X Square Capital LLC Buys Shares of 11,170 lululemon athletica inc. $LULU

X Square Capital LLC purchased a new stake in lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 11,170 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock, valued at approximately $1,275,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in lululemon athletica in the second quarter valued at approximately $1,010,565,000. Flossbach Von Storch SE acquired a new stake in lululemon athletica during the second quarter worth $207,392,000. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in lululemon athletica during the fourth quarter worth $362,598,000. Boston Partners purchased a new stake in lululemon athletica in the fourth quarter valued at $304,875,000. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG purchased a new stake in lululemon athletica in the second quarter valued at $80,580,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at lululemon athletica

In related news, Director Charles V. Bergh acquired 4,275 shares of lululemon athletica stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 15th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $117.05 per share, for a total transaction of $500,388.75. Following the completion of the purchase, the director owned 10,365 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,213,223.25. The trade was a 70.20% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.54% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently commented on LULU shares. Telsey Advisory Group decreased their price target on lululemon athletica from $175.00 to $122.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, June 5th. BNP Paribas Exane downgraded lululemon athletica from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and set a $88.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Friday, June 5th. Morgan Stanley restated an “underweight” rating and issued a $93.00 price objective on shares of lululemon athletica in a report on Monday, July 6th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on shares of lululemon athletica from $110.00 to $105.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, July 21st. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of lululemon athletica from a “sell (d)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has given a Buy rating, twenty-five have given a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $148.54.

lululemon athletica Price Performance

Shares of lululemon athletica stock opened at $121.07 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.97 and a beta of 0.86. The business has a 50-day moving average of $117.42 and a 200 day moving average of $140.39. lululemon athletica inc. has a 12 month low of $104.44 and a 12 month high of $225.98.

lululemon athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June 4th. The apparel retailer reported $1.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.67 by $0.02. lululemon athletica had a net margin of 13.03% and a return on equity of 31.26%. The company had revenue of $2.47 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.44 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.60 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. lululemon athletica has set its FY 2026 guidance at 10.950-11.150 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.760-1.810 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that lululemon athletica inc. will post 10.93 earnings per share for the current year.

lululemon athletica Profile

lululemon athletica inc. is a design-focused athletic apparel company known for performance-oriented apparel, footwear and accessories. The company’s product portfolio centers on technical apparel for yoga, running, training and everyday active lifestyle use and includes tops, bottoms, outerwear, underwear, bags and a growing footwear assortment. lululemon emphasizes fabric science and product innovation, marketing garments that blend performance features with lifestyle styling.

Products are developed in-house and produced through a network of third-party manufacturers.