Insider’s View: Deciphering Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI)’s Financial Health Through Ratios

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The price of Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE: LEVI) closed at $18.48 in the last session, up 0.82% from day before closing price of $18.33. In other words, the price has increased by $0.82 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.49 million shares were traded. LEVI stock price reached its highest trading level at $18.485 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $18.24.

Ratios:

We take a closer look at LEVI’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 11.45 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 11.88. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.77 and its Current Ratio is at 1.42. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.12 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.99.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Telsey Advisory Group on June 21, 2024, Reiterated its Outperform rating but revised its target price to $26 from $24 previously.

Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Outperform rating for the stock on April 04, 2024, while the target price for the stock was revised from $22 to $24.

Insider Transactions:

An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jul 01 ’24 when Friedman David A sold 4,166 shares for $19.37 per share. The transaction valued at 80,695 led to the insider holds 162,510 shares of the business.

Friedman David A sold 16,666 shares of LEVI for $398,984 on Jun 03 ’24. The Director now owns 166,676 shares after completing the transaction at $23.94 per share. On May 31 ’24, another insider, Haas Bradley J., who serves as the 10% Owner of the company, sold 100,000 shares for $24.05 each. As a result, the insider received 2,404,560 and left with 0 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LEVI now has a Market Capitalization of 7345855488 and an Enterprise Value of 8896657408. As of this moment, Levi’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 51.65, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 12.84. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.74. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.19 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.76. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.446 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.221.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, LEVI has reached a high of $24.34, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $12.41. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -14.67%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 1.98%.

Shares Statistics:

According to the various share statistics, LEVI traded on average about 2.25M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1990930 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 102.10M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 90.37M. Insiders hold about 77.27% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 20.79% stake in the company. Shares short for LEVI as of 1719532800 were 6212698 with a Short Ratio of 2.76, compared to 1717113600 on 8856431. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6212698 and a Short% of Float of 6.3100000000000005.

Dividends & Splits

The forward annual dividend rate for LEVI is 0.48, which was 0.48 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.026186578

Earnings Estimates

At present, 11.0 analysts are actively evaluating the performance of Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI) in the stock market.On average, analysts expect EPS of $0.31 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of $0.35 and a low estimate of $0.28, while EPS last year was $0.28. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.52, with high estimates of $0.56 and low estimates of $0.48.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.31 and $1.21 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.25. EPS for the following year is $1.44, with 12.0 analysts recommending between $1.5 and $1.31.

Revenue Estimates

For the next quarter, 10 analysts are estimating revenue of $1.76B. There is a high estimate of $1.78B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.75B.

A total of 13 analysts have provided revenue estimates for LEVI’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $6.37B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $6.29B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $6.32B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $6.18BBased on 13 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $6.65B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $6.87B and the low estimate is $6.53B.

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