Lululemon Athletica (LULU) Competitors

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

Is LULU or ONON 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
Lululemon Athletica	17.05%	42.16%	25.02%
ON	5.87%	10.69%	6.66%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LULU or ONON?

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
Lululemon Athletica	$10.18B	4.48	$1.55B	$13.85	27.03
ON	$2.00B	18.75	$88.67M	$0.43	138.18

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LULU or ONON?

Lululemon Athletica received 1853 more outperform votes than ON when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.67% of users gave Lululemon Athletica an outperform vote while only 65.27% of users gave ON an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lululemon Athletica	Outperform Votes 1962 69.67%	Underperform Votes 854 30.33%
ON	Outperform Votes 109 65.27%	Underperform Votes 58 34.73%

Does the media refer more to LULU or ONON?

In the previous week, Lululemon Athletica had 45 more articles in the media than ON. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Lululemon Athletica and 13 mentions for ON. Lululemon Athletica's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat ON's score of 0.61 indicating that Lululemon Athletica is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lululemon Athletica	29 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ON	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, LULU or ONON?

Lululemon Athletica has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ON has a beta of 2.3, suggesting that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LULU or ONON?

85.2% of Lululemon Athletica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of ON shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Lululemon Athletica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate LULU or ONON?

Lululemon Athletica presently has a consensus price target of $390.33, indicating a potential upside of 4.26%. ON has a consensus price target of $59.36, indicating a potential downside of 0.09%. Given Lululemon Athletica's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Lululemon Athletica is more favorable than ON.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lululemon Athletica	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
ON	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Summary

Lululemon Athletica beats ON on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.