COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR COMPANY vs LEVI STRAUSS & CO., two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where COLM and LEVI diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), COLM reads -4.7% and LEVI reads +8.5%; on debt / equity, COLM reads 0.00 and LEVI reads 0.46. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's COLM price has a different growth bar priced in than LEVI (-4.7% implied for COLM vs +8.5% for LEVI); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What COLM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What LEVI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | COLM | LEVI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $56.93 | $20.15 |
| Market cap | $2.9B | $7.9B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.7% | +8.5% |
| P/E | 14.8 | 12.5 |
| P/B | 1.82 | 3.45 |
| P/S | 0.86 | 1.19 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.6 | 10.7 |
| Revenue growth | +0.1% | +7.5% |
| Gross margin | 58.3% | 62.7% |
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 7.8% |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 9.7% |
| Return on equity | 12.9% | 28.1% |
| Return on assets | 7.4% | 9.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.7% | 16.4% |
| FCF yield | 11.0% | 7.1% |
| Dividend yield | 2.1% | 2.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.46 |
| Current ratio | 2.49 | 1.60 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.03 | 2.74 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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