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NKE vs. LULU, MU, TSLA, DECK, FDX, FL, ONON, UA, UAA, and WMT

Should you be buying NIKE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NIKE include lululemon athletica (LULU), Micron Technology (MU), Tesla (TSLA), Deckers Outdoor (DECK), FedEx (FDX), Foot Locker (FL), ON (ONON), Under Armour (UA), Under Armour (UAA), and Walmart (WMT).

NIKE vs. Its Competitors

lululemon athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) and NIKE (NYSE:NKE) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

lululemon athletica currently has a consensus target price of $242.24, suggesting a potential upside of 51.52%. NIKE has a consensus target price of $78.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.59%. Given lululemon athletica's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe lululemon athletica is more favorable than NIKE.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
lululemon athletica
2 Sell rating(s)
23 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.19
NIKE
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76

lululemon athletica has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NIKE has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

lululemon athletica has a net margin of 16.38% compared to NIKE's net margin of 6.95%. lululemon athletica's return on equity of 42.05% beat NIKE's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
lululemon athletica16.38% 42.05% 24.10%
NIKE 6.95%23.33%8.57%

85.2% of lululemon athletica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of NIKE shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of lululemon athletica shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of NIKE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, lululemon athletica had 50 more articles in the media than NIKE. MarketBeat recorded 101 mentions for lululemon athletica and 51 mentions for NIKE. NIKE's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat lululemon athletica's score of 0.32 indicating that NIKE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
lululemon athletica
30 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
25 Neutral mention(s)
20 Negative mention(s)
6 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
NIKE
35 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NIKE has higher revenue and earnings than lululemon athletica. lululemon athletica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NIKE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
lululemon athletica$10.90B1.76$1.81B$14.7110.87
NIKE$46.31B2.33$3.22B$2.1633.85

Summary

NIKE beats lululemon athletica on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NKE vs. The Competition

MetricNIKESHOES&REL APPRL IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$109.78B$15.17B$8.36B$21.58B
Dividend Yield2.15%3.00%2.99%3.48%
P/E Ratio33.8515.7118.5529.75
Price / Sales2.331.325.2186.27
Price / Cash27.2412.8317.0525.00
Price / Book8.173.175.104.58
Net Income$3.22B$572.62M$256.92M$999.94M
7 Day Performance-1.08%-0.85%2.04%0.68%
1 Month Performance-5.39%2.57%18.14%3.10%
1 Year Performance-7.46%-4.03%52.00%14.39%

NIKE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NKE
NIKE
4.7402 of 5 stars
$73.12
-1.6%
$78.67
+7.6%
-6.7%$109.78B$46.31B33.8577,800Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
LULU
lululemon athletica
4.7047 of 5 stars
$167.80
-18.6%
$245.79
+46.5%
-38.5%$20.11B$10.59B11.4139,000Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
MU
Micron Technology
4.4859 of 5 stars
$131.37
+5.8%
$147.54
+12.3%
+80.3%$147.02B$25.11B23.6748,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TSLA
Tesla
4.2526 of 5 stars
$350.84
+3.6%
$303.31
-13.5%
+72.3%$1.13T$97.69B202.80125,665Trending News
Insider Trade
DECK
Deckers Outdoor
4.5584 of 5 stars
$120.37
-2.9%
$137.50
+14.2%
+363.3%$17.86B$4.99B18.465,500News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
FDX
FedEx
4.681 of 5 stars
$227.43
+1.0%
$282.75
+24.3%
-19.7%$53.73B$87.93B13.47440,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
FL
Foot Locker
3.3916 of 5 stars
$24.03
-0.3%
$21.33
-11.2%
-5.3%$2.29B$7.99B-5.9647,306Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ONON
ON
4.1697 of 5 stars
$45.52
-1.1%
$64.20
+41.0%
-12.3%$28.66B$2.63B101.163,254Positive News
UA
Under Armour
0.5878 of 5 stars
$4.97
-2.6%
N/A-30.8%$2.13B$5.16B22.5717,500Short Interest ↑
UAA
Under Armour
4.4295 of 5 stars
$5.14
-2.4%
$6.74
+31.3%
-33.5%$2.20B$5.16B23.3414,400Positive News
WMT
Walmart
4.6127 of 5 stars
$100.45
-0.5%
$110.76
+10.3%
+29.9%$801.35B$680.99B37.762,100,000Trending News

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