Levi Strauss & Co (NYSE: LEVI) is 4.06% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $12.17 and a high of $21.95 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 $19.4 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.33%.
Currently trading at $19.73, the stock is 7.61% and 11.75% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.35 million and changing 1.70% at the moment leaves the stock 13.04% off its SMA200. LEVI registered 14.05% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 10.59%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $17.656 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $17.45465.
The stock witnessed a 12.61% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 58.86%, and is 2.60% 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 2.63% over the week and 2.69% over the month.
Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI) has around 18700 employees, a market worth around $7.80B and $6.33B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.19 and Fwd P/E is 14.48. Profit margin for the company is 5.63%. Distance from 52-week low is 62.12% and -10.11% 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 -1.35% this year
343.0 institutions hold shares in Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI), with institutional investors hold 93.28% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 104.59M, and float is at 94.64M with Short Float at 7.51%. Institutions hold 85.52% 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 Jedrzejek David, the company’s SVP and General Counsel. SEC filings show that Jedrzejek David sold 461 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 23 ’25 at a price of $18.00 per share for a total of $8298.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.1 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 20 ’25, Jedrzejek David (SVP and General Counsel) disposed off 15,000 shares at an average price of $18.00 for $0.27 million. The insider now directly holds 104,119 shares of Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI).
