ON (ONON) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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. 0.5% of Lululemon Athletica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend ONON or LULU?

ON presently has a consensus price target of $59.36, suggesting a potential downside of 1.08%. Lululemon Athletica has a consensus price target of $390.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.70%. Given Lululemon Athletica's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Lululemon Athletica	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more volatility and risk, ONON or LULU?

ON has a beta of 2.3, meaning that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lululemon Athletica has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ONON or LULU?

In the previous week, Lululemon Athletica had 47 more articles in the media than ON. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for Lululemon Athletica and 13 mentions for ON. Lululemon Athletica's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat ON's score of 0.61 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lululemon Athletica	30 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ONON or LULU?

Lululemon Athletica received 1853 more outperform votes than ON when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.67% of users gave Lululemon Athletica an outperform vote while only 65.27% of users gave ON an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ON	Outperform Votes 109 65.27%	Underperform Votes 58 34.73%
Lululemon Athletica	Outperform Votes 1962 69.67%	Underperform Votes 854 30.33%

Which has higher 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	18.94	$88.67M	$0.43	139.56
Lululemon Athletica	$9.62B	4.72	$1.55B	$13.85	26.92

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%

Summary

Lululemon Athletica beats ON on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.