lululemon athletica inc. (LULU) vs Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN)

lululemon athletica inc. and Urban Outfitters, Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. lululemon athletica inc. is the larger, with a market value of $11.8B against $6.4B — 1.8× the size. lululemon athletica inc. trades at the lower P/E: 8.3× against 11.6×. Urban Outfitters, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.0% against 1.74%. lululemon athletica inc. has the higher net margin (12.8% vs 8.79%) and the higher return on invested capital (36.4% vs 21.4%). Across the 21 metrics below, lululemon athletica inc. leads on 15 and Urban Outfitters, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric LULU URBN Apparel Retail median
P/E 8.30 11.59 12.56
P/S 1.03 1.00 0.35
P/B 2.39 2.26 1.57
Price to free cash flow 8.44 21.86 11.15
EV/EBITDA 4.08 7.82 7.42
EV/Sales 0.93 1.05 0.51
Earnings yield 12.05% 8.63% 5.76%
Free cash flow yield 11.84% 4.58% 4.34%

Profitability

Metric LULU URBN Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 56.11% 37.48% 41.90%
Operating margin 17.84% 11.30% 2.50%
Net margin 12.78% 8.79% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 12.21% 4.56% 2.86%
Return on equity 30.90% 20.94% 7.71%
Return on assets 17.72% 11.57% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 36.36% 21.38% 6.41%

Growth

Metric LULU URBN Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.74% 11.01% 4.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (9.43%) 18.78% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.33% 12.31% 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 21.81% 227.39% 0.00%

Health

Metric LULU URBN Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 2.19 1.58 1.54
Net debt to EBITDA (0.67) (0.95) (0.29)

Dividend

Metric LULU URBN Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield — — 2.94%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric LULU URBN Apparel Retail median
Market cap 11.80b 6.41b 358.41m

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