The stock price of Lululemon Athletica inc (NASDAQ: LULU) has surged by 2361515 when compared to previous closing price of 227.47, but the company has seen a -6.52% decline in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. proactiveinvestors.com reported 2025-06-23 that Lululemon Athletica Inc (NASDAQ:LULU) is slashing about 150 corporate jobs as part of an organizational restructuring, the company revealed last week. A spokesperson for the Vancouver-based athleisure brand told media that the impacted employees are part of its store support centers.
Is It Worth Investing in Lululemon Athletica inc (NASDAQ: LULU) Right Now?
Lululemon Athletica inc (NASDAQ: LULU) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 15.25x compared to its average ratio. LULU has 36-month beta value of 1.27. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 16 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 16 as “hold,” and 3 as “sell.”
The public float for LULU is 104.44M, and currently, short sellers hold a 4.63% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of LULU on June 23, 2025 was 3.10M shares.
LULU’s Market Performance
LULU’s stock has seen a -6.52% decrease for the week, with a -29.62% drop in the past month and a -30.72% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.77%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 5.22% for Lululemon Athletica inc The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -19.93% for LULU stock, with a simple moving average of -29.93% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of LULU
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for LULU stocks, with Morgan Stanley repeating the rating for LULU by listing it as a “Equal-Weight.” The predicted price for LULU in the upcoming period, according to Morgan Stanley is $280 based on the research report published on June 09, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Telsey Advisory Group gave a rating of “Outperform” to LULU, setting the target price at $385 in the report published on March 28th of the current year.
LULU Trading at -20.40% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought LULU to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -47.20% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at LULU starting from NEUBURGER NICOLE, who sale 2,022 shares at the price of $387.11 back on Dec 26 ’24. After this action, NEUBURGER NICOLE now owns 6,198 shares of Lululemon Athletica inc, valued at $782,735 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for LULU
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.23 for the present operating margin
- 0.59 for the gross margin
The net margin for Lululemon Athletica inc stands at 0.17. The total capital return value is set at 0.54. Equity return is now at value 42.49, with 25.36 for asset returns.
Based on Lululemon Athletica inc (LULU), the company’s capital structure generated 0.28 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 1.19.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 3.02 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 0.13. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.42. The receivables turnover for the company is 76.11for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.6. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.28.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Lululemon Athletica inc (LULU) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a bearish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “sell” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
