Lululemon Athletica (LULU) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & 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	13.98	$88.67M	$0.70	80.46
Lululemon Athletica	$10.75B	2.90	$1.55B	$14.76	17.54

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ONON or LULU?

Lululemon Athletica received 1853 more outperform votes than ON when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.61% of users gave ON an outperform vote while only 69.39% 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 1995 69.39%	Underperform Votes 880 30.61%

Does the media prefer ONON or LULU?

In the previous week, Lululemon Athletica had 113 more articles in the media than ON. MarketBeat recorded 118 mentions for Lululemon Athletica and 5 mentions for ON. ON's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Lululemon Athletica's score of 0.14 indicating that ON is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ON	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lululemon Athletica	21 Very Positive mention(s)	17 Positive mention(s)	24 Neutral mention(s)	29 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, ONON or LULU?

ON has a beta of 2.35, suggesting that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lululemon Athletica has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Lululemon Athletica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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, suggesting a potential upside of 10.88%. Lululemon Athletica has a consensus price target of $340.26, suggesting a potential upside of 31.46%. Given Lululemon Athletica's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	12 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Summary

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