Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU): Today's Featured Consumer Non-Durables Winner
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) pushed the Consumer Non-Durables industry higher today making it today's featured consumer non-durables winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.9%. By the end of trading, Lululemon Athletica rose $1.85 (2.7%) to $71.13 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1,791,659 shares of Lululemon Athletica exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,415,600 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $68.94-$71.90 after having opened the day at $69.32 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $69.28. Other companies within the Consumer Non-Durables industry that increased today were:
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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 $8.2 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are down 5.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 10 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.
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