LULULululemon Athletica
lululemon athletica inc. is principally a designer, distributor, and retailer of technical athletic apparel, footwear, and accessories. 10-K, Item 1
- Employees
- 39,000
- Headquarters
- Vancouver, A1
- CEO
- Calvin McDonald
- Next results
- around Dec 10, 2026
Sales up 4.9%, free cash flow down to $921.7M
The latest figures
All key numbers (41) From EDGAR
| EPS (ttm) | 12.15 | Sales (ttm) | 11.1B | Net income (ttm) | 1.4B | Sales growth | +4.9% | EPS growth | -9.4% | Sales Q/Q | -4.3% |
| Free cash flow | 1.4B | Gross margin | 56.1% | Oper. margin | 17.8% | Net margin | 12.8% | FCF margin | 12.2% | ROE | 29.6% |
| ROA | 16.7% | R&D / sales | - | Dividend | - | Debt/Eq | 0.00 | Curr. ratio | 2.19 | Cash | 1.4B |
| Op. cash flow (ttm) | 2.0B | EBITDA | 2.7B | EBITDA margin | 24.4% | Net debt | -1.4B | Quick ratio | 1.25 | Interest cover | n/m |
| ROIC | 32.5% | Tax rate | 29.5% | Stock pay / sales | 0.6% | Shares out. | 105.6M | Shares Y/Y | -3.9% | Book / share | 45.37 |
| Cash / share | 13.16 | Sales / share | 105.06 | Asset turnover | 1.31 | Inventory turns | 2.83 | Days sales out. | 6 | Sales 3Y CAGR | +11.0% |
| Sales 5Y CAGR | +20.3% | EPS 3Y CAGR | +25.6% | EPS 5Y CAGR | +24.1% | Employees | 39,000 | Sales / employee | 284K |
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Changes in the numbers
FY2025 against FY2024-
Free cash flow fell 42%$1.6B → $921.7M · Cash from operations − capital expenditure · 10-K ↗
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Revenue growth slowed to +4.9%+10.1% → +4.9% · Revenue FY2025 / revenue FY2024 − 1, against the same a year earlier · 10-K ↗
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Operating margin narrowed to 19.9%23.7% → 19.9% · Operating income / revenue · 10-K ↗
LULU against Consumer discretionary peers
Ten years, side by side → · All 47 →Each side 0 to 100, ranked against every company we cover: relative position on reported figures, not a buy score. How
Every dot is one of the 47 companies, the better end on the right. Hover a dot for the company.
| Company | Revenue (ttm) | Sales growth | Gross margin | Net margin | ROE | FCF margin | Debt / equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LULU Lululemon Athletica | $11.1B | +4.9% | 56.1% | 12.8% | 29.6% | 12.2% | 0.00 |
| CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill | $12.7B | +5.4% | - | 10.8% | 56.1% | 11.9% | 0.00 |
| HLT Hilton Worldwide | $12.7B | +7.7% | - | 13.4% | - | 15.2% | - |
| EBAY eBay Inc. | $12.4B | +7.9% | 72.2% | 16.9% | 47.6% | 19.5% | 1.53 |
| NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings | $10.2B | +3.7% | 41.4% | 8.2% | 26.5% | -5.6% | 4.79 |
| NVR NVR, Inc. | $9.3B | -1.9% | - | 11.2% | 30.5% | 8.8% | - |
From $6.3B of sales to $975.3M of profit
FY2021, from the 10-K income statementSwipe sideways for the whole flow →
From $8.1B of sales to $854.8M of profit
FY2022, from the 10-K income statement and revenue by productSwipe sideways for the whole flow →
From $9.6B of sales to $1.6B of profit
FY2023, from the 10-K income statementSwipe sideways for the whole flow →
From $10.6B of sales to $1.8B of profit
FY2024, from the 10-K income statementSwipe sideways for the whole flow →
From $11.1B of sales to $1.6B of profit
FY2025, from the 10-K income statement and revenue by productSwipe sideways for the whole flow →
Where each $100 of sales went
- Cost of revenue
- Sales, admin & other
- Tax, less other income
- Net profit
Band widths are the money. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue; operating expenses are gross profit less operating profit; R&D is from the income statement and the rest of the operating expenses is everything else; tax includes interest and other items when they are small. Y/Y is the change from the fiscal year before. Revenue by part only for the years in the last two 10-Ks' segment tables. The full income statement →
Profitability
4 of 4- ✓Net margin above the peer median12.8% vs 10.8%
- ✓Gross margin up over 5 years56.0% → 56.6%
- ✓Return on equity above 15%29.6%
- ✓A profit in every one of 10 years
Balance sheet
4 of 4- ✓Interest covered more than 5 timesOperating income is over 100× interest expense
- ✓Debt smaller than equityDebt / equity 0.00 on the latest balance sheet (peer median 0.73)
- ✓Current assets cover current liabilitiesCurrent ratio 2.19
- ✓More cash than debtNet cash $1.4B
Cash and shareholders
3 of 3- ✓Free cash flow positive in every one of 10 years$921.7M last year
- ✓Share count down over 5 years−9.0%
- ✓Cash from operations above net income$1.6B vs $1.6B
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Revenue and net income, FY2016 to FY2025
Revenue 11.1B Net income 1.6BFrom XBRL in each 10-K. Hover a bar for the line item and filing. Full financials →
Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow
LULU's income statement, balance sheet and cash flow as reported to the SEC in XBRL, one column per fiscal year. Hover a number to see the line item and filing it comes from. Where a company changed how it tags a line, the first tag it reported for that period is used. A number looks wrong? Tell us.
The segments changed
10-K filed 2026-03-17Compared with the 10-K of Mar 27, 2025: new segment China Mainland; no longer reported: China Mainlands.
When a company changes its segments, the years before are usually recast, so growth by segment is not comparable with what earlier 10-Ks showed. Found by comparing the segments with revenue in the last two 10-Ks (XBRL) and by the 10-K's own words, without AI.
Revenue by business segment
year to Feb 1, 2026| Revenue | Share | vs year before | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas | 7.8B | 70.7% | -1.0% |
| China Mainland | 1.8B | 15.8% | +28.9% |
| Other Country | 1.5B | 13.5% | +15.6% |
10-K 0001397187-26-000020, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).
Revenue by product or service
year to Feb 1, 2026| Revenue | Share | vs year before | |
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| Women's apparel | 7.0B | 63.0% | +4.5% |
| Men's apparel | 2.7B | 24.0% | +4.1% |
| Accessories and other categories | 1.4B | 13.0% | +7.9% |
10-K 0001397187-26-000020, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).
Revenue by region
year to Feb 1, 2026| Revenue | Share | vs year before | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas | 7.8B | 70.7% | -1.0% |
| United States | 6.3B | 57.0% | -2.4% |
| People's Republic of China | 2.0B | 17.6% | +26.8% |
| China Mainland | 1.8B | 15.8% | +28.9% |
| Canada | 1.4B | 12.8% | +0.8% |
| Other geographic areas | 1.3B | 11.7% | +16.4% |
| Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan, and Macau SAR | 199.1M | 1.8% | +10.5% |
| Mexico | 95.5M | 0.9% | +187% |
10-K 0001397187-26-000020, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).
Income statement
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.3B | 2.6B | 3.3B | 4.0B | 4.4B | 6.3B | 8.1B | 9.6B | 10.6B | 11.1B |
| Cost of revenue | 1.1B | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 2.6B | 3.6B | 4.0B | 4.3B | 4.8B |
| Gross profit | 1.2B | 1.4B | 1.8B | 2.2B | 2.5B | 3.6B | 4.5B | 5.6B | 6.3B | 6.3B |
| SG&A | 778.5M | 904.3M | 1.1B | 1.3B | 1.6B | 2.2B | 2.8B | 3.4B | 3.8B | 4.1B |
| Operating income | 421.2M | 456.0M | 705.8M | 889.1M | 820.0M | 1.3B | 1.3B | 2.1B | 2.5B | 2.2B |
| Interest expense | 5.2M | 8K | 1.4M | 325K | 110K | 12K | 116K | 234K | 478K | 1.0M |
| Pretax income | 422.7M | 460.0M | 715.2M | 897.4M | 819.4M | 1.3B | 1.3B | 2.2B | 2.6B | 2.2B |
| Income tax | 119.3M | 201.3M | 231.4M | 251.8M | 230.4M | 358.5M | 477.8M | 625.5M | 761.5M | 659.8M |
| Net income | 303.4M | 258.7M | 483.8M | 645.6M | 588.9M | 975.3M | 854.8M | 1.6B | 1.8B | 1.6B |
| EPS (diluted) | 2.21 | 1.90 | 3.61 | 4.93 | 4.50 | 7.49 | 6.68 | 12.20 | 14.64 | 13.26 |
| Diluted shares | 137.3M | 136.2M | 134.0M | 131.0M | 130.9M | 130.3M | 128.0M | 127.1M | 123.9M | 119.1M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 87.7M | 108.2M | 122.5M | 161.9M | 185.5M | 224.2M | 291.8M | 379.4M | 446.5M | 496.2M |
| EBITDA | 508.8M | 564.2M | 828.3M | 1.1B | 1.0B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 2.5B | 3.0B | 2.7B |
| Gross margin | 51.2% | 52.8% | 55.2% | 55.9% | 56.0% | 57.7% | 55.4% | 58.3% | 59.2% | 56.6% |
| Operating margin | 18.0% | 17.2% | 21.5% | 22.3% | 18.6% | 21.3% | 16.4% | 22.2% | 23.7% | 19.9% |
| Net margin | 12.9% | 9.8% | 14.7% | 16.2% | 13.4% | 15.6% | 10.5% | 16.1% | 17.1% | 14.2% |
| Revenue growth | - | +13.0% | +24.1% | +21.0% | +10.6% | +42.1% | +29.6% | +18.6% | +10.1% | +4.9% |
| EPS growth | - | -14.0% | +90.0% | +36.6% | -8.7% | +66.4% | -10.8% | +82.6% | +20.0% | -9.4% |
Balance sheet
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | 734.8M | 990.5M | 881.3M | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 2.2B | 2.0B | 1.8B |
| Receivables | 9.2M | 19.2M | 35.8M | 40.2M | 62.4M | 77.0M | 132.9M | 124.8M | 120.2M | 190.7M |
| Inventory | 298.4M | 329.6M | 404.8M | 518.5M | 647.2M | 966.5M | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.7B |
| Current assets | 1.2B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.8B | 2.1B | 2.6B | 3.2B | 4.1B | 4.0B | 4.3B |
| Property & equipment | 423.5M | 473.6M | 567.2M | 671.7M | 745.7M | 927.7M | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.8B | 2.0B |
| Goodwill | 24.2M | 24.6M | 24.2M | 24.2M | 386.9M | 386.9M | 24.1M | 24.1M | 159.5M | 184.9M |
| Total assets | 1.7B | 2.0B | 2.1B | 3.3B | 4.2B | 4.9B | 5.6B | 7.1B | 7.6B | 8.5B |
| Accounts payable | 24.8M | 24.6M | 95.5M | 80.0M | 172.2M | 289.7M | 172.7M | 348.4M | 271.4M | 331.4M |
| Current liabilities | 242.0M | 292.6M | 500.5M | 620.4M | 883.2M | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.8B | 1.9B |
| Total debt | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Total liabilities | 297.6M | 401.5M | 638.7M | 1.3B | 1.6B | 2.2B | 2.5B | 2.9B | 3.3B | 3.5B |
| Shareholders' equity | 1.4B | 1.6B | 1.4B | 2.0B | 2.6B | 2.7B | 3.1B | 4.2B | 4.3B | 5.0B |
| Retained earnings | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.8B | 2.3B | 2.5B | 2.9B | 3.9B | 4.1B | 4.5B |
Cash flow
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 386.4M | 489.3M | 742.8M | 669.3M | 803.3M | 1.4B | 966.5M | 2.3B | 2.3B | 1.6B |
| Capital spending | 149.5M | 157.9M | 225.8M | 283.0M | 229.2M | 394.5M | 638.7M | 651.9M | 689.2M | 680.8M |
| Free cash flow | 236.9M | 331.5M | 517.0M | 386.3M | 574.1M | 994.6M | 327.8M | 1.6B | 1.6B | 921.7M |
| Stock-based pay (added back) | 16.8M | 17.6M | 28.6M | 45.6M | 50.8M | 69.1M | 78.1M | 93.6M | 90.0M | 62.2M |
| Buybacks | 29.3M | 100.3M | 598.3M | 173.4M | 63.7M | 812.6M | 444.0M | 558.7M | 1.6B | 1.2B |
| Acquisitions | - | - | 0 | 0 | 452.6M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.1M | 0 |
| Investing cash flow | -149.5M | -173.4M | -242.8M | -278.4M | -695.5M | -427.9M | -569.9M | -654.1M | -798.2M | -662.1M |
| Financing cash flow | -26.6M | -97.9M | -590.2M | -177.2M | -80.8M | -845.0M | -467.5M | -548.8M | -1.7B | -1.2B |
Stock-based pay and leases
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock-based pay (expense) | 16.8M | 17.6M | 28.6M | 45.6M | 50.8M | 69.1M | 78.1M | 93.6M | 90.0M | 62.2M |
| Stock-based pay / revenue | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.6% |
| Operating lease cost | - | - | - | 176.4M | 193.5M | 215.5M | 245.8M | 282.9M | 338.8M | 406.0M |
| Right-of-use assets | - | - | 0 | 689.7M | 734.8M | 803.5M | 969.4M | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.6B |
| Operating lease liabilities | - | - | 650.0M | 740.0M | 798.7M | 881.1M | 1.1B | 1.4B | 1.6B | 1.8B |
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