LEVI STRAUSS & CO. vs PVH Corp., two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Levi Strauss and PVH both sell denim and wardrobe staples, but their fortunes have diverged. Levi earns 28.05% on equity and a 9.52% net margin, and trades at 15.74 times earnings and 4.39 times book. PVH, home to Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, has slumped to a 3.23% return on equity and a 1.76% net margin, and trades below book at 0.71. PVH's beaten-down price yields 15.94% in free cash flow against Levi's 4.9%. Both carry similar debt near 0.47. Levi is the steady operator the market trusts; PVH is the discounted turnaround it does not.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | LEVI | PVH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $24.32 | $79.37 |
| Market cap | $9.5B | $3.7B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +19.1% | — |
| P/E | 15.1 | 24.1 |
| P/B | 4.17 | 0.75 |
| P/S | 1.43 | 0.41 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.8 | 5.6 |
| Revenue growth | +7.5% | +3.5% |
| Gross margin | 62.7% | 58.6% |
| Operating margin | 7.8% | 6.1% |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 1.8% |
| Return on equity | 28.1% | 3.2% |
| Return on assets | 9.6% | 1.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.4% | 7.8% |
| FCF yield | 5.9% | 14.9% |
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.46 | 0.47 |
| Current ratio | 1.60 | 1.68 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.97 | 7.73 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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