Let’s look at the key reasons that are pushing Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI) to new highs

Levi Strauss & Co (NYSE: LEVI) kicked off on Friday, up 0.95% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $18.85. Over the past 52 weeks, LEVI has traded in a range of $15.62-$24.34.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Cyclical Sector giant was 3.37%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 1.75%. With a float of $94.96 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $103.98 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 18700 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 60.3%, operating margin of 7.59%, and the pretax margin is 3.44%.

Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Apparel Manufacturing Industry. The insider ownership of Levi Strauss & Co is 76.03%, while institutional ownership is 21.70%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jan 06 ’25, was worth 74,988. In this transaction Director of this company sold 4,166 shares at a rate of $18.00, taking the stock ownership to the 104,178 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jan 06 ’25, when Company’s Director proposed sale 10,416 for $18.00, making the entire transaction worth $187,488.

Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI) Recent Fiscal highlights

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.18 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 1.75% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.04% during the next five years compared to -11.54% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Levi Strauss & Co (NYSE: LEVI) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at Levi Strauss & Co’s (LEVI) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.80. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.18. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 12.21.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.52, a number that is poised to hit 0.29 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.44 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI)

Looking closely at Levi Strauss & Co (NYSE: LEVI), its last 5-days average volume was 4.03 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 2.2 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 77.86%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.65.

During the past 100 days, Levi Strauss & Co’s (LEVI) raw stochastic average was set at 53.87%, which indicates a significant decrease from 77.93% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 27.63% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 29.19% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $17.44, while its 200-day Moving Average is $19.31. However, in the short run, Levi Strauss & Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $19.57. Second resistance stands at $20.11. The third major resistance level sits at $20.55. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $18.59, it is likely to go to the next support level at $18.15. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $17.61.

Levi Strauss & Co (NYSE: LEVI) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 7.54 billion has total of 396,728K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 6,179 M in contrast with the sum of 249,600 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 1,517 M and last quarter income was 20,700 K.