Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC Increases Stock Holdings in lululemon athletica inc. $LULU

Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC boosted its position in shares of lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) by 201.8% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,953 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,649 shares during the period. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC’s holdings in lululemon athletica were worth $1,136,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd grew its position in shares of lululemon athletica by 53.1% during the 4th quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd now owns 68,093 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $14,150,000 after purchasing an additional 23,623 shares in the last quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. raised its position in shares of lululemon athletica by 46.6% in the fourth quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 25,594 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock worth $5,319,000 after buying an additional 8,134 shares in the last quarter. Rayburn West Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of lululemon athletica in the fourth quarter worth $3,536,000. Gateway Investment Advisers LLC boosted its stake in lululemon athletica by 60.0% during the fourth quarter. Gateway Investment Advisers LLC now owns 45,062 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $9,364,000 after buying an additional 16,901 shares during the period. Finally, MUFG Securities EMEA plc boosted its stake in lululemon athletica by 9,695.1% during the fourth quarter. MUFG Securities EMEA plc now owns 204,424 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $42,481,000 after buying an additional 202,337 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 85.20% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have weighed in on LULU. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on lululemon athletica from $150.00 to $110.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, June 5th. Bank of America dropped their price target on lululemon athletica from $175.00 to $140.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, June 5th. UBS Group cut their price objective on lululemon athletica from $153.00 to $124.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Sunday, June 7th. Daiwa Securities Group decreased their price objective on shares of lululemon athletica from $173.00 to $120.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, June 9th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their target price on shares of lululemon athletica from $177.00 to $122.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, June 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has assigned a Buy rating, twenty-five have issued a Hold rating and five have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $149.35.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other lululemon athletica news, Director Charles V. Bergh purchased 4,275 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, June 15th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $117.05 per share, with a total value of $500,388.75. Following the completion of the purchase, the director directly owned 10,365 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,213,223.25. This trade represents a 70.20% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.54% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

lululemon athletica Price Performance

Shares of LULU opened at $117.42 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $13.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.48, a P/E/G ratio of 3.80 and a beta of 0.88. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $120.15 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $155.38. lululemon athletica inc. has a 1 year low of $104.44 and a 1 year high of $233.75.

lululemon athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June 4th. The apparel retailer reported $1.69 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $2.47 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.44 billion. lululemon athletica had a net margin of 13.03% and a return on equity of 31.26%. The business’s revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.60 earnings per share. 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. On average, equities analysts anticipate that lululemon athletica inc. will post 11.08 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.