Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU): Today's Featured Consumer Goods Winner
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) pushed the Consumer Goods sector higher today making it today's featured consumer goods winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.4%. By the end of trading, Lululemon Athletica rose $1.12 (1.7%) to $65.32 on average volume. Throughout the day, 3,121,375 shares of Lululemon Athletica exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,461,300 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $63.33-$65.34 after having opened the day at $64.14 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $64.20. Other companies within the Consumer Goods sector that increased today were:
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), up 12.7%,
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), up 10.3%,
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), up 8.6% and
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), up 6.0%.
lululemon athletica inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes athletic apparel and accessories for women, men, and female youth. It operates in three segments: Corporate-Owned Stores, Direct To Consumer, and Other. Lululemon Athletica has a market cap of $7.5 billion and is part of the consumer non-durables industry. Shares are down 15.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 8 analysts that rate Lululemon Athletica a buy, 3 analysts rate it a sell, and 13 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Lululemon Athletica
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, good cash flow from operations, expanding profit margins and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company is trading at a premium valuation based on our review of its current price compared to such things as earnings and book value.
- You can view the full Lululemon Athletica Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 9.0%,
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), down 7.3%,
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), down 6.8% and
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), down 5.9% , were all laggards within the consumer goods sector with
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) being today's consumer goods sector laggard.
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