ON (ONON) Competitors

ON (NYSE:ONON) and Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Which has more volatility and risk, ONON or LULU?

ON has a beta of 2.32, meaning that its stock price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lululemon Athletica has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ONON or LULU?

Lululemon Athletica has higher revenue and earnings than ON. Lululemon Athletica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ON, 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
ON	$2.32B	13.07	$88.67M	$0.83	57.96
Lululemon Athletica	$10.59B	3.09	$1.55B	$14.70	18.42

Is ONON or LULU more profitable?

Lululemon Athletica has a net margin of 17.05% compared to ON's net margin of 5.87%. Lululemon Athletica's return on equity of 42.16% beat ON's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ON	5.87%	10.69%	6.66%
Lululemon Athletica	17.05%	42.16%	25.02%

Do analysts prefer ONON or LULU?

ON presently has a consensus target price of $58.77, indicating a potential upside of 22.16%. Lululemon Athletica has a consensus target price of $369.86, indicating a potential upside of 36.60%. Given Lululemon Athletica's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lululemon Athletica is more favorable than ON.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ON	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Lululemon Athletica	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ONON or LULU?

Lululemon Athletica received 1855 more outperform votes than ON when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.58% of users gave Lululemon Athletica an outperform vote while only 68.09% of users gave ON an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ON	Outperform Votes 128 68.09%	Underperform Votes 60 31.91%
Lululemon Athletica	Outperform Votes 1983 69.58%	Underperform Votes 867 30.42%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ONON or LULU?

36.4% of ON shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Lululemon Athletica shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.6% of ON 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor ONON or LULU?

In the previous week, Lululemon Athletica had 7 more articles in the media than ON. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Lululemon Athletica and 28 mentions for ON. ON's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Lululemon Athletica's score of 0.87 indicating that ON is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ON	21 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lululemon Athletica	22 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Lululemon Athletica beats ON on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.