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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals 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. 1.1% of NIKE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of lululemon athletica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, NKE or LULU?

NIKE has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, lululemon athletica has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer NKE or LULU?

In the previous week, NIKE had 29 more articles in the media than lululemon athletica. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for NIKE and 30 mentions for lululemon athletica. NIKE's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat lululemon athletica's score of 0.93 indicating that NIKE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NIKE	41 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
lululemon athletica	14 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	2.32	$3.22B	$2.16	33.64
lululemon athletica	$10.59B	2.68	$1.81B	$14.76	16.02

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%

Do analysts prefer NKE or LULU?

NIKE presently has a consensus price target of $77.15, suggesting a potential upside of 6.18%. lululemon athletica has a consensus price target of $338.73, suggesting a potential upside of 43.22%. 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
NIKE	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
lululemon athletica	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Summary

NIKE beats lululemon athletica on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.