NASDAQ:URBN - Urban Outfitters Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Urban Outfitters declared that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Saturday, August 26th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $20,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 0.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 22nd. The apparel retailer reported $0.38 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.08. The apparel retailer had revenue of $855.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $837.79 million. Urban Outfitters had a return on equity of 16.13% and a net margin of 3.71%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 12.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.13 EPS. View Urban Outfitters' Earnings History.

Urban Outfitters is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 21st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Urban Outfitters.

22 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Urban Outfitters' stock. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate Urban Outfitters' stock price to reach $42.0455 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Urban Outfitters.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Urban Outfitters in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Urban Outfitters.

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Media stories about URBN stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Urban Outfitters earned a coverage optimism score of 0.02 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the apparel retailer an impact score of 46.20 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Urban Outfitters.

Urban Outfitters' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.36%), FMR LLC (7.23%), MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY (3.90%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.18%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.97%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.59%). 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Mackay Shields LLC, BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Soros Fund Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP and OppenheimerFunds Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Urban Outfitters company stock in the last year 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 Insider Buying and Selling for Urban Outfitters.

URBN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, BlackRock Inc., Smith Asset Management Group LP, Columbus Circle Investors, Renaissance Technologies LLC and Wells Fargo & Company MN. 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 $45.57.

Urban Outfitters has a market capitalization of $5.25 billion and generates $3.62 billion in revenue each year. The apparel retailer earns $108.26 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.67 on an earnings per share basis. Urban Outfitters employs 23,000 workers across the globe.

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]