How to buy Lululemon Athletica (LULU) stocks

Lululemon Athletica is an apparel retail business based in the US. Lululemon Athletica shares (LULU) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $379.42 – a decrease of 3.12% over the previous week. Lululemon Athletica employs 38,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $10 billion.

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Lululemon Athletica stock price (NASDAQ: LULU)

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Lululemon Athletica stocks at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$379.42
52-week range	$226.01 - $516.39
50-day moving average more info button	$322.58
200-day moving average more info button	$317.39
Wall St. target price	$376.82
PE ratio more info button	26.8837
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$13.84

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Lululemon Athletica price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $373.54 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-4.62%
1 month (2024-11-21)	18.53%
3 months (2024-09-20)	42.24%
6 months (2024-06-21)	19.79%

1 year (2023-12-21)	-26.90%
2 years (2022-12-21)	17.93%
3 years (2021-12-21)	383.31
5 years (2019-12-20)	62.20%

Is Lululemon Athletica stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Lululemon Athletica stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Lululemon Athletica's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Lululemon Athletica's P/E ratio

Lululemon Athletica's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 27x. In other words, Lululemon Athletica shares trade at around 27x recent earnings.

That's comparable to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29).

Lululemon Athletica's PEG ratio

Lululemon Athletica's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.5377. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Lululemon Athletica's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Lululemon Athletica's EBITDA

Lululemon Athletica's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $2.7 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Lululemon Athletica's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Lululemon Athletica financials

Revenue TTM	$10 billion
Operating margin TTM	22.78%
Gross profit TTM	$4.5 billion
Return on assets TTM	22.57%
Return on equity TTM	43.16%
Profit margin	16.34%
Book value	$33.53
Market Capitalization more info button	$45.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Lululemon Athletica stock dividends

We're not expecting Lululemon Athletica to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Lululemon Athletica's stocks ever split?

Lululemon Athletica's stocks were split on a 2:1 basis on 11 July 2011 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Lululemon Athletica stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Lululemon Athletica stocks, which in turn could have impacted Lululemon Athletica's stock price.

Lululemon Athletica stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Lululemon Athletica's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $226.01 up to $516.39. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Lululemon Athletica's is 1.237. This would suggest that Lululemon Athletica's stocks are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Lululemon Athletica overview

Lululemon Athletica Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, distributes, and retails athletic apparel, footwear, and accessories under the lululemon brand for women and men. It offers pants, shorts, tops, and jackets for healthy lifestyle, such as yoga, running, training, and other activities. It also provides fitness-inspired accessories. The company sells its products through a chain of company-operated stores; outlets; interactive workout platform; yoga and fitness studios, university campus retailers, and other partners; license and supply arrangements; and temporary locations, as well as through mobile apps and lululemon.com e-commerce website. It has operations in the United States, Canada, Mainland China, Australia, South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Macau, Thailand, the Asia Pacific, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Lululemon Athletica is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 4.633% of Lululemon Athletica stocks are held by insiders and 89.445% by institutions. How many people work for Lululemon Athletica?
Latest data suggests 38,000 work at Lululemon Athletica. When does the fiscal year end for Lululemon Athletica?
Lululemon Athletica's fiscal year ends in January. Where is Lululemon Athletica based?
Lululemon Athletica's address is: 1818 Cornwall Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6J 1C7 What is Lululemon Athletica's ISIN number?
Lululemon Athletica's international securities identification number is: US5500211090 What is Lululemon Athletica's CUSIP number?
Lululemon Athletica's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 550021109

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