LULU vs. BIRK, LEVI, BRP, COLM, ZGN, UAA, UA, CRI, GIII, and FIGS
Should you be buying Lululemon Athletica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lululemon Athletica include Birkenstock (BIRK), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Under Armour (UAA), Under Armour (UA), Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), and FIGS (FIGS).
Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) and Birkenstock (NYSE:BIRK) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Lululemon Athletica had 25 more articles in the media than Birkenstock. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Lululemon Athletica and 25 mentions for Birkenstock. Birkenstock's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Lululemon Athletica's score of 0.14 indicating that Birkenstock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lululemon Athletica has a net margin of 16.09% compared to Birkenstock's net margin of 0.00%. Lululemon Athletica's return on equity of 42.64% beat Birkenstock's return on equity.
Lululemon Athletica received 1891 more outperform votes than Birkenstock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.42% of users gave Birkenstock an outperform vote while only 69.83% of users gave Lululemon Athletica an outperform vote.
Lululemon Athletica presently has a consensus target price of $416.26, suggesting a potential upside of 64.20%. Birkenstock has a consensus target price of $60.29, suggesting a potential upside of 5.38%. Given Lululemon Athletica's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lululemon Athletica is more favorable than Birkenstock.
85.2% of Lululemon Athletica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.9% of Birkenstock shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Lululemon Athletica shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lululemon Athletica has higher revenue and earnings than Birkenstock.
Summary
Lululemon Athletica beats Birkenstock on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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