lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) Receives Consensus Rating of "Hold" from Analysts

Key Points

• Analysts have given lululemon athletica a consensus rating of "Hold", with three firms recommending sell, four indicating buy, and one suggesting strong buy.
• Recent earnings reports revealed lululemon exceeded estimates with $(3.10) EPS but reported a slight revenue decline compared to expectations for the quarter.
• Insider transactions showed a significant sell by a key executive, indicating a 6.40% decrease in ownership after selling 615 shares at an average price of $178.00.

Shares of lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU - Get Free Report) have earned a consensus recommendation of "Hold" from the thirty-four ratings firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, twenty-six have issued a hold recommendation, four have issued a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 1-year price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $233.3272.

A number of research firms have issued reports on LULU. BMO Capital Markets lowered their price target on lululemon athletica from $302.00 to $250.00 and set a "market perform" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, June 6th. Piper Sandler lowered their price target on lululemon athletica from $200.00 to $165.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, September 5th. TD Securities lowered their price target on lululemon athletica from $298.00 to $220.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, September 5th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price target on lululemon athletica from $160.00 to $150.00 and set an "underperform" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, September 2nd. Finally, KeyCorp downgraded lululemon athletica from an "overweight" rating to a "sector weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 9th.

lululemon athletica Trading Up 0.4%

lululemon athletica stock opened at $178.20 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.11, a PEG ratio of 11.10 and a beta of 1.07. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $188.52 and a 200 day moving average price of $243.07. lululemon athletica has a 52 week low of $159.25 and a 52 week high of $423.32.

lululemon athletica (NASDAQ:LULU - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 4th. The apparel retailer reported $3.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.86 by $0.24. lululemon athletica had a return on equity of 42.05% and a net margin of 16.38%.The firm had revenue of $2.53 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.55 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.15 earnings per share. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. lululemon athletica has set its FY 2025 guidance at 12.770-12.970 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 2.180-2.230 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that lululemon athletica will post 14.36 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at lululemon athletica

In other news, insider Nicole Neuburger sold 615 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.00, for a total value of $109,470.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 8,993 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,600,754. This represents a 6.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.54% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of LULU. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new position in lululemon athletica in the fourth quarter valued at about $429,000. Merit Financial Group LLC increased its holdings in lululemon athletica by 124.4% in the first quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 3,786 shares of the apparel retailer's stock valued at $1,072,000 after buying an additional 2,099 shares during the last quarter. Lake Street Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in lululemon athletica by 4.8% in the first quarter. Lake Street Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,525 shares of the apparel retailer's stock valued at $432,000 after buying an additional 70 shares during the last quarter. Retireful LLC increased its holdings in lululemon athletica by 4.4% in the first quarter. Retireful LLC now owns 3,988 shares of the apparel retailer's stock valued at $1,169,000 after buying an additional 167 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Clean Yield Group increased its holdings in lululemon athletica by 41.2% in the first quarter. Clean Yield Group now owns 10,876 shares of the apparel retailer's stock valued at $3,079,000 after buying an additional 3,173 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.20% of the company's stock.

lululemon athletica Company Profile

Lululemon Athletica Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, distributes, and retails athletic apparel, footwear, and accessories under the lululemon brand for women and men. It offers pants, shorts, tops, and jackets for healthy lifestyle, such as yoga, running, training, and other activities. It also provides fitness-inspired accessories.

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