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NKE vs. LULU, MU, TSLA, DECK, FDX, ONON, ORCL, 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), ON (ONON), Oracle (ORCL), 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

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$10.59B1.90$1.81B$14.7111.55
NIKE$46.31B2.15$3.22B$1.9534.56

lululemon athletica has a net margin of 16.38% compared to NIKE's net margin of 6.23%. 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 6.23%21.16%7.74%

In the previous week, NIKE had 34 more articles in the media than lululemon athletica. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for NIKE and 34 mentions for lululemon athletica. NIKE's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat lululemon athletica's score of 0.71 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
13 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NIKE
42 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

lululemon athletica has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NIKE has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

lululemon athletica presently has a consensus target price of $232.29, suggesting a potential upside of 36.76%. NIKE has a consensus target price of $81.57, suggesting a potential upside of 21.05%. Given lululemon athletica's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe lululemon athletica is more favorable than NIKE.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
lululemon athletica
4 Sell rating(s)
26 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.06
NIKE
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
24 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Summary

NIKE beats lululemon athletica on 11 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

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NKE vs. The Competition

MetricNIKESHOES&REL APPRL IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$96.41B$14.06B$8.16B$21.48B
Dividend Yield2.45%2.57%3.16%3.67%
P/E Ratio34.5615.4517.8929.66
Price / Sales2.151.246.0186.18
Price / Cash23.9111.6414.2617.79
Price / Book7.533.054.874.63
Net Income$3.22B$567.48M$255.96M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-5.42%-2.48%-4.03%-1.84%
1 Month Performance-7.84%-4.68%-4.41%0.55%
1 Year Performance-17.97%-15.89%34.55%13.45%

NIKE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NKE
NIKE
4.8785 of 5 stars
$67.39
+3.3%
$81.57
+21.1%
-20.6%$96.41B$46.31B34.5677,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LULU
lululemon athletica
4.2054 of 5 stars
$175.59
-1.5%
$233.33
+32.9%
-39.8%$20.82B$10.59B11.9439,000
MU
Micron Technology
4.8792 of 5 stars
$187.83
+2.2%
$184.77
-1.6%
+69.8%$210.21B$37.38B24.7548,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
TSLA
Tesla
3.9528 of 5 stars
$429.83
-1.4%
$343.43
-20.1%
+89.8%$1.43T$97.69B248.46125,665Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
DECK
Deckers Outdoor
4.7828 of 5 stars
$103.05
-0.7%
$136.32
+32.3%
-40.9%$15.29B$4.99B15.805,500Analyst Upgrade
FDX
FedEx
4.7481 of 5 stars
$244.14
+0.7%
$271.67
+11.3%
-14.8%$57.72B$87.93B14.25440,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
ONON
ON
3.9351 of 5 stars
$42.11
-0.6%
$64.20
+52.5%
-16.1%$26.51B$2.72B93.583,254News Coverage
ORCL
Oracle
4.4998 of 5 stars
$286.23
-0.9%
$304.71
+6.5%
+66.7%$815.73B$57.40B66.26162,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
UA
Under Armour
0.5066 of 5 stars
$4.92
-0.1%
N/A-41.8%$2.11B$5.16B22.3417,500
UAA
Under Armour
4.3753 of 5 stars
$5.05
-0.9%
$6.70
+32.8%
-42.7%$2.17B$5.16B22.9314,400
WMT
Walmart
4.5451 of 5 stars
$102.15
+0.4%
$112.38
+10.0%
+27.2%$813.79B$680.99B38.402,100,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:NKE) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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