BIRK vs WWW vs LULU Stock Comparison

Birkenstock Holding, Wolverine World Wide and Lululemon Athletica Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BIRK Birkenstock Holding plc
$35.57 +6.8% 1M -9.6% 1Y
Market cap
$6.94B
P/E
17.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.64B
Div. yield
–
Footwear Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
LULU lululemon athletica inc.
$106.95 +13.2% 1M -35.4% 1Y
Market cap
$12.71B
P/E
9.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.09B
Div. yield
–
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Lululemon Athletica leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Lululemon Athletica 5, Birkenstock Holding 3, Wolverine World Wide 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBIRKWWWLULULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.94B $1.92B $12.71B LULU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.7x 17.7x 9.0x LULU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.3x 12.4x 10.4x LULU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +19.6% +7.2% +1.7% BIRK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.8% 5.5% 12.8% BIRK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.7% 12.8% — WWW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.3x 2.3x — BIRK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -9.6% -3.1% -35.4% WWW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -10.0%/yr -25.8%/yr WWW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 52.6% 55.4% 46.8% LULU
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 50/100 76/100 LULU

Percentile Scorecard

BIRKWWWLULU

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBIRKWWWLULU
Valuation 41 #28 of 47 61 #19 of 47 87 #7 of 47
Growth 77 #11 of 45 52 #22 of 45 27 #33 of 45
Profitability 74 #12 of 44 63 #17 of 44 95 #3 of 44
Financial Health 63 #20 of 52 35 #34 of 52 77 #13 of 52
Shareholder Returns – 40 #22 of 36 94 #3 of 36
Overall 64 50 76
  • BIRK ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • WWW ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • LULU ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBIRKWWWLULUSPY
1 month +6.8%+12.8%+13.2% -2.0%
3 months -6.0%+12.0%-13.1% -2.2%
6 months -4.9%+28.6%-17.9% +4.2%
Year to date -13.0%+19.3%-48.5% +10.6%
1 year -9.6%-3.1%-35.4% +10.4%
3 years -13.6%+156.2%-73.8% +73.6%
3 years, per year -4.8%+36.9%-36.0% +20.2%
5 years —-41.0%-77.4% +61.6%
5 years, per year —-10.0%-25.8% +10.1%
10 years —+2.2%+94.1% +261.3%
10 years, per year —+0.2%+6.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBIRKWWWLULUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 52.6%55.4%46.8% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 50.1%59.2%51.8% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.271.151.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.18-0.06-0.76 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.9%-80.8%-82.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.4%-3.1%-50.5% -3.2%
52-week high $48.97$22.34$215.88 $779.14
52-week low $30.57$14.65$91.88 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBIRKWWWLULU
P/E now vs peer median 16.9xmedian 16.3x 16.4xmedian 16.3x 8.5xmedian 16.3x
P/S now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 0.8x 0.9xmedian 0.8x 1.0xmedian 0.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.5xmedian 11.2x 11.5xmedian 11.2x 4.0xmedian 11.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 16.7xmedian 11.3x 10.2xmedian 11.3x 8.4xmedian 11.3x
P/B now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 2.3x 3.8xmedian 2.3x 2.4xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.55median 0.55 0.49median 0.55 0.51median 0.55

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBIRKWWWLULU
Revenue $2.64B $1.95B $11.09B
Gross profit $1.50B $919.70M $6.22B
Operating income $640.37M $169.70M $1.98B
Net income $391.83M $114.10M $1.42B
Free cash flow $391.32M $175.00M $1.35B
EPS (diluted) $2.10 $1.33 $12.56
Cash & equivalents $792.27M $158.50M $1.39B
Total debt $1.94B $601.10M –
Shares (diluted) 186.51M 81.70M 112.92M
Enterprise value $5.26B $1.30B $6.96B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBIRKWWWLULU
P/E 16.9x 16.4x 8.5x
P/FCF 16.7x 10.2x 8.4x
P/Operating cash flow 14.0x 9.7x 5.8x
P/S 2.5x 0.9x 1.0x
P/B 2.0x 3.8x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 4.7x 6.1x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA 8.5x 11.5x 4.0x
EV/EBIT 12.0x 13.1x 5.1x
EV/Revenue 2.9x 1.1x 0.9x
EV/FCF 19.7x 12.7x 7.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.5x 12.2x 5.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.55 0.49 0.51

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBIRKWWWLULU
Revenue growth (1Y) 19.6% 7.2% 1.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 20.3% -8.5% 7.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.6% 10.2% -3.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 17.1% -1.6% 7.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 9.6% 26.5% -20.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 23.5% 36.8% 8.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 16.6% 26.9% -20.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 31.9% 34.0% 12.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 17.3% 25.7% -15.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 31.0% 33.5% 16.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 11.1% 20.6% 3.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 16.7% 6.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -9.0% 36.4% 15.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 29.7% 11.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBIRKWWWLULU
Gross margin 56.9% 47.1% 56.1%
EBITDA margin 34.2% 9.9% 22.7%
Operating margin 24.2% 8.7% 17.8%
Pretax margin 20.0% 7.3% 18.1%
Net margin 14.8% 5.5% 12.8%
FCF margin 14.8% 9.0% 12.2%
Operating cash flow margin 17.7% 9.4% 17.9%
Return on equity 12.0% 25.3% 29.5%
Return on assets 6.3% 6.8% 16.7%
Return on invested capital 9.7% 12.8% –
Return on capital employed 11.4% 14.2% 29.5%
Asset turnover 0.4x 1.2x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.6x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.2% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBIRKWWWLULU
Debt / assets 30.0% 35.2% –
Debt / equity 0.6x 1.3x –
Net debt / EBITDA 1.3x 2.3x –
Debt / FCF 5.0x 3.4x –
Liabilities / assets 50.5% 72.6% 43.5%
Equity / assets 49.5% 27.4% 56.5%
Interest coverage 5.7x – –
Current ratio 3.8x 1.5x 2.2x
Quick ratio 2.0x 0.8x 0.9x
Cash ratio 1.4x 0.3x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 2.48 3.30 4.95

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBIRKWWWLULU
Dividend yield – 1.8% –
Net buyback yield – -0.7% 10.1%
Shareholder yield – 1.2% 10.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 29.4% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 19.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 1.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 1.2% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBIRKWWWLULU
Forward P/E 15.3xFY2026 12.4xFY2026 10.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.33FY2026 $1.74FY2026 $10.26FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +7.4%FY2026 +28.9%FY2026 -22.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +24.0% +8.6% -16.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.59BFY2026 $1.93BFY2026 $11.00BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.1%FY2026 +3.3%FY2026 -0.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +10.4% +1.8% -9.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBIRKWWWLULU
Held by institutions 90.6% 100.0% 71.6%
Institutions holding 233 245 850
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.7% +0.7% -2.1%
Institutions buying 123 128 409
Institutions selling 85 76 332
Buyers to sellers 1.45 1.68 1.23

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BIRKWWWLULU
BIRK 1.00 0.48 0.34
WWW 0.48 1.00 0.33
LULU 0.34 0.33 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BIRK, WWW and LULU?

Lululemon Athletica (LULU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) $6.94B, Wolverine World Wide (WWW) $1.92B, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) $12.71B.

Which stock is cheaper, BIRK, WWW and LULU?

Lululemon Athletica (LULU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) 17.7x, Wolverine World Wide (WWW) 17.7x, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 9.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) is cheapest (Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) 15.3x, Wolverine World Wide (WWW) 12.4x, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 10.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) +19.6%, Wolverine World Wide (WWW) +7.2%, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) +1.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) has the highest net margin (Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) 14.8%, Wolverine World Wide (WWW) 5.5%, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 12.8%). On return on invested capital, Wolverine World Wide (WWW) leads (Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) 9.7%, Wolverine World Wide (WWW) 12.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Wolverine World Wide (WWW) returned the most: Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) -9.6%, Wolverine World Wide (WWW) -3.1%, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) -35.4%. Over five years, Wolverine World Wide (WWW) compounded fastest (Wolverine World Wide (WWW) -10.0%/yr, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) -25.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) 0.00%, Wolverine World Wide (WWW) 0.02%, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 0.00%. Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) and Lululemon Athletica (LULU) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) has been the steadiest (Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) 52.6%, Wolverine World Wide (WWW) 55.4%, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 46.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BIRK, WWW and LULU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lululemon Athletica (LULU) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.