LULU vs. HLT, CHTR, DKNG, RCL, LVS, EA, TCOM, TTWO, MAR, and RBLX
Should you be buying Lululemon Athletica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lululemon Athletica include Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Charter Communications (CHTR), DraftKings (DKNG), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Electronic Arts (EA), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Marriott International (MAR), and Roblox (RBLX). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) and Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Hilton Worldwide had 36 more articles in the media than Lululemon Athletica. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for Hilton Worldwide and 28 mentions for Lululemon Athletica. Lululemon Athletica's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Hilton Worldwide's score of 0.30 indicating that Hilton Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Lululemon Athletica shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Lululemon Athletica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lululemon Athletica has a net margin of 16.11% compared to Lululemon Athletica's net margin of 11.41%. Hilton Worldwide's return on equity of 44.41% beat Lululemon Athletica's return on equity.
Hilton Worldwide presently has a consensus price target of $207.59, suggesting a potential upside of 2.71%. Lululemon Athletica has a consensus price target of $481.96, suggesting a potential upside of 32.15%. Given Hilton Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lululemon Athletica is more favorable than Hilton Worldwide.
Lululemon Athletica has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hilton Worldwide. Lululemon Athletica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lululemon Athletica has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lululemon Athletica received 1097 more outperform votes than Hilton Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.67% of users gave Hilton Worldwide an outperform vote while only 69.85% of users gave Lululemon Athletica an outperform vote.
Summary
Lululemon Athletica beats Hilton Worldwide on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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