Levi Strauss & Co (NYSE: LEVI) is 5.43% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $15.16 and a high of $24.34 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The LEVI stock was last observed hovering at around $17.54 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.7%.
Currently trading at $18.24, the stock is 3.77% and 5.46% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.46 million and changing 3.99% at the moment leaves the stock -5.64% off its SMA200. LEVI registered 16.03% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 5.01%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $17.2696 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $19.342.
The stock witnessed a 5.31% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 2.59%, and is 5.01% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.10% over the week and 2.55% over the month.
Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI) has around 19100 employees, a market worth around $7.24B and $6.16B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 47.34 and Fwd P/E is 13.28. Profit margin for the company is 2.51%. Distance from 52-week low is 20.32% and -25.06% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.01%).
with sales reaching $1.73B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 12.01% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 1.01% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 5.24% in year-over-year returns.
Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI) Top Institutional Holders
336.0 institutions hold shares in Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI), with institutional investors hold 93.49% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 104.37M, and float is at 95.09M with Short Float at 6.00%. Institutions hold 85.31% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 8.74 million shares valued at $168.58 million. The investor’s holdings represent 2.1926% of the LEVI Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is MACQUARIE GROUP LTD with 7.66 million shares valued at $147.6 million to account for 1.9197 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP which holds 6.68 million shares representing 1.6741% and valued at over $128.72 million, while CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS holds 1.6613 of the shares totaling 6.63 million with a market value of $127.74 million.
Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Friedman David A, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Friedman David A sold 4,166 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 06 ’25 at a price of $18.00 per share for a total of $74988.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.1 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 02 ’24, Friedman David A (Director) disposed off 8,332 shares at an average price of $18.00 for $0.15 million. The insider now directly holds 108,344 shares of Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI).
