LULU vs. HLT, CHTR, DKNG, RCL, LVS, EA, TCOM, TTWO, MAR, and RBLX
Should you be buying Lululemon Athletica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lululemon Athletica include Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Charter Communications (CHTR), DraftKings (DKNG), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Electronic Arts (EA), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Marriott International (MAR), and Roblox (RBLX). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) and Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Lululemon Athletica received 1097 more outperform votes than Hilton Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.67% of users gave Hilton Worldwide an outperform vote while only 69.85% of users gave Lululemon Athletica an outperform vote.
85.2% of Lululemon Athletica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Lululemon Athletica shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lululemon Athletica has a net margin of 16.11% compared to Hilton Worldwide's net margin of 11.41%. Lululemon Athletica's return on equity of 44.41% beat Hilton Worldwide's return on equity.
Lululemon Athletica currently has a consensus target price of $481.96, indicating a potential upside of 32.15%. Hilton Worldwide has a consensus target price of $207.59, indicating a potential upside of 2.71%. Given Lululemon Athletica's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lululemon Athletica is more favorable than Hilton Worldwide.
In the previous week, Hilton Worldwide had 37 more articles in the media than Lululemon Athletica. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for Hilton Worldwide and 27 mentions for Lululemon Athletica. Hilton Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Lululemon Athletica's score of 0.34 indicating that Hilton Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lululemon Athletica has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lululemon Athletica has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hilton Worldwide. Lululemon Athletica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lululemon Athletica beats Hilton Worldwide on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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