$HLBC Skineez vs Lululemon
Lululemon Stock Continues Record Run (LULU, UA, HLBC)
Last Updated: Feb. 09, 2012 - 8:08am EST
(NEW YORK) --(NEW YORK) --Investors continue to push stocks in the women's health and sports apparel market to new all-time record highs. (LULU, UA, HLBC)
Want to get an idea how strong investor demand is for the women's health apparel market? One just needs to look at some of the leaders, such as Under Armour and Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU), which designs, and distributes athletic apparel for women, and female youth. LULU apparel assortments include fitness pants, shorts, tops, and jackets for healthy lifestyle activities, such as yoga, running, and general fitness.
Demand for female athletic and health apparel is very evident by taking a look at LULU share price, which continues to hit new record highs, analyst upgrades, and improving economic and retail environment.
LULU close Wednesday at $64.77 per share, hitting an all-time record high at $65.45, intra-day.
Under Armour (UA), a develop of sports and outdoors active apparel, also has seen its stock flirting just below all-time record highs with a close Wednesday at $81.60 per share.
A new player to this public market is Skineez™ Skincarewear, an investment holding of Heartland Bridge Capital (OTC:HLBC), which aims to expand its reach in the exploding women's health apparel market with their line of skincare wear garments.
SKINEEZ™ Skincarewear™ are comfortable and highly effective garments that constantly deliver healthy and natural cosmetic ingredients to your skin while you wear them. Skineez is proven to reduce inches and firm loose skin without diet and exercise, and are so comfortable, they can be worn to bed, or during work. Their garments are a whole new dimension in women's apparel, and feature a patented new technology that weaves the garments with microcapsules that moisturize and smooth your skin while you wear them. (shea butter, apricot kernel oil, rose hip oil, vitamin E). www.myskineez.com
Skineez Valuation vs. Sector
There is no doubt that Skineez health apparel has a long ways to go before proving itself. But, when you look at the market cap valuations of players within this market, investors see that Skineez has a lot of potential for growth on sector valuation alone.
Market Cap Comparison
Lululemon Athletica (LULU) - $9.2 billion
Under Armour (UA) - $4.2 billion
Skineez Skincarewear (HLBC) - $50 million
Strong demand growth in women's health apparel, high valuations for stocks within the sector, and continued use by well known named celebrities, HLBC, the public holding company for Skineez Skincarewear, may offer a valuation opportunity for investors keen on this market.