AEO vs. URBN, ANF, BKE, RVLV, GPS, JWN, ABG, SIG, GLBE, and GPI
Should you be buying American Eagle Outfitters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Eagle Outfitters include Urban Outfitters (URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Buckle (BKE), Revolve Group (RVLV), GAP (GPS), Nordstrom (JWN), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Signet Jewelers (SIG), Global-E Online (GLBE), and Group 1 Automotive (GPI). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) and Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
American Eagle Outfitters currently has a consensus target price of $24.44, suggesting a potential upside of 2.26%. Urban Outfitters has a consensus target price of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.04%. Given Urban Outfitters' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Urban Outfitters is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.
Urban Outfitters received 127 more outperform votes than American Eagle Outfitters when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.34% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 59.81% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.
Urban Outfitters has a net margin of 5.66% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 3.23%. American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity of 17.76% beat Urban Outfitters' return on equity.
Urban Outfitters has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Eagle Outfitters. Urban Outfitters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Eagle Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Urban Outfitters had 27 more articles in the media than American Eagle Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 21 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters. American Eagle Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Urban Outfitters' score of 0.58 indicating that American Eagle Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Eagle Outfitters beats Urban Outfitters on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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