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Columbia Sportswear Company (COLM) vs Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI)

Columbia Sportswear Company and Levi Strauss & Co. are both Apparel Manufacturing companies. Levi Strauss & Co. is the larger, with a market value of $8.7B against $3.3B — 2.7× the size. Levi Strauss & Co. trades at the lower P/E: 14.8× against 17.4×. Levi Strauss & Co. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.61% against −0.15%. Levi Strauss & Co. has the higher net margin (8.83% vs 6.05%) and the higher return on invested capital (17.6% vs 16.4%). Both pay a dividend; Levi Strauss & Co. yields more (2.67% vs 1.78%). Across the 23 metrics below, Levi Strauss & Co. leads on 13 and Columbia Sportswear Company on 10.

Valuation

Metric COLM LEVI Apparel Manufacturing median
P/E 17.42 14.84 18.31
P/S 1.01 1.30 0.45
P/B 2.15 3.60 1.45
Price to free cash flow 10.71 13.50 8.71
EV/EBITDA 9.03 9.98 9.54
EV/Sales 0.83 1.46 0.58
Earnings yield 5.74% 6.74% 0.53%
Free cash flow yield 9.34% 7.41% 8.77%

Profitability

Metric COLM LEVI Apparel Manufacturing median
Gross margin 52.16% 62.81% 52.52%
Operating margin 7.54% 11.28% 4.07%
Net margin 6.05% 8.83% 0.23%
Free cash flow margin 9.43% 9.64% 3.76%
Return on equity 12.66% 25.76% 7.60%
Return on assets 7.24% 8.68% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 16.44% 17.58% 2.32%

Growth

Metric COLM LEVI Apparel Manufacturing median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.15%) 6.61% 0.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (15.18%) 178.85% (6.25%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.31% 7.13% 6.36%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 10.41% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric COLM LEVI Apparel Manufacturing median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.43 0.23
Current ratio 2.49 1.63 1.81
Net debt to EBITDA (3.00) 0.21 (0.43)

Dividend

Metric COLM LEVI Apparel Manufacturing median
Dividend yield 1.78% 2.67% 1.78%
Payout ratio 0.31 0.40 0.42

Size

Metric COLM LEVI Apparel Manufacturing median
Market cap 3.26b 8.67b 428.83m

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