ON (ONON) Competitors

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

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

85.2% of Lululemon Athletica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of ON shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Lululemon Athletica shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 68.6% of ON shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, LULU or ONON?

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

Does the media prefer LULU or ONON?

In the previous week, Lululemon Athletica had 31 more articles in the media than ON. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Lululemon Athletica and 14 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 news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lululemon Athletica	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ON	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LULU or ONON?

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

Which has better valuation & 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	4.01	$1.55B	$13.85	24.18
ON	$2.32B	13.14	$88.67M	$0.83	58.29

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%

Do analysts prefer LULU or ONON?

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

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lululemon Athletica	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.66
ON	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

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