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 has approved a share repurchase plan on Saturday, August 26th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $20,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 0.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 21st. The apparel retailer reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.05. The apparel retailer earned $864.41 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $857.31 million. Urban Outfitters had a net margin of 7.31% and a return on equity of 20.07%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Urban Outfitters' shares. Their forecasts 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.

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

Urban Outfitters saw a increase in short interest in 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 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 stock 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 Twitter (TWTR).

Urban Outfitters' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail 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 bought 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]