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

Does the media prefer ONON or LULU?

In the previous week, Lululemon Athletica had 26 more articles in the media than ON. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Lululemon Athletica and 26 mentions for ON. Lululemon Athletica's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat ON's score of 0.77 indicating that Lululemon Athletica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ON	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lululemon Athletica	31 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	11.68	$88.67M	$0.83	51.80
Lululemon Athletica	$10.59B	2.96	$1.55B	$14.70	17.67

Do institutionals & insiders believe in 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ONON or LULU?

Lululemon Athletica received 1858 more outperform votes than ON when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.65% of users gave Lululemon Athletica an outperform vote while only 67.57% of users gave ON an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ON	Outperform Votes 125 67.57%	Underperform Votes 60 32.43%
Lululemon Athletica	Outperform Votes 1983 69.65%	Underperform Votes 864 30.35%

Do analysts rate ONON or LULU?

ON currently has a consensus price target of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.57%. Lululemon Athletica has a consensus price target of $371.72, indicating a potential upside of 43.10%. Given Lululemon Athletica's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.96
Lululemon Athletica	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, ONON or LULU?

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

Summary

Lululemon Athletica beats ON on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.