Lululemon Athletica (LULU) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer ONON or LULU?

ON currently has a consensus price target of $59.73, indicating a potential upside of 23.85%. Lululemon Athletica has a consensus price target of $399.14, indicating a potential upside of 11.19%. Given ON's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Lululemon Athletica	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.66

Which has preferable earnings and 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	$2.00B	15.22	$88.67M	$0.43	112.16
Lululemon Athletica	$10.18B	4.29	$1.55B	$13.85	25.92

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ONON or LULU?

Lululemon Athletica received 1856 more outperform votes than ON when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.72% of users gave Lululemon Athletica an outperform vote while only 65.09% of users gave ON an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ON	Outperform Votes 110 65.09%	Underperform Votes 59 34.91%
Lululemon Athletica	Outperform Votes 1966 69.72%	Underperform Votes 854 30.28%

Which has more risk and volatility, ONON or LULU?

ON has a beta of 2.3, meaning that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lululemon Athletica has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ONON or LULU?

In the previous week, Lululemon Athletica had 24 more articles in the media than ON. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Lululemon Athletica and 12 mentions for ON. ON's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Lululemon Athletica's score of 1.02 indicating that ON is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ON	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lululemon Athletica	27 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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