Company Analysis

lululemon athletica inc. (LULU)

Nasdaq: LULU · Apparel & Other Finishd Prods of Fabrics & Similar Matl · Vancouver, BC · filing with the SEC since 2007
Grade7.0
◀ Past 7.3● Present 7.7▶ Future 5.9

The grade of lululemon athletica inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
7.0/10
◀ Past7.330% of the headline
● Present7.740% of the headline
▶ Future5.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

lululemon athletica inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
8.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+19.6% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 88th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

lululemon athletica inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.6 billion in fiscal 2018 to $11 billion in fiscal 2026, up 19.6% a year; it rose in 8 of 8 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span19.6%top 13% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 11% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 16% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.4% a year. 55% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 4 sales, 3 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 64th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-02-01, lululemon athletica inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 55% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 4 sales and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-13, buying about $2 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 34% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
8.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 32%: 32¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 41%: owes 41¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 85th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-02-01, lululemon athletica inc. earned about 32 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 74 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 41 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 29% of its family
  • return on equitytop 3% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 3% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
9.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 5% of 19 in its family; net margin 14.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 95th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

lululemon athletica inc.'s standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $11 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 4% by size; a net margin of 14.2% ranks in the top 3%; revenue growth of 11% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 8% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$11.10Btop 4% of its family
  • net margin14.2%top 3% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth11.0%top 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 32% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

lululemon athletica inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is O'Neill, Heidi (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-09-11, 2 months (bottom 5% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.8 years (top 35%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (bottom 25%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 19 peoplebottom 25% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.8 yearstop 35% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2 monthsbottom 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 25% of 19 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

lululemon athletica inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $1.8 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 21.4% of its assets as net cash, top 13% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.3% of revenue (top 34%); a gross margin of 56.6% (top 29%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets21.4%top 13% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue8.3%top 34% of its family
  • gross margin56.6%top 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 48% of 19 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 48th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

lululemon athletica inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 11% a year over the last three filed years against 19.6% over all 9, slowing (bottom 29% of its family); the newest year grew 4.9% (top 29%); capital spending grew 2.1% a year (bottom 44%) (its annual reports). lululemon athletica inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2026: Womens Apparel at $7.0 billion (63%), Mens Apparel at $2.7 billion (24%), Accessories and Other Categories at $1.4 billion (13%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-8.6 points a yearbottom 29% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth4.9%top 29% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending2.1%bottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 42% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

lululemon athletica inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $11 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 8.2% below the $12 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 26% of its family); net income of $1.6 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.4 billion (top 50%); a net margin of 14.2% against 14.6% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-8.2%bottom 26% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+12%top 50% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.4 pointstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton LULU · research, not advice