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$17.85 +0.27 (+1.54%)
Closing price 05/20/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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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.

Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) and Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

Levi Strauss & Co. presently has a consensus target price of $19.82, suggesting a potential upside of 11.03%. Amer Sports has a consensus target price of $31.55, suggesting a potential downside of 15.27%. Given Levi Strauss & Co.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Levi Strauss & Co. is more favorable than Amer Sports.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Levi Strauss & Co.
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Amer Sports
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

In the previous week, Amer Sports had 14 more articles in the media than Levi Strauss & Co.. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Amer Sports and 27 mentions for Levi Strauss & Co.. Amer Sports' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Levi Strauss & Co.'s score of 0.79 indicating that Amer Sports is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Levi Strauss & Co.
10 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amer Sports
22 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Levi Strauss & Co.3.32% 25.88% 8.12%
Amer Sports -0.74%3.15%1.12%

Levi Strauss & Co. has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amer Sports has a beta of 2.76, indicating that its share price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Levi Strauss & Co. received 125 more outperform votes than Amer Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.07% of users gave Amer Sports an outperform vote while only 62.74% of users gave Levi Strauss & Co. an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Levi Strauss & Co.Outperform Votes
165
62.74%
Underperform Votes
98
37.26%
Amer SportsOutperform Votes
40
74.07%
Underperform Votes
14
25.93%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Levi Strauss & Co.$6.40B1.10$210.60M$0.8920.06
Amer Sports$5.18B3.98-$208.60M$0.14265.93

69.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of Amer Sports 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Levi Strauss & Co. beats Amer Sports on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LEVI vs. The Competition

MetricLevi Strauss & Co.Apparel IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.07B$4.73B$25.21B$19.70B
Dividend Yield2.97%4.00%169.73%3.84%
P/E Ratio34.3314.4124.7735.13
Price / Sales1.101.183.9836.36
Price / Cash9.0812.7019.4117.51
Price / Book3.583.046.254.78
Net Income$210.60M$183.11M$781.36M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.23%-0.02%0.77%1.62%
1 Month Performance18.53%16.35%13.88%13.00%
1 Year Performance-18.72%-13.81%8.94%5.59%

Levi Strauss & Co. Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LEVI
Levi Strauss & Co.
3.593 of 5 stars
$17.85
+1.5%
$19.82
+11.0%
-18.3%$7.07B$6.40B34.3318,000Trending News
Gap Up
AS
Amer Sports
3.2632 of 5 stars
$30.09
+11.5%
$31.45
+4.5%
+132.0%$16.66B$5.18B-214.8811,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Options Volume
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BIRK
Birkenstock
3.1483 of 5 stars
$53.20
+1.2%
$66.06
+24.2%
+17.4%$9.99B$1.86B42.907,400Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
GIL
Gildan Activewear
4.6959 of 5 stars
$48.37
+2.4%
$58.20
+20.3%
+40.2%$7.33B$3.29B19.3551,000News Coverage
Positive News
BRP
The Baldwin Insurance Group
N/A$38.82
-1.4%
$37.00
-4.7%
+15.0%$4.56B$1.27B-42.209,200
KTB
Kontoor Brands
4.0582 of 5 stars
$72.54
+5.8%
$84.80
+16.9%
+2.5%$4.01B$2.60B16.3414,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
ZGN
Ermenegildo Zegna
2.0635 of 5 stars
$8.54
+3.5%
$8.70
+1.9%
-33.7%$3.48B$1.95B16.116,050Positive News
Gap Up
UAA
Under Armour
3.4646 of 5 stars
$6.20
+6.1%
$7.99
+29.0%
-0.4%$2.66B$5.32B-21.3617,500High Trading Volume
UA
Under Armour
2.2556 of 5 stars
$5.90
+5.6%
$9.00
+52.7%
-2.8%$2.53B$5.32B-20.3317,500Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CPRI
Capri
3.915 of 5 stars
$18.40
+9.0%
$24.08
+30.9%
-49.1%$2.17B$4.63B-2.1515,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
GOOS
Canada Goose
1.2545 of 5 stars
$9.05
+2.9%
$10.20
+12.8%
-32.0%$875.61M$1.32B17.394,350Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:LEVI) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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