a twelve month high of $24.82.

Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 9th. The blue-jean maker reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.31 by $0.03. Levi Strauss & Co. had a return on equity of 27.92% and a net margin of 9.48%.The business had revenue of $1.54 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.50 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.33 EPS. The firm's revenue was up 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Levi Strauss & Co. has set its FY 2025 guidance at 1.270-1.320 EPS.

Levi Strauss & Co. Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, October 20th will be paid a $0.14 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, October 20th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.6%. Levi Strauss & Co.'s payout ratio is currently 36.84%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Levi Strauss & Co. news, major shareholder Margaret E. Haas sold 50,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.14, for a total value of $1,207,000.00. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, major shareholder E. Haas Jr. Family Fund Peter sold 150,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.19, for a total value of $3,628,500.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.25% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in LEVI. Redhawk Wealth Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Levi Strauss & Co. during the third quarter worth about $764,000. Osaic Holdings Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Levi Strauss & Co. by 71.9% in the second quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 12,292 shares of the blue-jean maker's stock worth $227,000 after acquiring an additional 5,141 shares in the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC increased its holdings in shares of Levi Strauss & Co. by 49.2% in the second quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 74,599 shares of the blue-jean maker's stock worth $1,379,000 after acquiring an additional 24,612 shares in the last quarter. Nomura Holdings Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Levi Strauss & Co. during the second quarter worth about $307,000. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC boosted its position in shares of Levi Strauss & Co. by 17,721.6% during the second quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC now owns 6,594 shares of the blue-jean maker's stock worth $122,000 after buying an additional 6,557 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 69.14% of the company's stock.

Levi Strauss & Co. Company Profile

Levi Strauss & Co engages in the design, marketing, and sale of apparel products. The company offers jeans, casual and dress pants, tops, shorts, skirts, jackets, footwear, and related accessories. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded by Levi Strauss in 1853 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

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