LEVI vs. KTB, PVH, RL, ONON, AS, LULU, BIRK, GIL, BRP, and ZGN
Should you be buying Levi Strauss & Co. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Levi Strauss & Co. include Kontoor Brands (KTB), PVH (PVH), Ralph Lauren (RL), ON (ONON), Amer Sports (AS), lululemon athletica (LULU), Birkenstock (BIRK), Gildan Activewear (GIL), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), and Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN).
Levi Strauss & Co. vs. Its Competitors
Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) and Kontoor Brands (NYSE:KTB) are both mid-cap apparel companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Levi Strauss & Co. pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Kontoor Brands pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Levi Strauss & Co. pays out 54.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kontoor Brands pays out 46.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Levi Strauss & Co. has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Kontoor Brands has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Kontoor Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Levi Strauss & Co. presently has a consensus price target of $23.45, indicating a potential upside of 4.66%. Kontoor Brands has a consensus price target of $91.33, indicating a potential upside of 16.33%. Given Kontoor Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kontoor Brands is more favorable than Levi Strauss & Co..
Kontoor Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Levi Strauss & Co.. Kontoor Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Levi Strauss & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kontoor Brands had 7 more articles in the media than Levi Strauss & Co.. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Kontoor Brands and 6 mentions for Levi Strauss & Co.. Kontoor Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Levi Strauss & Co.'s score of 0.85 indicating that Kontoor Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
69.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Kontoor Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Kontoor Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Levi Strauss & Co. has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kontoor Brands has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kontoor Brands has a net margin of 9.48% compared to Levi Strauss & Co.'s net margin of 6.40%. Kontoor Brands' return on equity of 68.76% beat Levi Strauss & Co.'s return on equity.
Summary
Kontoor Brands beats Levi Strauss & Co. on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:LEVI) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
