---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000094845-26-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEVI"
cik: "0000094845"
company_name: "LEVI STRAUSS & CO"
filed_at: "2026-04-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T07:12:21.062290+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Levi Strauss beats Q1 estimates, raises FY guidance; CFO Harmit Singh to retire

## Summary
- Q1 net revenues $1.74B, +14% reported (+9% organic); diluted EPS $0.45 vs $0.35 YoY.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $0.42 vs $0.38; operating margin 11.4% (12.5% adj. EBIT margin).
- Raises full-year 2026 net revenue, margin, and EPS outlook citing strong Q1 and QTD trends.
- CFO Harmit Singh to retire after planned transition; successor search underway.
- Americas +9%, Europe +24%, Asia +13% reported; DTC now 52% of total net revenues.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000094845-26-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEVI
- cik: 0000094845
- company_name: LEVI STRAUSS & CO
- filed_at: 2026-04-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484526000021/0000094845-26-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484526000021/levi-20260407.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  LEVI STRAUSS & CO reported the first quarter ended March 1, 2026 results: revenue $1.7 billion, net income $177 million, EPS $0.45. Guidance raised.
  - Period: the first quarter ended March 1, 2026
  - Revenue: $1.7 billion
  - Net income: $177 million
  - EPS: $0.45
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: to raise our full-year sales, margins and EPS guidance even as we remain prudent about the external environment.” Financial Highlights for the First Quarter • Net Revenues of $1.7 billion increased 14% on a reported basis and 9% on an organic basis versus Q1 2025. • In the Americas , net revenues increased 9% on a reported basis and increased 7% on an organic
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484526000021/0000094845-26-000021-index.htm

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