Levi Strauss & Co (NYSE: LEVI) is 2.54% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $12.17 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 $17.21 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.53%.
Currently trading at $17.74, the stock is 11.92% and 12.51% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.07 million and changing 3.08% at the moment leaves the stock 0.81% off its SMA200. LEVI registered -19.29% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of 4.17%.
The stock witnessed a 22.18% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.58%, and is 8.90% 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 2.88% over the week and 3.71% over the month.
Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI) has around 18700 employees, a market worth around $7.01B and $6.33B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.96 and Fwd P/E is 13.48. Profit margin for the company is 5.63%. Distance from 52-week low is 45.77% and -27.12% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (9.05%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -3.89% this year.
Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 104.59M, and float is at 94.45M with Short Float at 6.53%.
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 Mar 03 ’25 at a price of $18.02 per share for a total of $75071.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 95846.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 03 ’25, Friedman David A (Director) disposed off 4,166 shares at an average price of $18.44 for $76821.0. The insider now directly holds 100,012 shares of Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI).
