NIKE (NKE) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NKE or LULU?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, NKE or LULU?

NIKE has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, lululemon athletica has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NKE or LULU more profitable?

lululemon athletica has a net margin of 16.82% compared to NIKE's net margin of 6.95%. lululemon athletica's return on equity of 43.48% beat NIKE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NIKE	6.95%	23.33%	8.57%
lululemon athletica	16.82%	43.48%	25.05%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NKE or LULU?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NIKE	$46.31B	2.45	$3.22B	$2.16	35.61
lululemon athletica	$10.59B	2.27	$1.81B	$14.76	13.62

Do analysts rate NKE or LULU?

NIKE presently has a consensus price target of $78.22, suggesting a potential upside of 1.69%. lululemon athletica has a consensus price target of $319.98, suggesting a potential upside of 59.23%. Given lululemon athletica's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe lululemon athletica is more favorable than NIKE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NIKE	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.72
lululemon athletica	1 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Does the media refer more to NKE or LULU?

In the previous week, NIKE had 12 more articles in the media than lululemon athletica. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for NIKE and 48 mentions for lululemon athletica. NIKE's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat lululemon athletica's score of 0.73 indicating that NIKE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NIKE	44 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
lululemon athletica	25 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

NIKE beats lululemon athletica on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.