AS vs. LULU, ONON, BIRK, GIL, LEVI, BRP, KTB, ZGN, UAA, and UA
Should you be buying Amer Sports stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amer Sports include Lululemon Athletica (LULU), ON (ONON), Birkenstock (BIRK), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Under Armour (UAA), and Under Armour (UA). These companies are all part of the "apparel" industry.
Amer Sports vs.
Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) and Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Amer Sports currently has a consensus target price of $32.64, indicating a potential upside of 13.12%. Lululemon Athletica has a consensus target price of $397.10, indicating a potential upside of 17.71%. Given Lululemon Athletica's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lululemon Athletica is more favorable than Amer Sports.
Lululemon Athletica has a net margin of 17.05% compared to Amer Sports' net margin of -0.74%. Lululemon Athletica's return on equity of 42.16% beat Amer Sports' return on equity.
Lululemon Athletica received 1930 more outperform votes than Amer Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.00% of users gave Amer Sports an outperform vote while only 69.71% of users gave Lululemon Athletica an outperform vote.
Lululemon Athletica has higher revenue and earnings than Amer Sports. Lululemon Athletica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amer Sports, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lululemon Athletica had 37 more articles in the media than Amer Sports. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Lululemon Athletica and 13 mentions for Amer Sports. Amer Sports' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Lululemon Athletica's score of 0.76 indicating that Amer Sports is being referred to more favorably in the media.
40.3% of Amer Sports shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Lululemon Athletica shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Lululemon Athletica shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Lululemon Athletica beats Amer Sports on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AS) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
