Downward Dog At Lululemon

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published
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Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) is in the downward dog position this morning after earnings and guidance disappointed.  The yoga and exercise-themed retail and product maker said that its quarterly profits rose to $46.6 million, or $0.32 per share, versus $33.4 million and $0.23 per share a year earlier. Revenue was up 53% to $285.7 million.  We had consensus targets of $0.30 per share and $274.1 million.

Guidance is where the issues are… This quarter is expected to be $0.28 to $0.30 per share and revenue of $273 million to $278 million versus estimates of $0.33 per share and sales of $289.2 million.  2012 guidance is $1.55 to $1.60 per share with sales of $1.32 billion to $1.34 billion versus estimates of $1.63 EPS and $1.35 billion in sales.

The same-store sales rose 25% outside of currency changes as online sales rose by almost triple last year to 13.5% of total sales from only 7.4% of total sales a year ago.  Lululemon ended the quarter with 180 stores versus 142 stores a year ago.

We have already seen more than 1.8 million shares trade hands and the stock is down 7.7% at $64.65 against a prior 52-week range of $41.70 to $81.09.

JON C. OGG

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About the Author Jon C. Ogg →

Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. a673b.bigscoots-temp.com.

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