Levi Gains as Wells Fargo Rates It Overweight

By Dhirendra Tripathi

Investing.com – Levi Strauss inventory (NYSE:) traded 1.5% larger Monday following an obese score by Wells Fargo (NYSE:) which put a tag of $31 on the share, a virtually 13% upside from its present stage.

Analyst Ike Boruchow initiated the protection of Levi as “one of many larger high quality world manufacturers in our area at the moment.”

In accordance with the analyst, a brand new multi-year topline development in denim has begun and is in its early innings.

“Particularly, demand for ‘unfastened t’ product is gathering momentum, which is a optimistic improvement for the denim class general, and Levi specifically, given its number one share place globally,” the analyst wrote in a be aware.

The analyst believes silhouette or ‘t’ traits are likely to last more and is thus a transparent class tailwind for Levi at the moment.

“With a number of margin tailwinds all gaining momentum on the identical time (together with direct-to-consumer shift, elevated give attention to ladies’s, China mannequin ramp-up, and e-comm profitability inflection), we consider a 14%-16% margin may be very a lot on the desk for the enterprise,” he added.

The current acquisition of Past Yoga supplies entry into one of many fastest-growing classes inside attire: athleisure, the analyst stated. “Extra notably, it provides better visibility into ramping up the corporate’s higher-margin ladies’s enterprise”.