Lululemon Athletica Stock Extends A 9-Day Losing Streak To A 10% Loss
Lululemon Athletica (LULU) stock has fallen for 9 consecutive trading days, losing 10.2% over that stretch. That erased about $1.2 billion from the company’s market value, which now stands at about $10.5 billion. The stock closed at $93.14 on Monday, October 5, its lowest close of the past year.
LULU Versus The S&P 500
Returns for LULU and the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it, all ending Monday, October 5 and including dividends:
| Return Period | LULU | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | -1.4% | 0.7% |
| 9 Days (Current Streak) | -10.2% | 0.1% |
| 1 Month (21 Trading Days) | -23.5% | 0.4% |
| 3 Months (63 Trading Days) | -19.1% | 3.9% |
| Year To Date | -55.2% | 14.6% |
| 1 Year (252 Trading Days) | -47.7% | 17.1% |
Is This Move About Lululemon Athletica Or The Market?
Over the same 9 trading days, the S&P 500 returned +0.1% including dividends, so the slide is mostly Lululemon Athletica’s own story rather than the market’s. No other S&P 500 stock is currently on a losing streak of 9 days or longer. Over the past three months the stock is down 19.1%, a window that includes the streak; over the other 54 sessions of that window it was down 9.9%.
Do The Fundamentals Justify The Selling?
On the fundamentals, revenue grew 1.7% over the last twelve months, against a median of 7.3% for S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary stocks; its operating margin is 17.8%, versus a median of 15.4%; and the stock trades at 7.4 times trailing earnings against a median of 18.3. The selling is hard to square with the fundamentals: margins above the median and a multiple below the median.
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A Slide Like This Is Why Diversification Exists
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