COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR COMPANY vs lululemon athletica inc., two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where COLM and LULU diverge most: on revenue growth, COLM reads +1.3% and LULU reads +4.7%; on return on invested capital, COLM reads 9.3% and LULU reads 28.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What COLM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What LULU's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | COLM | LULU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $62.28 | $114.31 |
| Market cap | $3.3B | $13.2B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +7.5% | — |
| P/E | 19.8 | 9.3 |
| P/B | 2.07 | 2.74 |
| P/S | 0.97 | 1.18 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.4 | 5.1 |
| Revenue growth | +1.3% | +4.7% |
| Gross margin | 50.7% | 54.2% |
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 11.2% |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 13.0% |
| Return on equity | 10.7% | 30.3% |
| Return on assets | 6.6% | 17.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.3% | 28.9% |
| FCF yield | 5.3% | 9.7% |
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 3.07 | 2.23 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.80 | 4.58 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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