Lululemon Athletica inc (NASDAQ: LULU) is -4.28% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $226.01 and a high of $480.94 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The LULU stock was last observed hovering at around $366.72 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.69%.
Currently trading at $366.03, the stock is -6.28% and -5.65% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.24 million and changing -0.19% at the moment leaves the stock 15.52% off its SMA200. LULU registered -20.06% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 36.30%.
The stock witnessed a -9.15% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 16.15%, and is -0.32% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.13% over the week and 3.11% over the month.
Lululemon Athletica inc (LULU) has around 38000 employees, a market worth around $46.45B and $10.18B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 26.44 and Fwd P/E is 23.79. Profit margin for the company is 17.05%. Distance from 52-week low is 61.95% and -23.89% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (33.32%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 12.27% this year
The shares outstanding are 117.05M, and float is at 106.23M with Short Float at 4.48%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is FMR LLC with over 17.9 million shares valued at $$5.35 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 14.209 of the LULU Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 11.74 million shares valued at $$3.51 billion to account for 9.3199 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 9.14 million shares representing 7.2541 and valued at over $$2.73 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 3.8369 of the shares totaling 4.83 million with a market value of $$1.44 billion.
Lululemon Athletica inc (LULU) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by NEUBURGER NICOLE, the company’s Chief Brand Officer. SEC filings show that NEUBURGER NICOLE sold 2,022 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 26 ’24 at a price of $387.11 per share for a total of $0.78 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 6198.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 09 ’24, BURGOYNE CELESTE (Pres Americas & Global Guest) disposed off 24,870 shares at an average price of $405.54 for $10.09 million. The insider now directly holds 12,429 shares of Lululemon Athletica inc (LULU).
