LEVI vs. AS, BIRK, GIL, BRP, KTB, ZGN, UAA, UA, CPRI, and GOOS
Should you be buying Levi Strauss & Co. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Levi Strauss & Co. include Amer Sports (AS), Birkenstock (BIRK), Gildan Activewear (GIL), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Under Armour (UAA), Under Armour (UA), Capri (CPRI), and Canada Goose (GOOS). These companies are all part of the "apparel" industry.
Levi Strauss & Co. vs.
Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) and Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Levi Strauss & Co. received 121 more outperform votes than Amer Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.77% of users gave Amer Sports an outperform vote while only 62.64% of users gave Levi Strauss & Co. an outperform vote.
Levi Strauss & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Amer Sports. Levi Strauss & Co. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amer Sports, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
40.3% of Amer Sports shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Amer Sports has a beta of 3.64, suggesting that its share price is 264% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Levi Strauss & Co. has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Amer Sports currently has a consensus price target of $36.67, indicating a potential downside of 3.06%. Levi Strauss & Co. has a consensus price target of $20.45, indicating a potential upside of 16.69%. Given Levi Strauss & Co.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Levi Strauss & Co. is more favorable than Amer Sports.
Levi Strauss & Co. has a net margin of 3.32% compared to Amer Sports' net margin of -0.74%. Levi Strauss & Co.'s return on equity of 25.88% beat Amer Sports' return on equity.
In the previous week, Amer Sports had 4 more articles in the media than Levi Strauss & Co.. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Amer Sports and 1 mentions for Levi Strauss & Co.. Amer Sports' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Levi Strauss & Co.'s score of 0.13 indicating that Amer Sports is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Levi Strauss & Co. beats Amer Sports on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LEVI) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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