Brokerages Set lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) Target Price at $227.05

Shares of lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) have been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the thirty-five analysts that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, thirty have assigned a hold recommendation, two have given a buy recommendation and two have given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $227.0514.

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on LULU shares. Weiss Ratings upgraded lululemon athletica from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Thursday, February 5th. BNP Paribas Exane reduced their price target on shares of lululemon athletica from $230.00 to $206.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $210.00 price target on shares of lululemon athletica in a research report on Tuesday, December 30th. UBS Group set a $206.00 target price on lululemon athletica in a research note on Wednesday, December 31st. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price target on shares of lululemon athletica from $200.00 to $185.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 30th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other lululemon athletica news, insider Celeste Burgoyne sold 13,511 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $204.00, for a total value of $2,756,244.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 5,318 shares in the company, valued at $1,084,872. This trade represents a 71.76% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.54% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On lululemon athletica

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in lululemon athletica by 3.9% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 13,782,917 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $2,452,394,000 after purchasing an additional 521,915 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of lululemon athletica by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,049,911 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $631,526,000 after buying an additional 71,464 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its position in shares of lululemon athletica by 28.7% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,200,552 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $391,544,000 after buying an additional 490,127 shares during the last quarter. Flossbach Von Storch SE raised its stake in lululemon athletica by 17.7% during the 3rd quarter. Flossbach Von Storch SE now owns 1,930,831 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock worth $343,553,000 after acquiring an additional 290,614 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new stake in lululemon athletica in the fourth quarter valued at $362,598,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.20% of the company’s stock.

lululemon athletica Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:LULU traded down $5.75 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $170.12. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,194,610 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,699,755. lululemon athletica has a 12-month low of $159.25 and a 12-month high of $400.01. The company has a market cap of $19.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 11.41 and a beta of 1.01. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $196.64 and its 200 day simple moving average is $186.15.

lululemon athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December 11th. The apparel retailer reported $2.59 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.22 by $0.37. lululemon athletica had a net margin of 15.72% and a return on equity of 39.78%. The firm had revenue of $2.57 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.48 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.53 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. lululemon athletica has set its FY 2025 guidance at 12.920-13.020 EPS and its Q4 2025 guidance at 4.660-4.760 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that lululemon athletica will post 14.36 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About lululemon athletica

lululemon athletica inc. is a design-focused athletic apparel company known for performance-oriented apparel, footwear and accessories. The company’s product portfolio centers on technical apparel for yoga, running, training and everyday active lifestyle use and includes tops, bottoms, outerwear, underwear, bags and a growing footwear assortment. lululemon emphasizes fabric science and product innovation, marketing garments that blend performance features with lifestyle styling.

Products are developed in-house and produced through a network of third-party manufacturers.