—
C+
C+ The full Closelooknet — membership. Open the C+ overview

Levi Strauss & Co Class A (LEVI) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

Pick a ticker to load its detail page.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for LEVI, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Consumer discretionary in US: −0.2% week · −5.4% month · −3.1% quarter · −2.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLY.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-26
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.69 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How LEVI has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.69 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Levi Strauss & Co Class A moved 0.69% on average · correlation 0.19 · higher than 70% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.57 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.38% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.46% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Apparel Manufacturing · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Apparel Manufacturing

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against LEVI on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Levi Strauss & Co Class A

LEVI in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Levi Strauss designs and sells jeans and other apparel for men, women and children, mainly under the Levi's name plus smaller labels such as Denizen and Beyond Yoga. It reaches shoppers through department stores, specialty retailers, franchise partners, its own websites and company-run stores, both full-price and outlet. The business is based in San Francisco and trades on the US market.
Where it sits in the stack
Levi has no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that framework entirely. Within our wider universe it belongs to the consumer-cyclical sleeve, in the apparel-manufacturing sector, alongside other branded clothing makers rather than any part of the AI supply chain.
Who it is priced against
Our data carries no defined peer group for Levi; the comparison the market usually draws is with other branded denim and casualwear names such as Gap.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Levi carries a Closelooknet score, currently strongest on its momentum module, which tracks price trend rather than fundamentals; it holds no seat in Rubin or our other named indices, and the diary has not yet quoted it in any edition.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the stock's distance below its 50-day and 200-day averages and its pullback from the 52-week high mark a shift in trend or a pause within it.

Levi Strauss & Co Class A (LEVI) trades on US exchanges, classified under Consumer Cyclical.

The Closelooknet company score reads 50/100 composite (momentum 35, quality 61, valuation 68) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.94%, quarterly · buybacks 151 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What LEVI pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.58 USD per share · a 2.94% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +45.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.40 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.16 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-22
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.54 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.44 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-12
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 213 m USD 40% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 151 m USD 2.0% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.7% in FY2025 82 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 363 m USD · 112% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Levi Strauss & Co Class A (LEVI)?

Levi Strauss & Co Class A trades as LEVI on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Consumer Cyclical in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is LEVI in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Levi Strauss & Co Class A is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

What is Levi Strauss & Co Class A's Closelooknet composite score?

50 out of 100, with momentum 35, quality 61 and valuation 68 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does LEVI trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -10.8% vs the 50-day and -8.8% vs the 200-day average, 23.2% below the 52-week high and +12.7% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Levi Strauss & Co Class A trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Levi Strauss & Co Class A had a beta of 0.69 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 70% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.38% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Levi Strauss & Co Class A do?

Levi Strauss designs and sells jeans and other apparel for men, women and children, mainly under the Levi's name plus smaller labels such as Denizen and Beyond Yoga. It reaches shoppers through department stores, specialty retailers, franchise partners, its own websites and company-run stores, both full-price and outlet. The business is based in San Francisco and trades on the US market. Our data carries no defined peer group for Levi; the comparison the market usually draws is with other branded denim and casualwear names such as Gap.

Where does Levi Strauss & Co Class A sit in the AI build-out?

Levi has no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that framework entirely. Within our wider universe it belongs to the consumer-cyclical sleeve, in the apparel-manufacturing sector, alongside other branded clothing makers rather than any part of the AI supply chain. Levi carries a Closelooknet score, currently strongest on its momentum module, which tracks price trend rather than fundamentals; it holds no seat in Rubin or our other named indices, and the diary has not yet quoted it in any edition.

Does Levi Strauss & Co Class A pay a dividend?

Levi Strauss & Co Class A has paid 0.58 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.94% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.16 USD on 2026-07-22. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 213 m USD in dividends and bought back 151 m USD of its own shares, 112% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.7% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for LEVI, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Apparel Manufacturing, then Consumer Cyclical. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.