In the last trading session, 3.09 million Levi Strauss & Co (NYSE:LEVI) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.14. With the company’s per share price at $15.88 changed hands at -$0.2 or -1.24% during last session, the market valuation stood at $6.28B. LEVI’s last price was a discount, traded about -53.27% off its 52-week high of $24.34. The share price had its 52-week low at $12.17, which suggests the last value was 23.36% up since then. When we look at Levi Strauss & Co’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 2.6 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 2.73 million.
Analysts gave the Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.93. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 11 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 5 recommended LEVI as a Hold, 6 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Levi Strauss & Co’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.13.
Levi Strauss & Co (NYSE:LEVI) trade information
Instantly LEVI was in red as seen at the end of in last trading. With action 5.73%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -8.21%, with the 5-day performance at 5.73% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Levi Strauss & Co (NYSE:LEVI) is -0.63% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 6.36 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 1.74 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 22, meaning bulls need an upside of 27.82% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, LEVI’s forecast low is 19 with 28 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -76.32% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -19.65% for it to hit the projected low.
Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -5.02% down from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 10 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 1.37B. 10 analysts are of the opinion that Levi Strauss & Co’s revenue for the current quarter will be 1.44B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 1.44B and 1.52B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -4.65%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -5.06%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -11.54%. The 2025 estimates are for Levi Strauss & Co earnings to decrease by -3.09%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 3.96% per year.
LEVI Dividends
Levi Strauss & Co is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Apr-06. The 4.03% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.64. It is important to note, however, that the 4.03% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 2.15 per year.
Levi Strauss & Co (NYSE:LEVI)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 8.09% of Levi Strauss & Co shares while 85.46% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 92.98%. There are 85.46% institutions holding the Levi Strauss & Co stock share, with VANGUARD GROUP INC the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 2.1926% of the shares, roughly 8.74 million LEVI shares worth $168.58 million.
MACQUARIE GROUP LTD holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 1.9197% or 7.66 million shares worth $147.6 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were SMALLCAP WORLD FUND INC and VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND . With 6.63 shares estimated at $105.21 million under it, the former controlled 6.33% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND held about 4.12% of the shares, roughly 4.31 shares worth around $68.45 million.
