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LULU vs GAP vs BURL

161 measures in 16 categories, one definition each, computed from filings and market data.
LULU62.6
Lululemon Athletica Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Retail
$97.10 −2.01%$11.2B mkt cap
Score DNA
GAP65.4
The Gap, Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Retail
$23.12 −1.45%$8.1B mkt cap
Score DNA
BURL63.2
Burlington Stores, Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Retail
$262.66 −1.99%$16.5B mkt cap
Score DNA

Price, rebased to 100 three years ago

LULU   GAP   BURL   · weekly adjusted closes
50100150200250300Jan 24Apr 24Jul 24Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26BURL 226GAP 222LULU 26
● marks the highest or lowest value where that direction is plainly stronger (margins, returns, coverage, leverage); multiples and yields are left unmarked. Bars show each stock's percentile within its own industry. n/a: the measure does not apply to lenders and insurers.

Smart money

8 measures
MeasureLULUGAPBURL
Insider open-market buys, 180d 1 0 0
Insider $ bought, 180d $0.50M — —
Congress purchases, 180d 0 0 0
Last Congress purchase — — —
13F net change in holders — — +28
ETFs adding shares, 30d 540 141 723
ETFs trimming, 30d 399 146 551
Net ETF funds, 30d +141 −5 +172

Valuation

16 measures
MeasureLULUGAPBURL
P/E (TTM) 7.9x
15th
6.5x
8th
23.1x
77th
PEG (P/E ÷ 3-yr EPS CAGR) 0.48
50th
0.05
0th
0.58
62nd
Price / sales 1.0x
46th
0.5x
38th
1.4x
69th
Price / book 2.3x
38th
2.1x
31st
8.2x
85th
Price / tangible book 2.9x
46th
1.9x
23rd
13.7x
92nd
Price / free cash flow 8.3x
31st
7.3x
23rd
16.3x
54th
Price / operating cash flow 5.7x
31st
4.4x
23rd
11.7x
62nd
Enterprise value $12.0B
77th
$11.4B
69th
$21.7B
85th
EV / sales 1.1x
46th
0.7x
31st
1.8x
69th
EV / EBITDA 4.7x
0th
6.4x
15th
14.8x
77th
EV / EBIT 6.0x
0th
9.0x
23rd
21.3x
77th
EV / free cash flow 8.9x
15th
10.2x
31st
21.5x
54th
Earnings yield 12.6%
85th
15.4%
92nd
4.3%
23rd
FCF yield 12.0%
69th
13.7%
77th
6.1%
46th
Operating cash flow yield 17.6%
69th
22.6%
77th
8.6%
38th
Graham number (per share) $109.49
100th
$28.38
23rd
$88.77
77th

Profitability (TTM)

12 measures
MeasureLULUGAPBURL
Gross margin 56.1%
92nd
43.3%
46th
44.6%
54th
EBITDA margin 23.0%
92nd
11.6%
31st
12.0%
38th
Operating margin 17.8%
92nd
11.0%
46th
8.1%
23rd
EBIT margin 18.2%
92nd
8.3%
23rd
8.3%
31st
Net margin 12.8%
92nd
8.1%
46th
5.8%
23rd
NOPAT margin 12.5%
92nd
8.0%
46th
6.1%
23rd
FCF margin 12.2%
92nd
7.2%
46th
8.3%
54th
Operating cash flow margin 17.9%
92nd
12.0%
54th
11.6%
46th
R&D / revenue 0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
SG&A / revenue 38.2%
77th
0.0%
0th
32.8%
62nd
Stock comp / revenue 0.4%
25th
0.6%
50th
1.0%
92nd
Effective tax rate 29.4%
100th
26.8%
85th
24.1%
46th

Returns on capital

11 measures
MeasureLULUGAPBURL
ROE (on average equity) 30.9%
54th
33.8%
62nd
41.4%
77th
ROA 17.7%
92nd
10.0%
46th
7.4%
23rd
ROIC 25.1%
69th
17.2%
54th
10.4%
23rd
ROCE 30.1%
69th
13.2%
38th
13.0%
23rd
Return on tangible assets 25.2%
92nd
10.1%
23rd
10.5%
31st
Cash ROIC (OCF / invested capital) 35.8%
69th
25.5%
62nd
19.6%
38th
Gross profitability (GP / assets) 73.4%
85th
51.6%
31st
53.2%
46th
ROIC, 3-yr average 28.4%
92nd
11.4%
54th
7.8%
31st
ROIC, 5-yr average 38.6%
92nd
7.4%
23rd
7.4%
15th
ROE, 5-yr average 35.6%
77th
14.4%
15th
34.3%
69th
Incremental ROIC 16.6%
8th
90.1%
69th
53.6%
38th

Growth

17 measures
MeasureLULUGAPBURL
Revenue growth (TTM YoY) 1.7%
8th
1.1%
0th
11.0%
69th
Revenue growth (QoQ) -2.3%
15th
4.4%
38th
5.1%
46th
Revenue CAGR, 3 yr 7.9%
62nd
0.5%
15th
10.4%
85th
Revenue CAGR, 5 yr 15.0%
92nd
-1.6%
15th
7.9%
69th
Gross profit CAGR, 3 yr 7.5%
46th
6.6%
38th
12.4%
69th
Operating income CAGR, 3 yr 8.4%
31st
88.4%
92nd
11.1%
38th
Net income growth (TTM YoY) -20.6%
9th
40.3%
82nd
30.7%
73rd
Net income CAGR, 3 yr 12.1%
33rd
126.0%
100th
39.1%
83rd
EPS growth (TTM YoY) -15.8%
9th
43.3%
82nd
30.7%
64th
EPS CAGR, 3 yr 16.6%
50th
126.0%
100th
39.9%
75th
EPS CAGR, 5 yr 14.7%
64th
11.5%
45th
11.8%
55th
FCF growth (TTM YoY) 15.9%
27th
44.3%
36th
228.2%
82nd
FCF CAGR, 3 yr 11.8%
64th
8.7%
36th
42.9%
91st
Operating cash flow CAGR, 3 yr 6.6%
25th
11.0%
50th
22.0%
67th
Book value CAGR, 3 yr 15.2%
38th
20.4%
85th
35.1%
100th
Dividend CAGR, 3 yr — 1.8%
33rd
—
Sustainable growth rate 30.9%
69th
27.0%
62nd
41.4%
92nd

Margin history & stability

7 measures
MeasureLULUGAPBURL
Gross margin, 3-yr average 57.9%
92nd
41.8%
46th
43.5%
54th
Operating margin, 3-yr average 21.0%
100th
8.3%
31st
9.1%
46th
Net margin, 3-yr average 15.2%
92nd
6.4%
38th
5.0%
31st
FCF margin, 3-yr average 13.3%
92nd
6.7%
54th
4.8%
38th
Revenue stability (0-1) 0.94
62nd
0.55
23rd
0.95
77th
Earnings stability (0-1) 0.64
54th
0.39
23rd
0.54
38th
Margin stability (0-1) 0.98
77th
0.94
31st
0.98
85th

Liquidity (latest quarter)

7 measures
MeasureLULUGAPBURL
Cash & short-term investments $1.4B
77th
$2.5B
85th
$703.7M
62nd
Net cash (− = net debt) −$751.4M
38th
−$3.2B
15th
−$5.2B
8th
Working capital $2.1B
85th
$2.6B
92nd
$380.3M
31st
Current ratio 2.19
85th
1.82
69th
1.17
23rd
Quick ratio 1.24
85th
1.11
77th
0.47
31st
Cash ratio (cash + ST investments / current liabilities) 0.77
69th
0.77
77th
0.32
31st
Defensive interval (days) 134 days
54th
183 days
69th
70 days
23rd

Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)

13 measures
MeasureLULUGAPBURL
Total debt $2.1B
69th
$5.7B
85th
$5.9B
92nd
Debt / equity 0.45
8th
1.45
85th
2.95
100th
Net debt / equity 0.16
8th
0.82
62nd
2.60
100th
Debt / assets 25.2%
8th
44.5%
77th
58.8%
100th
Debt / capital 30.9%
8th
59.1%
85th
74.7%
100th
Debt / EBITDA 0.84
0th
3.21
62nd
4.02
77th
Net debt / EBITDA 0.29
8th
1.82
62nd
3.54
77th
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) — 18.1x
60th
13.0x
40th
Cash interest coverage — 26.2x
40th
18.1x
30th
Debt payback (years of OCF) 1.1 yrs
0th
3.1 yrs
54th
4.2 yrs
69th
Liabilities / assets 43.5%
0th
69.3%
77th
80.1%
100th
IS credit model rating AA+ BBB+ BBB+
Implied credit spread (bps) 65
0th
225
54th
225
54th

Efficiency

11 measures
MeasureLULUGAPBURL
Asset turnover 1.39
54th
1.23
15th
1.26
31st
Fixed asset turnover 2.78
54th
2.51
38th
1.73
8th
Inventory turnover 2.8
31st
3.8
46th
4.6
69th
Receivables turnover 71.5
58th
— 102.1
67th
Days sales outstanding 5 days
46th
0 days
0th
4 days
38th
Days inventory outstanding 129 days
69th
96 days
54th
79 days
31st
Days payables outstanding 27 days
8th
70 days
92nd
57 days
62nd
Cash conversion cycle (days) 107 days
85th
26 days
15th
25 days
8th
Capex / revenue 5.7%
83rd
4.7%
58th
3.3%
33rd
Capex / depreciation 1.16
33rd
1.41
50th
0.90
17th
Operating expense ratio 41.7%
69th
34.3%
46th
37.9%
54th

Cash flow & earnings quality

7 measures
MeasureLULUGAPBURL
Operating cash flow / net income 1.40
46th
1.47
54th
1.98
77th
FCF / net income 0.96
46th
0.89
38th
1.42
77th
FCF / operating cash flow 68.3%
33rd
60.5%
25th
71.4%
67th
Capex / operating cash flow 31.7%
67th
39.5%
75th
28.6%
33rd
Accruals ratio -7.0%
23rd
-4.7%
69th
-7.2%
8th
Sloan accruals ratio -4.6%
31st
-0.3%
69th
-5.7%
0th
Earnings quality score (0-1) 0.75
8th
1.00
77th
0.75
8th

Dividends & buybacks

9 measures
MeasureLULUGAPBURL
Dividend yield 0.0%
0th
3.0%
85th
0.0%
0th
Dividend per share (TTM) $0.00
0th
$0.69
69th
$0.00
0th
Payout ratio (dividends / net income) 0.0%
0th
20.0%
62nd
0.0%
0th
Dividends / FCF 0.0%
0th
22.4%
77th
0.0%
0th
Dividend growth (YoY) — 7.8%
33rd
—
Buyback yield 10.4%
100th
7.4%
85th
2.1%
62nd
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) 10.4%
92nd
10.5%
100th
2.1%
23rd
Share count change (YoY) -5.6%
15th
-2.1%
23rd
0.0%
69th
Buybacks, last 5 years $4.7B
85th
$1.5B
69th
$1.5B
62nd

Scores & forensic checks

15 measures
MeasureLULUGAPBURL
IS score 63
31st
65
54th
63
38th
IS profitability 78
92nd
68
62nd
51
23rd
IS growth 28
8th
60
38th
69
85th
IS value 75
62nd
78
77th
28
8th
IS momentum 59
8th
86
38th
92
77th
IS risk (safety) 100
54th
65
15th
90
38th
IS quality 81
85th
77
46th
59
0th
IS balance sheet 87
100th
70
46th
42
8th
IS earnings quality 84
31st
91
85th
84
38th
IS cash flow 66
69th
62
46th
64
54th
Piotroski F-score (0-9) 5
0th
8
62nd
7
31st
Altman Z-score 5.3
85th
2.7
15th
3.7
46th
Beneish M-score −2.56
77th
−2.84
31st
−2.67
62nd
Ohlson O-score −9.64
0th
−7.56
54th
−6.41
85th
IS credit score 92
92nd
65
46th
60
23rd

Per share

7 measures
MeasureLULUGAPBURL
EPS, diluted (TTM) $12.56
100th
$3.36
23rd
$11.18
85th
Book value per share $42.43
85th
$10.65
23rd
$31.34
69th
Tangible book per share $40.77
92nd
$10.94
23rd
$26.87
62nd
Revenue per share $98.25
69th
$41.31
15th
$191.19
92nd
FCF per share $11.99
77th
$2.99
15th
$15.83
100th
Operating cash flow per share $17.55
85th
$4.94
15th
$22.15
100th
Cash per share $12.31
77th
$6.70
54th
$11.01
69th

Size (TTM)

8 measures
MeasureLULUGAPBURL
Market cap $11.2B
77th
$8.1B
69th
$16.5B
85th
Revenue $11.1B
69th
$15.3B
85th
$12.2B
77th
EBITDA $2.6B
85th
$1.8B
77th
$1.5B
69th
Net income $1.4B
85th
$1.2B
77th
$714.2M
69th
Free cash flow $1.4B
85th
$1.1B
77th
$1.0B
69th
Total assets $8.5B
69th
$12.9B
85th
$10.0B
77th
Shareholders' equity $4.8B
85th
$4.0B
77th
$2.0B
62nd
Employees 39,000
54th
79,000
77th
83,309
85th

Price performance

9 measures
MeasureLULUGAPBURL
1 day −2.0% −1.4% −2.0%
1 week +2.8% −0.5% −5.2%
1 month −2.3% +11.6% +9.6%
3 months −16.8% +17.2% −25.5%
6 months −42.0% −13.0% −24.4%
Year to date −53.9% −5.4% −12.0%
1 year −41.9% +13.0% −5.9%
3 years, cumulative −74.0% +118.9% +112.3%
5 years, cumulative −75.6% +21.7% −5.4%

Technicals

4 measures
MeasureLULUGAPBURL
RSI 14 46.0 57.1 44.4
From 52-week high −57.0% −19.4% −30.6%
From 52-week low +7.4% +29.8% +15.7%
Beta 0.92 2.03 1.43
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