Lululemon Athletica (LULU) Competitors

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

Which has better 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	13.14	$88.67M	$0.83	58.29
Lululemon Athletica	$10.18B	4.01	$1.55B	$13.85	24.18

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ONON or LULU?

36.4% of ON shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Lululemon Athletica shares are held by institutional investors. 68.6% of ON shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Lululemon Athletica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ONON or LULU?

Lululemon Athletica received 1847 more outperform votes than ON when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.71% of users gave Lululemon Athletica an outperform vote while only 67.22% of users gave ON an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ON	Outperform Votes 121 67.22%	Underperform Votes 59 32.78%
Lululemon Athletica	Outperform Votes 1968 69.71%	Underperform Votes 855 30.29%

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 rate ONON or LULU?

ON currently has a consensus target price of $61.90, indicating a potential upside of 27.94%. Lululemon Athletica has a consensus target price of $397.10, indicating a potential upside of 18.55%. Given ON's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe ON is more favorable than Lululemon Athletica.

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)	8 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.66

Which has more risk and volatility, ONON or LULU?

ON has a beta of 2.35, suggesting that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lululemon Athletica has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ONON or LULU?

In the previous week, Lululemon Athletica had 35 more articles in the media than ON. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Lululemon Athletica and 15 mentions for ON. ON's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Lululemon Athletica's score of 0.76 indicating that ON is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ON	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lululemon Athletica	23 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Lululemon Athletica beats ON on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.