AEO vs. URBN, ANF, FL, GPS, BKE, JWN, ZGN, M, SHAK, and AAP
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), Foot Locker (FL), GAP (GPS), Buckle (BKE), Nordstrom (JWN), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Macy's (M), Shake Shack (SHAK), and Advance Auto Parts (AAP). 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 businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, American Eagle Outfitters had 9 more articles in the media than Urban Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters and 2 mentions for Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.57 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
American Eagle Outfitters presently has a consensus target price of $22.18, suggesting a potential downside of 9.35%. Urban Outfitters has a consensus target price of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.68%. Given Urban Outfitters' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Urban Outfitters is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.
Urban Outfitters has a net margin of 5.58% 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 received 125 more outperform votes than American Eagle Outfitters when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.36% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 59.90% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.
Summary
American Eagle Outfitters beats Urban Outfitters on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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