Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc. had return on equity of -167.4%, an operating margin of -4.5%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 0.58. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Jan 2021 | 2021Jan 2022 | 2022Jan 2023 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 43.6% | 44.4% | 47.1% | 43.5% | 41.7% | 41.2% | 43.2% | 45.1% |
| Operating margin | 4.0% | −1.9% | 5.9% | 2.0% | −5.7% | −16.6% | −4.5% | −2.5% |
| Net margin | −0.1% | −7.8% | 0.5% | 0.8% | −5.4% | −17.5% | −4.9% | −3.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.6% | 1.7% | 6.8% | 0.8% | 3.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| Return on equity | — | — | — | 6.8% | −30.7% | −148.8% | −167.4% | — |
| Return on assets | — | −18.4% | 1.9% | 2.7% | −12.2% | −42.9% | −13.9% | −9.4% |
| Asset turnover | — | 2.37 | 3.43 | 3.13 | 2.24 | 2.45 | 2.86 | 2.98 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.04 | 1.14 | 1.45 | 0.85 | 0.69 | 0.58 | 0.54 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | 56.2% | 38.5% | 31.2% | 97.9% | 0.0% | — |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 1.0x | n/m | 1.7x | 7.9x | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | 75.2% | 52.1% | — | — | — | — |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | >999% | 99.0% | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | 38.1% | 86.1% | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 38.1% | 37.9% | 40.3% | 45.3% | 42.6% | 44.3% | 45.1% | 48.6% |
| Operating margin | −8.5% | −52.8% | −12.7% | −3.2% | −2.6% | 0.1% | −6.2% | −1.8% |
| Net margin | −8.5% | −48.2% | −12.5% | −3.7% | −3.1% | −0.6% | −7.1% | −2.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −7.3% | −3.9% | 12.8% | −1.8% | −2.5% | −6.0% | 11.9% | 0.7% |
| Current ratio | 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.68 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.54 |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $43m of assets due within a year against $79m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $43m short-term assets against $9m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$7m against $2m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median -3.9% of total assets over 5 years.
- Pricing power 15 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 43.5%, moving by 2.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -2.9%; its worst year was -18.0%.
- Cash conversion 8 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 4 of 5 years, at a median 0.6% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (41 before it).
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