Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Manufacturers
Levi Strauss & Co. LEVI
$19.87 -0.25% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $7.77B
High qualityInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 7, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +11.3%).
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.62, up 58.6% year over year.
- The shares trade at 12.3× trailing earnings, lower than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 49%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 15%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 29%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 43%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 43%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 23%
- Gross marginTop 9%
- Operating marginTop 28%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 23%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 22%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 31%
- Interest coverTop 21%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 16%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 39%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 27%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 46%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 23%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 33%
- 6-month returnTop 41%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 38%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 40%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 46%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 3%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 11%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 33%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 15%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 40%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 46%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 31%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.1% | 4.5% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 75.2% | 58.6% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 61.5% | 61.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 12.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 5.8% | 8.7% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.5% | 4.1% | ↑ | Top 49% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 58.6% | 75.2% | ↓ | Top 15% |
| Gross margin | 61.7% | 61.5% | ↑ | Top 9% |
| Operating margin | 12.3% | 8.6% | ↑ | Top 28% |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 6.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.7% | 5.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 12.7% | — | Top 23% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.6% | — | Bottom 43% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.24×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -9.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.48×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 15.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.80%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.53%
- Shareholder yield
- 7.33%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -2.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 8, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +11.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $28.80
- Target vs current price
- +44.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 19
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 79%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2026 | +14.8% | -1.2% | -3.5% | -0.6% | -20.1% |
| Apr 7, 2026 | +14.3% | +0.3% | +13.6% | +12.4% | +24.7% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | +5.1% | -3.7% | -8.6% | +4.2% | +5.8% |
| Oct 9, 2025 | +11.1% | -0.5% | -13.1% | -18.2% | -13.9% |
| Jul 10, 2025 | +64.1% | +1.7% | +8.1% | +5.1% | +25.7% |
| Apr 7, 2025 | +36.6% | -2.8% | +8.3% | +17.3% | +38.4% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | +4.2% | -1.5% | +4.7% | -3.2% | -13.1% |
| Oct 2, 2024 | +5.9% | -2.9% | -11.1% | -19.8% | -19.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.24 | +14.8% | $1.56B |
| Apr 7, 2026 | $0.42 | $0.37 | +14.3% | $1.74B |
| Jan 28, 2026 | $0.41 | $0.39 | +5.1% | $1.77B |
| Oct 9, 2025 | $0.34 | $0.31 | +11.1% | $1.54B |
| Jul 10, 2025 | $0.22 | $0.13 | +64.1% | $1.45B |
| Apr 7, 2025 | $0.38 | $0.28 | +36.6% | $1.53B |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $0.50 | $0.48 | +4.2% | $1.84B |
| Oct 2, 2024 | $0.33 | $0.31 | +5.9% | $1.52B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 12.3× | 15.1× | 14th | Top 16% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.4× | — | — | Top 27% |
| EV / Sales | 1.39× | — | — | Bottom 46% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.40% | — | — | Top 39% |
| Earnings yield | 8.15% | — | — | Top 16% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.4× – 63.9× since May 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -18.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +58.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -22.2%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -7.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -8.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -8.8%
- RSI (14)
- 39.2
- Relative volume
- 1.21×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 27.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 3th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.08
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.46
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -22.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -48.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -59.3% | 988 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Feb 8, 2021 | -13.5% | 18 days | 8 days (Feb 19, 2021) |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Mar 23, 2021 | -10.4% | 6 days | 13 days (Apr 12, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $7.77B
- P/E (TTM)
- 12.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.62
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.61B
- Dividend yield
- 2.92%
- 52-week range
- $17.72 – $25.70
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.76B | $6.17B | $6.18B | $6.36B | $6.28B |
| Gross profit | $3.35B | $3.55B | $3.52B | $3.82B | $3.88B |
| Operating income | $686.2M | $646.5M | $353.3M | $264.1M | $677.6M |
| Net income | $553.5M | $569.1M | $249.6M | $210.6M | $578.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.35 | $1.41 | $0.62 | $0.52 | $1.45 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.52B | $1.84B | $1.53B | $1.45B | $1.54B | $1.77B | $1.74B | $1.56B |
| Net income | $20.7M | $182.6M | $135.0M | $67.0M | $218.1M | $158.0M | $175.8M | $87.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.05 | $0.46 | $0.34 | $0.17 | $0.55 | $0.40 | $0.45 | $0.22 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $737.3M | $228.1M | $435.5M | $898.4M | $545.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$166.9M | -$267.1M | -$313.6M | -$227.5M | -$221.4M |
| Free cash flow | $570.4M | -$39.0M | $121.9M | $670.9M | $324.3M |
| Dividends paid | -$104.4M | -$174.3M | -$190.5M | -$198.5M | -$212.9M |
| Net share buybacks | -$85.9M | -$175.7M | -$8.1M | -$90.1M | -$150.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $977.8M
- Total assets
- $6.63B
- Total liabilities
- $4.36B
- Total debt
- $2.30B
- Net debt
- $1.45B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.27B
As of May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 8, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | $0.16 | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $0.14 | May 6, 2026 |
| Feb 10, 2026 | $0.14 | Feb 25, 2026 |
| Oct 20, 2025 | $0.14 | Nov 4, 2025 |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $0.14 | Aug 8, 2025 |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $0.13 | May 9, 2025 |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $0.13 | Feb 28, 2025 |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $0.13 | Nov 14, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 8,045,787
- Days to cover
- 3.78
- Change vs previous report
- +13.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.