Stock · LULU · Consumer Cyclical
Canada · Large Cap · listed since 2007 · Revenue 12 mo. $11.1B
Price as of 11/06/2026
lululemon athletica inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, distributes, and retails technical athletic apparel, footwear, and accessories for women and men under the lululemon brand in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Greece, and internationally.
lululemon athletica inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, distributes, and retails technical athletic apparel, footwear, and accessories for women and men under the lululemon brand in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Greece, and internationally. It offers pants, shorts, tops, and jackets for athletic activities, such as yoga, running, training, and other activities. The company also provides fitness-inspired accessories. It sells its products through company-operated stores; seasonal stores, pop-ups, university campus retailers, and yoga and fitness studios; outlets; Like New, a re-commerce program; and its e-commerce website. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.
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Summary
53.3 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €827.1M (2026), it supports €9.2B. The remaining €2.3B of the market value assume it grows 3.1% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
3.1%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 6.3×, below its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 13.9× to 37.2×, median 21.2×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q2 → Q3 2026
5 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 31.83% | 11.07% | Rank 87 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 36.61% | 17.91% | Rank 78 |
| EBIT margin | 19.91% | 10.89% | Rank 81 |
| FCF margin | 8.30% | 8.07% | Rank 52 |
| Gross margin | 56.60% | 34.00% | Rank 81 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 4.86% | 5.10% | Rank 49 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 25.70% | 8.34% | Rank 79 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 24.13% | 15.10% | Rank 68 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 6.13% | 4.34% | Rank 75 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 11.97% | 4.32% | Rank 95 |
| FCF yield | 7.22% | 4.17% | Rank 73 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 1.15 | 1.95 | Rank 67 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 5.77 | 16.88 | Rank 97 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −41.87% | −4.35% | Rank 10 |
| Share price, 6 months | −15.06% | 3.63% | Rank 18 |
| Share price, 3 months | −8.70% | 2.92% | Rank 17 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −48.68% | −15.83% | Rank 4 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 7.96% | 0.39% | Rank 11 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −3.93% | −0.37% | Rank 81 |
| Dividend streak in years | – | 4 | Rank 12 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −17.13% | 0.16% | Rank 1 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 58.67% | 40.59% | Rank 76 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 0.00 | 0.99 | Rank 68 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.36 | 0.49 | Rank 62 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 45.94% | 33.42% | Rank 11 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2.3 | 18.0% | $236.9M | 137M | −734.8 |
| 2018 | 2.6 | 17.2% | $331.5M | 136M | −990.5 |
| 2019 | 3.3 | 21.5% | $517.0M | 134M | −881.3 |
| 2020 | 4.0 | 17.7% | $386.3M | 134M | −141.4 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 18.6% | $574.1M | 131M | −351.8 |
| 2022 | 6.3 | 21.3% | $994.6M | 130M | −378.8 |
| 2023 | 8.1 | 16.4% | $327.8M | 128M | −84.5 |
| 2024 | 9.6 | 22.2% | $1.6B | 127M | −840.7 |
| 2025 | 10.6 | 23.7% | $1.6B | 124M | −408.5 |
| 2026 | 11.1 | 19.9% | $921.7M | 119M | −8.8 |
5 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Lululemon Athletica Inc. mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Lululemon Athletica Inc. is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
5 of 7 rules met
8 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Lululemon Athletica Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 8.4 | 21.6 |
| P/B ratio | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 31.8% | 11.1% |
| Equity ratio | 58.7% | 40.6% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.36 | 0.49 |
| Dividend yield | 0.0% | 2.2% |
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