Lululemon Athletica (LULU)

Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Retail · S&P 500
$93.61 +0.50% on the day Market cap $11.0B 52-week range $91.28 to $225.98 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
-2% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $11.0B, Lululemon Athletica's free cash flow of $922M (fiscal 2026) would need to grow about -2% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Lululemon Athletica's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price-1.8% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years16.3% a year
Revenue, same period18.9% a year
Price to free cash flow11.9x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from LULU's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation8
Profitability8
Growth0
Financial health6
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)6.94x
P/E (forward)8.09x
Price / free cash flow11.9x
EV / EBITDA4.67x
Price / sales0.99x
Price / book2.36x
Revenue growth-4.3%
Operating margin17.8%
Net margin12.8%
Return on equity29.6%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity0.77x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Lululemon Athletica's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20222023202420252026
Revenue$6.3B$8.1B$9.6B$10.6B$11.1B
Net income$975M$855M$1.6B$1.8B$1.6B
Free cash flow$995M$328M$1.6B$1.6B$922M
EPS (diluted)$7.49$6.68$12.20$14.64$13.26
Operating margin21.3%16.4%22.2%23.7%19.9%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2026.

Women's apparel$7.0B63%
Men's apparel$2.7B24%
Accessories and other categories$1.4B13%

Superinvestors who own LULU

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 6 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $101M0.04%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $59M0.14%Q2 2026
Michael Burry
Scion Asset Management
Trimmed $18M1.3%Q3 2025
Francois Rochon
Giverny Capital Inc.
Trimmed $15M0.49%Q2 2026
Tweedy, Browne
Tweedy, Browne Company
New position $2M0.16%Q2 2026
Prem Watsa
Fairfax Financial Holdings
Held $1M0.05%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Lululemon Athletica's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Apr 1, 2026 Andre Maestrini
CEO
3,275$151.02$494,591
Mar 20, 2026 Charles V Bergh
6,090$164.20$999,978
Feb 17, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$177.72—
Feb 17, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$177.72—
Feb 6, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$172.85—
Feb 6, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$172.85—
Feb 5, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$170.09—
Feb 5, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$170.09—
Dec 11, 2025 Dan Newhouse
0$187.01—
Dec 11, 2025 Dan Newhouse
0$187.01—

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In the full deep dive

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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Questions

What growth does Lululemon Athletica's stock price imply?

At a market value of $11.0B, Lululemon Athletica would need its free cash flow to grow about -2% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 16% a year.

Are Lululemon Athletica insiders buying the stock?

10 open-market insider purchases of LULU in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Lululemon Athletica?

6 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold LULU in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Joel Greenblatt, Michael Burry.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.