NASDAQ:URBN - Urban Outfitters Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Urban Outfitters announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan 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 reacquire up to 0.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 22nd. The apparel retailer reported $0.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.30 by $0.08. The apparel retailer earned $855.70 million during 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 company's revenue for the quarter was up 12.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.13 earnings per share. View Urban Outfitters' Earnings History.

Urban Outfitters is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August, 13th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Urban Outfitters.

23 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Urban Outfitters' shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $54.00. On average, they expect Urban Outfitters' share price to reach $40.8182 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Urban Outfitters.

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News coverage about URBN stock has trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Urban Outfitters earned a daily sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the apparel retailer an impact score of 46.12 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Urban Outfitters' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.70%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (8.42%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.21%), MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY (3.90%), Columbus Circle Investors (1.03%) and Millennium Management LLC (0.96%). 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, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Hsbc Holdings PLC, Federated Investors Inc. PA, Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. 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 Millennium Management LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, Scopus Asset Management L.P., Landscape Capital Management L.L.C., Tyvor Capital LLC, Columbus Circle Investors, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and Nuveen Asset Management 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 $45.13.

Urban Outfitters has a market capitalization of $4.95 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]