Birkenstock (BIRK) Competitors

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 companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LULU or BIRK?

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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LULU or BIRK?

Lululemon Athletica received 1918 more outperform votes than Birkenstock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.42% of users gave Birkenstock an outperform vote while only 69.55% of users gave Lululemon Athletica an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lululemon Athletica	Outperform Votes 1983 69.55%	Underperform Votes 868 30.45%
Birkenstock	Outperform Votes 65 84.42%	Underperform Votes 12 15.58%

Does the media prefer LULU or BIRK?

In the previous week, Birkenstock had 13 more articles in the media than Lululemon Athletica. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Birkenstock and 39 mentions for Lululemon Athletica. Lululemon Athletica's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Birkenstock's score of 0.94 indicating that Lululemon Athletica is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
Birkenstock	27 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer LULU or BIRK?

Lululemon Athletica presently has a consensus price target of $368.72, indicating a potential upside of 12.70%. Birkenstock has a consensus price target of $67.19, indicating a potential upside of 19.23%. Given Birkenstock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Birkenstock is more favorable than Lululemon Athletica.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lululemon Athletica	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65
Birkenstock	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

Which has more volatility & risk, LULU or BIRK?

Lululemon Athletica has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Birkenstock has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LULU or BIRK more profitable?

Lululemon Athletica has a net margin of 17.05% compared to Birkenstock's net margin of 11.73%. Lululemon Athletica's return on equity of 42.16% beat Birkenstock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lululemon Athletica	17.05%	42.16%	25.02%
Birkenstock	11.73%	9.52%	5.08%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, LULU or BIRK?

Lululemon Athletica has higher revenue and earnings than Birkenstock. Lululemon Athletica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Birkenstock, 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
Lululemon Athletica	$10.59B	3.73	$1.55B	$14.70	22.26
Birkenstock	$1.96B	5.41	$207.85M	$1.42	39.68

Summary

Lululemon Athletica beats Birkenstock on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.