In this article LEVI Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Denim-crazed consumers are turning to Levi Strauss & Co for new jeans, but the company's overall business is being dragged down by its Dockers brand, which the company is now considering selling off, it announced Wednesday. Sales at Levi's brand were up 5% during its fiscal third quarter — the biggest gain in two years — but overall revenue came in flat and lower than Wall Street had expected. Shares of Levi's fell more than 7% in extended trading Wednesday.
Here's how the denim-maker performed compared with what Wall Street was anticipating, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings per share: 33 cents adjusted vs. 31 cents expected Revenue: $1.52 billion vs.
$1.55 billion expected The company's reported net income for the three-month period that ended Aug. 25 was $20.
7 million, or 5 cents per share, compared with $9.6 million, or 2 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, Levi's posted earnings of $132 million, or 33 cents per share.
Sales came in at $1.52 billion, up slightly from $1.51 billion a year earlier.
With one quarter left to go in the fiscal year, Levi reaffirmed its full-year adjusted earnings per share guidance of $1.17 to $1.27, in line with expectations of $1.
25, according to LSEG. It expects earnings per share to come in at the midpoint of that range. It trimmed its revenue guidance and is now expecting sales to grow 1%, compared to.