LEVI vs. AS, GIL, ZGN, COLM, UAA, CRI, GOOS, GIII, FIGS, and SGC
Should you be buying Levi Strauss & Co. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Levi Strauss & Co. include Amer Sports (AS), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Under Armour (UAA), Carter's (CRI), Canada Goose (GOOS), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), FIGS (FIGS), and Superior Group of Companies (SGC). These companies are all part of the "apparel, finished products from fabrics & similar materials" industry.
Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) and Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Levi Strauss & Co. had 8 more articles in the media than Amer Sports. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Levi Strauss & Co. and 1 mentions for Amer Sports. Amer Sports' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Levi Strauss & Co.'s score of 0.42 indicating that Amer Sports is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Levi Strauss & Co. presently has a consensus target price of $20.56, suggesting a potential downside of 14.39%. Amer Sports has a consensus target price of $18.79, suggesting a potential upside of 22.22%. Given Amer Sports' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amer Sports is more favorable than Levi Strauss & Co..
Levi Strauss & Co. received 124 more outperform votes than Amer Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Amer Sports an outperform vote while only 61.06% of users gave Levi Strauss & Co. an outperform vote.
Levi Strauss & Co. has a net margin of 2.05% compared to Amer Sports' net margin of 0.00%. Levi Strauss & Co.'s return on equity of 20.68% beat Amer Sports' return on equity.
Levi Strauss & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Amer Sports.
69.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of Amer Sports shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Levi Strauss & Co. beats Amer Sports on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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