NASDAQ:URBN - Urban Outfitters Stock Price, News & Analysis

Urban Outfitters trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "URBN."

Urban Outfitters declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Saturday, August 26th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $20,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 0.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 21st. The apparel retailer reported $0.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.05. The apparel retailer earned $864.41 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $857.31 million. Urban Outfitters had a net margin of 7.31% and a return on equity of 20.07%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.38 earnings per share. View Urban Outfitters' Earnings History.

Urban Outfitters is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 20th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Urban Outfitters.

Urban Outfitters will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, August 20th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

17 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Urban Outfitters' shares. Their predictions range from $23.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect Urban Outfitters' stock price to reach $35.6906 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 74.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Urban Outfitters.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Urban Outfitters in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Urban Outfitters.

Headlines about URBN stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Urban Outfitters earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the apparel retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Urban Outfitters.

Urban Outfitters saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,658,900 shares, an increase of 5.1% from the June 30th total of 9,188,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,770,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.5 days. Approximately 14.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Urban Outfitters' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Urban Outfitters include GAP (GPS), Nordstrom (JWN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Childrens Place (PLCE), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Buckle (BKE), Lands' End (LE), Destination XL Group (DXLG), Stein Mart (SMRT) and Stage Stores (SSI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Urban Outfitters investors own include Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Starbucks (SBUX), Bank of America (BAC), General Electric (GE), Macy's (M), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Gilead Sciences (GILD), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Target (TGT).

Urban Outfitters' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.92%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.08%), AQR Capital Management LLC (4.29%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.88%), Invesco Ltd. (1.44%) and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (1.12%). Company insiders that own Urban Outfitters stock include Azeez Hayne, Calvin Hollinger, David W Mccreight, Edward N Antoian, Frank Conforti, Joel S Lawson III, Margaret Hayne, Robert H Strouse, Scott A Belair and Trish Donnelly. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Urban Outfitters.

URBN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., BlackRock Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Man Group plc and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. Company insiders that have sold Urban Outfitters company stock in the last year include Azeez Hayne, Calvin Hollinger, Edward N Antoian, Frank Conforti, Joel S Lawson III and Trish Donnelly. View Insider Buying and Selling for Urban Outfitters.

URBN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Investment Counselors of Maryland LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Morgan Stanley, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, A.R.T. Advisors LLC and Sapience Investments LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Urban Outfitters.

Shares of URBN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of URBN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.51.

Urban Outfitters has a market capitalization of $2.01 billion and generates $3.95 billion in revenue each year. The apparel retailer earns $298 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.75 on an earnings per share basis. Urban Outfitters employs 24,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Urban Outfitters.

The official website for Urban Outfitters is http://www.urbn.com/.

Urban Outfitters' mailing address is 5000 South Broad Street, Philadelphia PA, 19112. The apparel retailer can be reached via phone at 215-454-5500 or via email at [email protected]