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How Levi Strauss & Co. stacks up
LEVI · against 1,603 other Consumer Cyclical companies
Profitability
84/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #250 of 1,604 · scores higher than 84% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score160 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including LEVI · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 84?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 73% of peers. Operating margin: 11.3% vs peer median 6.4%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 86% of peers. Return on invested capital: 21.1% vs peer median 7.3%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 87% of peers. Return on assets: 8.5% vs peer median 3.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = LEVI, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | LEVI | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 1,510 reported | 21.1% | 7.3% | 86% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 1,601 reported | 11.3% | 6.4% | 73% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 1,528 reported | 8.5% | 3.3% | 87% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 1,476 reported | 26.2% | 7.7% | 90% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 1,613 reported | 61.6% | 30.2% | 90% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around LEVI| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.48T JPY (≈$10.1B) | 100 | 96 | |
| 1 | 358.0B INR (≈$4.3B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 3 | 880.5B TWD (≈$27.3B) | 99 | 75 | |
| 3 | 981.2B JPY (≈$6.7B) | 99 | 67 | |
| 3 | 5.2B MYR (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 84 | |
| 250 | 6.5B EUR (≈$7.2B) | 84 | 58 | |
| 250 | 34.3B USD | 84 | 60 | |
| 250 | 4.5B GBP (≈$5.8B) | 84 | 55 | |
| 250 | 8.2B AUD (≈$5.4B) | 84 | 58 | |
| 250 | 8.8B USD | 84 | 55 | |
| 250 | 1.5B USD | 84 | 63 | |
| 250 | 4.7B USD | 84 | 61 | |
| 266 | 7.2B CNY (≈$1.0B) | 83 | 66 | |
| 266 | 8.4B CNY (≈$1.2B) | 83 | 67 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score