Levi Strauss rises strongly: he triggers his benefit and improves annual forecasts

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Levi Strauss 11.15% has shot at Wall Street after Improve expectations of the market with its results of the second quarter of the year and raise your guide for the year to exercise Despite Donald Trump's tariffs. Thus, the net profit of the American fashion company Vaquera has reached the 67 million dollarsa 272.22% more that the 18 million dollars obtained in the same period of the previous year. This translates into a Building per action (BPA) of 0.17 cents per share and 0.22 cents adjusted by title, above the 13 cents anticipated by the consensus of analysts. In the case of incomethese have shown a 6.4% increaseup to 1,446 million dollars compared to 1,358.8 million registered between April and June 2024. Geographical regionsfirm's sales in America 5%have raised up to 748 million dollars; while in Europe They have added 14%, up to 403 million dollars (344 million euros). In Asiainstead they have dropped 1%, up to 258 million dollars. «We had another solid quarter, which reflects a solid base in all areas, a clear evidence that our strategic agenda is charging impulse,» said Michelle Gass, president and CEO of Levi Strauss. «We started the second half of 2025 with a strength position». «Thanks to our solid first semester and the continuous impulse of the entire company, and despite the increase in tariffs, We are raising our income and earning expectations per action (BPA) for the whole year«added Harmit Singh, financial director and growth of the company. In this sense, and under a scenario that contemplates that the United States tariff Annual adjusted earnings are between $ 1.25 and $ 1.30 per sharecompared to the previous estimate of between 1.20 and 1.25 dollars and better than the 1.23 dollars that analysts expected.
For net income projects an increase of between 1% and 2%compared to the previous forecast of a 1% to 2% decrease, and estimates an organic growth of income from 4.5% to 5.5%, compared to the previous range of 3.5% to 4.5%. Yet, Levi's has cut its gross margin guide at 0.2 percentage pointsand now he hopes that the gross margin will grow by 0.8 percentage points due to the impact that tariffs are having on the profits. «Definitely, the consumer is responding and voting in this direction. So we look forward, we are sure,» Gass said. «We know there is uncertainty In the world at this time, but The consumer is demonstrating to be quite resistant to Levi's«

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