Levi Strauss combines a wide economic moat, four consecutive earnings beats averaging over 22% above estimates, and strong quality metrics — but the stock has essentially reached its near-term price target with only about 1.5% headroom remaining, leaving the reward-to-risk ratio at 0.25-to-1 and limiting the attractiveness of adding exposure at current levels despite the underlying business quality.
Thesis pillars
- Wide Moat High Quality Franchise→Stable
- Consistent Earnings Beat Streak↑Improving
- Price Target Nearly Reached→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Jul 3, 2026, based on the 10-K filed Jan 28, 2026
Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup
Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Manufacturing
Sell if holding. At $21.63, A.R:R 0.5:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Concentration risk — Product: Levi's brand (94.0%); Concentration risk — Geographic: outside the United States.
Levi Strauss & Co. designs, markets and sells jeans, casual pants, activewear, tops and accessories under the Levi's® brand (94% of fiscal 2025 net revenues), operating 1,231 company-owned stores in 38 countries and distributing through approximately 50,000 retail locations... Read more
Sell if holding. At $21.63, A.R:R 0.5:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Concentration risk — Product: Levi's brand (94.0%); Concentration risk — Geographic: outside the United States. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 79. Score 5.8/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/10 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 91d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-10-29Recent Developments — Levi Strauss & Co
Latest news
- NEWS Levi Strauss & Co. Appoints John Vandemore as Chief Financial Officer - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance neutral
- NEWS Levi Strauss: The Valuation Leaves Little Room For Disappointment (NYSE:LEVI) - Seeking Alpha — Seeking Alpha negative
- NEWS Levi Strauss: The Valuation Leaves Little Room For Disappointment (NYSE:LEVI) - seekingalpha.com — seekingalpha.com neutral
- NEWS Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) Stock Now Rated "Moderate Buy" by Wall Street Analysts - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
- NEWS Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI) Expected to Post Earnings on Wednesday - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
Generated 2026-10-29T11:48:40Z.
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Thesis
Key Metrics
Quality Signals
Options Flow
Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHProductLevi's brand94%10-K Item 1: 'Our Levi's® brand products accounted for 94%, 94% and 92% of our net revenues in each of the fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively'
- HIGHGeographicoutside the United States10-K Item 1: 'we derived over half of our net revenues from outside the United States in fiscal year 2025'
- LOWCustomertop ten wholesale customers24%10-K Item 1: 'Sales to our top ten wholesale customers totaled 24%, 25% and 27% of our net revenues in fiscal years 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-04-07Item 5.02MEDIUMEVP and CFO Harmit Singh will transition to Special Advisor role; will remain as CFO until successor appointed or no later than November 30, 2026. Executive search firm retained for CFO search. No reason for departure cited.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
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Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. At $21.63, A.R:R 0.5:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Concentration risk — Product: Levi's brand (94.0%); Concentration risk — Geographic: outside the United States. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 79. Prior stop was $20.43. Score 5.8/10, moderate confidence.
Analyst target: $23.30 (+7.7% upside). Prior stop was $20.43. Stop-loss: $20.43.
Concentration risk — Product: Levi's brand (94.0%); Concentration risk — Geographic: outside the United States; Thin upside margin: 7.7%.
Levi Strauss & Co trades at a P/E of 14.2 (forward 12.9). TrendMatrix value score: 8.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
22 analysts cover LEVI with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $27.
What does Levi Strauss & Co do?Levi Strauss & Co. designs, markets and sells jeans, casual pants, activewear, tops and accessories under the Levi's®...
Levi Strauss & Co. designs, markets and sells jeans, casual pants, activewear, tops and accessories under the Levi's® brand (94% of fiscal 2025 net revenues), operating 1,231 company-owned stores in 38 countries and distributing through approximately 50,000 retail locations worldwide. International markets generated over half of net revenues in fiscal 2025, with DTC company-operated stores contributing 33%.