lululemon athletica (LULU) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The company sells its products through a chain of company-operated stores; outlets; interactive workout platform; yoga and fitness studios, university campus retailers, and other partners; license and supply arrangements; and temporary locations, as well as through mobile apps and lululemon.com e-commerce website. It has operations in the United States, Canada, Mainland China, Australia, South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Macau, Thailand, the Asia Pacific, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Lululemon Athletica Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $189.77 to $198.10
• 50-Day Range: $191.14 to $335.19
• 52-Week Range: $189.77 to $423.32
• Volume: 3.15 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.10 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $22.91 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.95
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $328.02
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

lululemon athletica Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

lululemon athletica scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 10th out of 287 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

lululemon athletica has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.55, and is based on 16 buy ratings, 13 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

lululemon athletica has been the subject of 20 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.10%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for lululemon athletica are expected to grow by 7.10% in the coming year, from $14.36 to $15.38 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of lululemon athletica is 12.95, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.78.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of lululemon athletica is 12.95, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 18.77.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

lululemon athletica has a PEG Ratio of 1.67. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

lululemon athletica has a P/B Ratio of 5.36. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.50% of the float of lululemon athletica has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

lululemon athletica has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in lululemon athletica has recently decreased by 7.84%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

lululemon athletica does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

lululemon athletica does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Environmental Score: -3.36

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.50% of the float of lululemon athletica has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

lululemon athletica has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in lululemon athletica has recently decreased by 7.84%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.89

News Sentiment

lululemon athletica has a news sentiment score of 0.89. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 31 news articles for lululemon athletica this week, compared to 35 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 106 people have searched for LULU on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -14% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

30 people have added lululemon athletica to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 36% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, lululemon athletica insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $6,375,179.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.54% of the stock of lululemon athletica is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

85.20% of the stock of lululemon athletica is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

LULU Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have LULU shares performed this year?

lululemon athletica's stock was trading at $382.41 at the start of the year. Since then, LULU shares have decreased by 50.0% and is now trading at $191.14.

How were lululemon athletica's earnings last quarter?

lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 5th. The apparel retailer reported $2.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $2.60. The firm's revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

Is lululemon athletica buying back stock?

lululemon athletica's Board of Directors initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, June 5th 2024, which authorizes the company to buy back $1,000,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could repurchase up to 2.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Does lululemon athletica have any subsidiaries?

lululemon athletica subsidiaries include MIRROR, Curiouser Products Inc, Lincoln Park LLC, Lulu Canadian Holding Inc., lululemon athletica australia holding Pty Ltd., lululemon athletica canada inc., lululemon athletica CH GmbH, and others.

Who are lululemon athletica's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of lululemon athletica include Flossbach Von Storch SE (1.37%), Mawer Investment Management Ltd. (1.13%), IMC Chicago LLC and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.51%). Insiders that own company stock include Calvin Mcdonald, Celeste Burgoyne, Meghan Frank, Nicole Neuburger, Kathryn Henry, Michelle Sun Choe and Martha A M Morfitt.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of lululemon athletica?

Shares of LULU stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of lululemon athletica own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that lululemon athletica investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), Salesforce (CRM), Netflix (NFLX) and PayPal (PYPL).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/05/2025
• Today: 8/07/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/27/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: TEXTILE - APPAREL
• Sub-Industry: Apparel
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:LULU
• CIK: 1397187
• Web: www.lululemon.com
• Phone: (604) 732-6124
• Fax: 604-874-6124
• Employees: 39,000
• Year Founded: 1998

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for lululemon athletica: $328.02
• High Price Target: $500.00
• Low Price Target: $200.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +71.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.55
• Research Coverage: 31 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $14.76
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.95
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.31
• P/E Growth: 1.67
• Net Income: $1.81 billion
• Net Margins: 16.82%
• Pretax Margin: 23.91%
• Return on Equity: 43.48%
• Return on Assets: 25.05%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.28
• Quick Ratio: 1.23

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $10.59 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.16
• Cash Flow: $18.13 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.54
• Book Value: $35.65 per share
• Price / Book: 5.36

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 119,850,000
• Free Float: 119,198,000
• Market Cap: $22.91 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.16