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 initiated a share buyback program on Saturday, August 26th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $20,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 0.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 22nd. The apparel retailer reported $0.38 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 firm's quarterly revenue was up 12.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $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.

24 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Urban Outfitters' shares. Their predictions range from $16.00 to $54.00. On average, they expect Urban Outfitters' share price to reach $41.3478 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.0%. View Analyst Ratings for Urban Outfitters.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Urban Outfitters in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 13 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Some companies that are related to Urban Outfitters include Viacom, Inc. Class A (VIA), 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).

Media coverage about URBN stock has been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Urban Outfitters earned a media sentiment score of 0.19 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the apparel retailer an impact score of 46.51 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Urban Outfitters' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY (3.90%), Sib LLC (0.18%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.17%), Empirical Finance LLC (0.09%), Thompson Investment Management Inc. (0.09%) and Dorsey Wright & Associates (0.04%). 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 LGT Capital Partners LTD., Empirical Finance LLC, Thompson Investment Management Inc. and Cerebellum GP LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dorsey Wright & Associates, Sib LLC, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, World Asset Management Inc, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Amalgamated Bank. 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 $46.44.

Urban Outfitters has a market capitalization of $4.84 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]