LEVI vs. AS, BIRK, GIL, BRP, KTB, UAA, ZGN, UA, CPRI, and GOOS
Should you be buying Levi Strauss & Co. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Levi Strauss & Co. include Amer Sports (AS), Birkenstock (BIRK), Gildan Activewear (GIL), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Under Armour (UAA), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Under Armour (UA), Capri (CPRI), and Canada Goose (GOOS). These companies are all part of the "apparel" industry.
Levi Strauss & Co. vs.
Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) and Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
Amer Sports presently has a consensus price target of $32.64, suggesting a potential upside of 20.55%. Levi Strauss & Co. has a consensus price target of $21.27, suggesting a potential upside of 31.09%. Given Levi Strauss & Co.'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Levi Strauss & Co. is more favorable than Amer Sports.
Levi Strauss & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Amer Sports. Levi Strauss & Co. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amer Sports, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Levi Strauss & Co. has a net margin of 3.32% compared to Amer Sports' net margin of -0.74%. Levi Strauss & Co.'s return on equity of 25.88% beat Amer Sports' return on equity.
Levi Strauss & Co. received 118 more outperform votes than Amer Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.00% of users gave Amer Sports an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave Levi Strauss & Co. an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Amer Sports had 3 more articles in the media than Levi Strauss & Co.. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Amer Sports and 10 mentions for Levi Strauss & Co.. Amer Sports' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Levi Strauss & Co.'s score of 0.62 indicating that Amer Sports is being referred to more favorably in the media.
40.3% of Amer Sports shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Levi Strauss & Co. beats Amer Sports on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LEVI) was last updated on 3/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
