Levi Strauss & Co.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Footwear
  • ISIN: US52736R1023
USD
17.93
-0.74 (-3.96%)
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  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Levi Strauss & Co.
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PVH Corp.
Steven Madden Ltd.
Crocs, Inc.
Oxford Industries, Inc.
Ermenegildo Zegna NV

Why is Levi Strauss & Co. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 25.74%
2
Strong ability to service debt as the company has a low Debt to EBITDA ratio of 0.75 times
3
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) of 25.74%
4
The company has declared Positive results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at 71.65 %
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -1.1% (YoY)
  • DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 10.56
5
With ROCE of 26.59%, it has a fair valuation with a 2.80 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 23.63%, its profits have risen by 44.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.3
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Levi Strauss & Co. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Footwear should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Footwear)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Levi Strauss & Co. for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Levi Strauss & Co.
13.34%
-0.19
43.23%
S&P 500
16.41%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
7.14%
EBIT Growth (5y)
34.60%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
13.14
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.75
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.27
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.86
Tax Ratio
15.18%
Dividend Payout Ratio
49.16%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
25.74%
ROE (avg)
27.51%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
14
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
3.17
EV to EBIT
10.81
EV to EBITDA
8.38
EV to Capital Employed
2.81
EV to Sales
1.22
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.79%
ROCE (Latest)
26.03%
ROE (Latest)
23.46%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

7What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Highest at 23.63%

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 63.93 %

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 1.35% (YoY

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 8.46

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 1,764 MM

-2What is not working for the Company
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 1.95 times

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at USD 13.4 MM

Here's what is working for Levi Strauss & Co.

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 63.93 % and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Net Sales
Highest at USD 1,764 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 8.46
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 1.35% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation
Highest at USD 54.9 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Levi Strauss & Co.

Interest
Highest at USD 13.4 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 7.2% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 1.95 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio