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Lululemon Athletica Inc.

Trending onWhy it's trendingX chatter spiked vs its recent normStrong bullish X conversationBacked by solid revenue growth
$LULU·$14B·Apparel - Retail·Consumer Cyclical
$117.32-2.5%YTD-43.9%1Y-48.7%
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LULULU
$LULULululemon Athletica Inc.
$117.32-2.48%1.3k posts+23%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $LULU, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Comeback attemptWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-07-14

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Lululemon at 12% of its 52-week range with Michael Burry long and an 18-year support level holding — the generational bottom setup.

Lululemon Athletica is the premium athletic-apparel brand that has spent 2026 being written off as 'the next Nike' — down 42% YTD and 47% over twelve months. Michael Burry disclosed a long, Chip Wilson's cooperation agreement expanded the board, and the tape is coiling at generational levels.

  • The mechanics still work: revenue was essentially flat YoY last quarter with 55% gross margin, 22% operating margin, and TTM FCF yield of 9.9% — this is a decelerating growth business, not a broken one.
  • Valuation is where the argument really sits: at 9x TTM P/E and 1.16x sales for a franchise with 55%+ gross margin, this is priced like the moat is gone — the moat isn't gone, the growth premium is.
  • The technical setup is a real coiling pattern: shares sit at 12% of the 52-week range with an 18-year ascending support and a weekly ADL double-bottom, plus an ascending triangle bullish continuation at the $120 psychological level.
  • The insider tape is corporate-governance active but not distressed: the board expansion under Chip Wilson's cooperation agreement (adding Laura Gentile and Marc Maurer as directors) is activist-backed representation working — that's a positive setup, not a negative one.

The path if it works is the Sept 3 Q2 print landing above $1.79 EPS with US comparable sales stabilizing, product-assortment feedback continuing to improve (per Jefferies boots-on-the-ground research), and a fresh buyback authorization — that turns the coil into a $161 gap-fill run by year-end. Continued brand-relevance erosion versus Alo/Vuori, another quarterly comps miss, or an inventory-build surprise is what invalidates the setup.

Agrees with X sentimentAgrees with the generational-buy framing — Burry long, Chip Wilson board expansion, 18-year support, and 9x P/E all check out. Where the crowd is honest: -37% since Burry went long is a real hazard, and the 'sorority rush videos with Alo/Vuori' is a real brand-relevance signal worth watching.

What to watch: Sept 3 Q2 earnings: EPS above $1.79 with US comparable sales stabilizing, product-assortment feedback improving, and fresh buyback authorization turns the coil into a $161 gap-fill run. Continued brand erosion vs Alo/Vuori, another comps miss, or inventory build invalidates the setup.

On the calendar: 2026-09-03 — Q2 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment29 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-14

Lululemon is being framed by multiple accounts as a generational buying opportunity in the low $120s, with the falling weekly wedge apex aligning with the earnings date, an ascending-triangle setup off the daily Sniper MA flip, and a $3B share buyback + $1.8B cash position at just 1x sales / 9x earnings. Michael Burry publicly bought LULU roughly 330 days ago and is down ~37% on the position, but bulls argue the gap at $161 fills before year-end and expect NKE and LULU to make higher highs into 2026 even in a market correction. Bears warn about competitive threats from Alo and Vuori and Morgan Stanley cut the PE-8 to $96, so the setup is dominant-bull with real skeptic pushback.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Premium athletic apparel brand selling yoga and training wear through stores and DTC channels, with strong brand loyalty and international growth.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Apparel - Retail sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $LULU.

Apparel - Retail · Consumer Cyclical

No material change from last week — TJX is being called 'Retail's Apex Predator' feasting on inflation, with excess inventory from full-price retailers expanding TJX's buying opportunity.

What this means for $LULU

Direct beneficiary — Premium athletic apparel brand selling yoga and training wear through stores and DTC channels, with strong brand loyalty and international growth; primary revenue lines track directly to the off-price market share gains from excess inventory liquidation.

Industry benchmark

12-name peer basket
+4.9%YTD
+54.8%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
9.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
20.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
18.2%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
9.9%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
1.2Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
31.3%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
55.7%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.4Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Jun 4, 2026$1.69$1.67+1.2%
Q4 2025Mar 17, 2026$5.01$4.76+5.3%
Q3 2025Dec 11, 2025$2.59$2.22+16.7%
Q2 2025Sep 4, 2025$3.10$2.91+6.5%
Next earningsThu, Sep 3·consensus EPS $1.79

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY25$3.6B+0.8%54.9%22.1%$4.97$959.7M
Q3 FY25$2.6B+7.1%55.6%17.0%$2.59$82.4M
Q2 FY25$2.5B+6.5%58.5%20.7%$3.10$150.8M
Q1 FY25$2.4B+7.3%58.3%18.5%$2.61$-271.2M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 24 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$11.0B$11.0B – $11.1B$13.05$12.99 – $13.1520
FY27$11.1B$11.0B – $11.2B$10.97$10.22 – $12.3223
FY28$11.4B$11.1B – $11.6B$11.39$10.02 – $12.8824
FY29$12.0B$12.0B – $12.0B$12.39$11.16 – $15.0912
FY30$12.9B$12.5B – $13.2B$12.79$12.29 – $13.226

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.6×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.12%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-1.0%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-26.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 98.2M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.7% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.885-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

BuyJun 15Charles V BerghDirector4.3K sh$500KSellApr 8Nicole NeuburgerChief Brand Officer622 sh$100KBuyApr 1Andre MaestriniCEO3.3K sh$495KBuyMar 20Charles V BerghDirector6.1K sh$1000K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 293
AI summary

Marc Maurer (director, Vancouver) filed a Form 3 initial beneficial ownership statement for lululemon athletica as of June 25, 2026, per the cooperation agreement with Chip Wilson's group. Administrative disclosure for a newly appointed LULU director.

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 293
AI summary

Laura Gentile (director, Vancouver) filed a Form 3 initial beneficial ownership statement for lululemon athletica as of June 25, 2026, per the cooperation agreement with Chip Wilson's group. Administrative disclosure for a second newly appointed LULU director.

8-KOfficer or director changeJun 268-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

lululemon's Board appointed Laura Gentile and Marc Maurer as directors effective June 25, 2026, expanding from 9 to 11 members per the cooperation agreement with Chip Wilson and related parties. Board expansion per agreement with founding shareholder Wilson, achieving activist-backed board representation.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMay 28SC 13D/A
AI summary

LIPO Investments (USA), Inc. — affiliated with lululemon founder Chip Wilson — filed an amendment to its Schedule 13D for lululemon athletica inc. reporting approximately 4.2% beneficial ownership. This update coincides with the May 26, 2026 Cooperation Agreement between Wilson and lululemon under which Wilson agreed to governance terms and the company will appoint Wilson-approved independent directors. The 13D/A reflects the ongoing active engagement of Wilson's camp with lululemon's board composition.

8-KMaterial agreementMay 278-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

lululemon athletica inc. entered into a Cooperation Agreement with founder Chip Wilson and affiliated entities on May 26, 2026, under which lululemon will appoint Laura Gentile and Marc Maurer as independent directors immediately following the 2026 Annual Meeting, increase the board size accordingly, and appoint a third new director with apparel/brand expertise by October 1, 2026 — subject to Wilson's approval. One incumbent director will not stand for reelection in 2027. In exchange, Wilson and affiliates agree to governance conditions including standstill provisions. This negotiated board refreshment ends (for now) Wilson's public pressure campaign on lululemon, though the conditions embedded in the agreement signal ongoing founder influence over board composition.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMay 20SC 13D/A
AI summary

Dennis J. Wilson, founder of lululemon athletica inc. (LULU), filed Amendment No. 21 to his Schedule 13D on May 18, 2026, reflecting an updated position in lululemon's common stock (CUSIP 550021109). Wilson is a Vancouver, Canada-based individual filer and lululemon's founder and largest individual shareholder. As a 13D filer, Wilson's position changes and intent are closely tracked; this amendment reflects his latest holdings or plan update but specific share counts and changes are not visible in the excerpt.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMay 8SC 13D/A
AI summary

Dennis J. Wilson filed an amended Schedule 13D on LULU disclosing beneficial ownership (9,904,856.00 shares) as of 2026-05-08. The filer's stated intent is passive investment with no plan to influence control of the company.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 73
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for LULU on 2026-05-07, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

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