BIRK vs. LULU, ONON, AS, GIL, LEVI, BRP, KTB, ZGN, UAA, and UA
Should you be buying Birkenstock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Birkenstock include Lululemon Athletica (LULU), ON (ONON), Amer Sports (AS), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Under Armour (UAA), and Under Armour (UA). These companies are all part of the "apparel" industry.
Birkenstock vs.
Birkenstock (NYSE:BIRK) and Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Lululemon Athletica received 1929 more outperform votes than Birkenstock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.62% of users gave Birkenstock an outperform vote while only 69.39% of users gave Lululemon Athletica an outperform vote.
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.
Birkenstock currently has a consensus price target of $67.40, indicating a potential upside of 18.15%. Lululemon Athletica has a consensus price target of $340.26, indicating a potential upside of 30.79%. Given Lululemon Athletica's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lululemon Athletica is more favorable than Birkenstock.
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.
In the previous week, Lululemon Athletica had 104 more articles in the media than Birkenstock. MarketBeat recorded 114 mentions for Lululemon Athletica and 10 mentions for Birkenstock. Birkenstock's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Lululemon Athletica's score of 0.14 indicating that Birkenstock is being referred to more favorably in the media.
19.9% of Birkenstock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Lululemon Athletica shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Lululemon Athletica shares are owned by company 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.
Birkenstock has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lululemon Athletica has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lululemon Athletica beats Birkenstock on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BIRK) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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