LEVI vs. ZGN, MTCH, TPX, CAVA, FIVE, TPR, FBIN, GPS, DDS, and MNSO Should you be buying Levi Strauss & Co. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Levi Strauss & Co. include Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Match Group (MTCH), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), CAVA Group (CAVA), Five Below (FIVE), Tapestry (TPR), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), GAP (GPS), Dillard's (DDS), and MINISO Group (MNSO). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Ermenegildo Zegna (NYSE:ZGN ) and Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI ) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
Ermenegildo Zegna presently has a consensus target price of $15.60, suggesting a potential upside of 21.68%. Levi Strauss & Co. has a consensus target price of $20.56, suggesting a potential downside of 7.28%. Given Levi Strauss & Co.'s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ermenegildo Zegna is more favorable than Levi Strauss & Co..
Ermenegildo Zegna pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Levi Strauss & Co. pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Levi Strauss & Co. pays out 154.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Levi Strauss & Co. had 11 more articles in the media than Ermenegildo Zegna. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Levi Strauss & Co. and 1 mentions for Ermenegildo Zegna. Levi Strauss & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Ermenegildo Zegna's score of 0.25 indicating that Ermenegildo Zegna is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Levi Strauss & Co. has a net margin of 2.05% compared to Levi Strauss & Co.'s net margin of 0.00%. Ermenegildo Zegna's return on equity of 20.68% beat Levi Strauss & Co.'s return on equity.
12.9% of Ermenegildo Zegna shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Ermenegildo Zegna shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Levi Strauss & Co. received 134 more outperform votes than Ermenegildo Zegna when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.06% of users gave Levi Strauss & Co. an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave Ermenegildo Zegna an outperform vote.
Ermenegildo Zegna has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Levi Strauss & Co. has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Levi Strauss & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Ermenegildo Zegna.
Summary Levi Strauss & Co. beats Ermenegildo Zegna on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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