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 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 usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 19th. The apparel retailer reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.07. The apparel retailer had revenue of $973.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $967.82 million. Urban Outfitters had a return on equity of 20.65% and a net margin of 5.44%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.41 EPS. View Urban Outfitters' Earnings History.

Urban Outfitters is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Urban Outfitters.

20 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Urban Outfitters' shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect Urban Outfitters' stock price to reach $46.05 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 38.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Urban Outfitters.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Urban Outfitters in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 11 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Urban Outfitters.

Press coverage about URBN stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Urban Outfitters earned a media sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the apparel retailer a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Urban Outfitters saw a decrease in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 11,981,430 shares, a decrease of 13.3% from the October 31st total of 13,826,170 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,036,560 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.9 days. Currently, 17.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Urban Outfitters' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Urban Outfitters include Viacom (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).

Urban Outfitters' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.20%), Vanguard Group Inc. (7.76%), Vanguard Group Inc (7.87%), FMR LLC (4.87%), AQR Capital Management LLC (4.11%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.07%). 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 FMR LLC, BlackRock Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Teachers Advisors LLC and Columbus Circle Investors. 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 AQR Capital Management LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Man Group plc, TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Vanguard Group Inc, Vanguard Group Inc. and Emerald Advisers Inc. PA. 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 $33.22.

Urban Outfitters has a market capitalization of $3.62 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.

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]