Lululemon Athletica (LULU) Competitors

ON (NYSE:ONON) and Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.

Is ONON or LULU more profitable?

Lululemon Athletica has a net margin of 17.05% compared to ON's net margin of 5.87%. Lululemon Athletica's return on equity of 42.16% beat ON's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ON	5.87%	10.69%	6.66%
Lululemon Athletica	17.05%	42.16%	25.02%

Do analysts recommend ONON or LULU?

ON currently has a consensus price target of $62.45, indicating a potential upside of 4.75%. Lululemon Athletica has a consensus price target of $368.72, indicating a potential upside of 12.70%. Given Lululemon Athletica's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lululemon Athletica is more favorable than ON.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ON	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Lululemon Athletica	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ONON or LULU?

Lululemon Athletica has higher revenue and earnings than ON. Lululemon Athletica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ON, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ON	$2.54B	14.80	$88.67M	$0.70	85.17
Lululemon Athletica	$10.59B	3.73	$1.55B	$14.70	22.26

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ONON or LULU?

Lululemon Athletica received 1841 more outperform votes than ON when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.61% of users gave ON an outperform vote while only 69.55% of users gave Lululemon Athletica an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ON	Outperform Votes 142 69.61%	Underperform Votes 62 30.39%
Lululemon Athletica	Outperform Votes 1983 69.55%	Underperform Votes 868 30.45%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ONON or LULU?

36.4% of ON shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Lululemon Athletica shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.6% of ON shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Lululemon Athletica shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, ONON or LULU?

ON has a beta of 2.3, indicating that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lululemon Athletica has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ONON or LULU?

In the previous week, ON had 4 more articles in the media than Lululemon Athletica. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for ON and 39 mentions for Lululemon Athletica. Lululemon Athletica's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat ON's score of 0.78 indicating that Lululemon Athletica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ON	21 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lululemon Athletica	23 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Lululemon Athletica beats ON on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.