LEVI vs LULU vs VFC Stock Comparison

Levi Strauss, Lululemon Athletica and V F Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LEVI Levi Strauss & Co
$21.15 +7.7% 1M -0.9% 1Y
Market cap
$8.33B
P/E
14.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.68B
Div. yield
–
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
5 wins
LULU lululemon athletica inc.
$99.01 -3.2% 1M -44.7% 1Y
Market cap
$11.47B
P/E
8.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.09B
Div. yield
–
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
5 wins
VFC V F Corp
$17.25 +27.6% 1M +8.6% 1Y
Market cap
$6.59B
P/E
24.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.51B
Div. yield
0.02%
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Lululemon Athletica leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Lululemon Athletica 5, Levi Strauss 5, V F 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLEVILULUVFCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.33B $11.47B $6.59B LULU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 14.1x 8.1x 24.0x LULU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.2x 9.6x 15.5x LULU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.6% +1.7% +0.2% LEVI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.8% 12.8% 2.9% LULU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 17.4% — 8.3% LEVI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.3x — 3.3x LEVI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -0.9% -44.7% +8.6% VFC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.2%/yr -25.2%/yr -24.6%/yr LEVI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 33.3% 46.8% 48.8% LEVI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 78/100 50/100 LULU

Percentile Scorecard

LEVILULUVFC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisLEVILULUVFC
Valuation 64 #17 of 46 87 #7 of 46 49 #24 of 46
Growth 69 #14 of 43 31 #30 of 43 76 #11 of 43
Profitability 85 #7 of 42 98 #2 of 42 59 #18 of 42
Financial Health 54 #25 of 53 77 #13 of 53 25 #40 of 53
Shareholder Returns 76 #9 of 34 97 #2 of 34 39 #21 of 34
Overall 70 78 50
  • LEVI ranked among 53 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • LULU ranked among 53 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • VFC ranked among 53 companies in Apparel and Luxury

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodLEVILULUVFCSPY
1 month +7.7%-3.2%+27.6% -1.0%
3 months -13.8%-13.4%+1.3% +2.9%
6 months -5.2%-31.1%-12.8% +6.4%
Year to date +2.0%-52.4%-4.6% +11.4%
1 year -0.9%-44.7%+8.6% +13.1%
3 years +48.7%-75.5%-3.7% +79.4%
3 years, per year +14.2%-37.4%-1.3% +21.5%
5 years -19.2%-76.5%-75.6% +67.7%
5 years, per year -4.2%-25.2%-24.6% +10.9%
10 years —+73.7%-68.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+5.7%-10.9% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureLEVILULUVFCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 33.3%46.8%48.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.0%51.8%51.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.151.181.69 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.03-0.960.18 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -56.1%-82.0%-87.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.2%-54.1%-20.0% -2.5%
52-week high $25.53$215.88$21.55 $779.14
52-week low $17.91$91.88$12.62 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleLEVILULUVFC
P/E now vs peer median 13.8xmedian 15.9x 7.9xmedian 15.9x 24.7xmedian 15.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 0.7x 1.0xmedian 0.7x 0.7xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.6xmedian 9.2x 3.6xmedian 9.2x 11.3xmedian 9.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.7xmedian 12.2x 7.8xmedian 12.2x 10.8xmedian 12.2x
P/B now vs peer median 3.4xmedian 2.2x 2.2xmedian 2.2x 3.8xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.46median 0.57 0.47median 0.57 0.76median 0.57

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsLEVILULUVFC
Revenue $6.68B $11.09B $9.51B
Gross profit $4.20B $6.22B $5.23B
Operating income $753.80M $1.98B $580.11M
Net income $589.70M $1.42B $274.18M
Free cash flow $643.00M $1.35B $628.20M
EPS (diluted) $1.51 $12.56 $0.70
Cash & equivalents $641.40M $1.39B $670.06M
Total debt $1.04B – $16.84B
Shares (diluted) 390.62M 112.92M 392.11M
Enterprise value $4.92B $5.72B $3.21B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricLEVILULUVFC
P/E 13.8x 7.9x 24.7x
P/FCF 12.7x 7.8x 10.8x
P/Operating cash flow 9.6x 5.3x 9.0x
P/S 1.2x 1.0x 0.7x
P/B 3.4x 2.2x 3.8x
P/Tangible book 3.7x 2.2x 22.5x
EV/EBITDA 8.6x 3.6x 11.3x
EV/EBIT 11.2x 4.6x 16.6x
EV/Revenue 1.3x 0.8x 1.0x
EV/FCF 13.1x 6.8x 15.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.9x 4.6x 12.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.46 0.47 0.76

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLEVILULUVFC
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.6% 1.7% 0.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.9% 7.9% -4.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.0% -3.4% 2.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.7% 7.5% -2.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 11.6% -20.7% 70.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 30.5% 8.5% -14.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -2.2% -20.6% 680.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 29.2% 12.1% 32.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 0.1% -15.8% 677.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 30.4% 16.6% 32.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 52.1% 3.7% 115.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 63.6% 6.6% 96.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 98.4% 15.9% 141.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 92.1% 11.8% 60.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLEVILULUVFC
Gross margin 62.8% 56.1% 55.0%
EBITDA margin 14.6% 22.7% 9.0%
Operating margin 11.3% 17.8% 6.1%
Pretax margin 11.5% 18.1% 3.8%
Net margin 8.8% 12.8% 2.9%
FCF margin 9.6% 12.2% 6.6%
Operating cash flow margin 12.8% 17.9% 7.9%
Return on equity 25.2% 29.5% 15.2%
Return on assets 8.7% 16.7% 2.9%
Return on invested capital 17.4% – 8.3%
Return on capital employed 15.7% 29.5% 9.0%
Asset turnover 1.0x 1.3x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 1.4x 2.8x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% 0.8% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLEVILULUVFC
Debt / assets 15.1% – 37.1%
Debt / equity 0.4x – 2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.3x – 3.3x
Debt / FCF 1.6x – 5.6x
Liabilities / assets 65.1% 43.5% 81.4%
Equity / assets 34.9% 56.5% 18.6%
Interest coverage 14.4x – 3.8x
Current ratio 1.6x 2.2x 1.4x
Quick ratio 0.8x 0.9x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.8x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 3.02 4.81 1.74

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLEVILULUVFC
Dividend yield 2.8% – 2.1%
Net buyback yield 1.0% 10.9% –
Shareholder yield 3.8% 10.9% 2.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 51.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 22.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 0.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -39.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusLEVILULUVFC
Forward P/E 14.2xFY2026 9.6xFY2026 15.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.49FY2026 $10.28FY2026 $1.11FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +11.2%FY2026 -22.5%FY2026 +32.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +6.7% -16.1% +14.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.03BFY2026 $11.00BFY2026 $9.78BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.0%FY2026 -0.9%FY2026 +1.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -3.7% -9.7% -4.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLEVILULUVFC
Held by institutions 87.8% 71.6% 91.8%
Institutions holding 313 846 553
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.6% -2.1% +3.6%
Institutions buying 185 407 267
Institutions selling 78 330 182
Buyers to sellers 2.37 1.23 1.47

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

LEVILULUVFC
LEVI 1.00 0.43 0.56
LULU 0.43 1.00 0.39
VFC 0.56 0.39 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LEVI, LULU and VFC?

Lululemon Athletica (LULU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Levi Strauss (LEVI) $8.33B, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) $11.47B, V F (VFC) $6.59B.

Which stock is cheaper, LEVI, LULU and VFC?

Lululemon Athletica (LULU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Levi Strauss (LEVI) 14.1x, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 8.1x, V F (VFC) 24.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) is cheapest (Levi Strauss (LEVI) 14.2x, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 9.6x, V F (VFC) 15.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Levi Strauss (LEVI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Levi Strauss (LEVI) +6.6%, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) +1.7%, V F (VFC) +0.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lululemon Athletica (LULU) has the highest net margin (Levi Strauss (LEVI) 8.8%, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 12.8%, V F (VFC) 2.9%). On return on invested capital, Levi Strauss (LEVI) leads (Levi Strauss (LEVI) 17.4%, V F (VFC) 8.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year V F (VFC) returned the most: Levi Strauss (LEVI) -0.9%, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) -44.7%, V F (VFC) +8.6%. Over five years, Levi Strauss (LEVI) compounded fastest (Levi Strauss (LEVI) -4.2%/yr, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) -25.2%/yr, V F (VFC) -24.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Levi Strauss (LEVI) 0.00%, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 0.00%, V F (VFC) 0.02%. Levi Strauss (LEVI) and Lululemon Athletica (LULU) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Levi Strauss (LEVI) has been the steadiest (Levi Strauss (LEVI) 33.3%, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 46.8%, V F (VFC) 48.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LEVI, LULU and VFC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.