LULU vs. LEVI, AS, GIL, ZGN, COLM, UAA, UA, CRI, GOOS, and GIII
Should you be buying Lululemon Athletica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lululemon Athletica include Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), Amer Sports (AS), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Under Armour (UAA), Under Armour (UA), Carter's (CRI), Canada Goose (GOOS), and G-III Apparel Group (GIII).
Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) and Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Lululemon Athletica has higher revenue and earnings than Levi Strauss & Co.. Lululemon Athletica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Levi Strauss & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lululemon Athletica has a net margin of 16.11% compared to Levi Strauss & Co.'s net margin of 2.05%. Lululemon Athletica's return on equity of 44.41% beat Levi Strauss & Co.'s return on equity.
Lululemon Athletica received 1768 more outperform votes than Levi Strauss & Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.87% of users gave Lululemon Athletica an outperform vote while only 61.06% of users gave Levi Strauss & Co. an outperform vote.
Lululemon Athletica presently has a consensus price target of $455.37, indicating a potential upside of 53.94%. Levi Strauss & Co. has a consensus price target of $20.56, indicating a potential downside of 9.80%. Given Lululemon Athletica's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lululemon Athletica is more favorable than Levi Strauss & Co..
85.2% of Lululemon Athletica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Lululemon Athletica shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Lululemon Athletica had 56 more articles in the media than Levi Strauss & Co.. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for Lululemon Athletica and 4 mentions for Levi Strauss & Co.. Levi Strauss & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Lululemon Athletica's score of 0.16 indicating that Levi Strauss & Co. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lululemon Athletica has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Levi Strauss & Co. has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lululemon Athletica beats Levi Strauss & Co. on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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