Levi Strauss & Co. - LEVI Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Levi Strauss & Co. in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" LEVI shares.
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10 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Levi Strauss & Co.'s stock. Their LEVI share price forecasts range from $19.00 to $33.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $26.18 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 34.1% from the stock's current price.
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Levi Strauss & Co.'s stock was trading at $25.03 at the beginning of the year. Since then, LEVI stock has decreased by 22.0% and is now trading at $19.53.
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Levi Strauss & Co. saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,080,000 shares, an increase of 16.4% from the June 30th total of 6,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,990,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 5th 2022.
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Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 7th. The blue-jean maker reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.06. The blue-jean maker had revenue of $1.47 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.43 billion. Levi Strauss & Co. had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 40.03% and a net margin of 9.48%. Levi Strauss & Co.'s revenue for the quarter was up 15.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.23 earnings per share.

Levi Strauss & Co. announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 7th. Investors of record on Monday, August 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Wednesday, August 17th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 29th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10.
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Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.46%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 33.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LEVI will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.57% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Levi Strauss & Co. issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 28th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.50-$1.56 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.55. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.40 billion-$6.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.43 billion.

674 employees have rated Levi Strauss & Co. Chief Executive Officer Chip Bergh on Glassdoor.com. Chip Bergh has an approval rating of 92% among the company's employees. This puts Chip Bergh in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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(LEVI) raised $550 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, March 21st 2019. The company issued 36,700,000 shares at $14.00-$16.00 per share. Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan served as the underwriters for the IPO and BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Evercore ISI, BNP PARIBAS, Citigroup, Guggenheim Securities, HSBC, Drexel Hamilton, Telsey Advisory Group and The Williams Capital Group were co-managers.

Levi Strauss & Co. trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LEVI."

Levi Strauss & Co.'s stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Parnassus Investments LLC (1.47%), Franklin Resources Inc. (0.54%), Royce & Associates LP (0.24%), Trillium Asset Management LLC (0.21%), Community Trust & Investment Co. (0.20%) and CORDA Investment Management LLC. (0.15%). Insiders that own company stock include Bradley J Haas, Charles V Bergh, Christopher J Mccormick, Daniel S Haas, David A Friedman, David Sievewright Love, Elizabeth H Eisenhardt, Elizabeth H Eisenhardt, Elizabeth T O'neill, Gavin Brockett, Harmit J Singh, Jennifer A Sey, Jennifer C Haas, Jenny J Ming, Kenneth John Stephon, Marc Ostryniec, Marc Rosen, Margaret E Haas, Miriam L Haas, Patricia Salas Pineda, Peter E Jr Haas, Raphael Goszcz Crawford, Robert D Haas, Roy Bagattini, Seth Jaffe, Seth M Ellison, Shonn D Stahlecker and Walter J Haas.
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One share of LEVI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.53.

Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) has a market capitalization of $7.75 billion and generates $5.76 billion in revenue each year. The blue-jean maker earns $553.54 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.44 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 16,600 workers across the globe.

Levi Strauss & Co.'s mailing address is 1155 BATTERY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94111. The official website for the company is www.levistrauss.com. The blue-jean maker can be reached via phone at (415) 501-6000 or via email at investor-relations@levi.com.