NASDAQ:URBN - Urban Outfitters Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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 buyback $20,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 0.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 21st. The apparel retailer reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.05. The apparel retailer earned $864.41 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 last year, the business posted $0.38 EPS. 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Urban Outfitters' shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect Urban Outfitters' share price to reach $37.5729 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 56.2% 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, 9 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 trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Urban Outfitters earned a media sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the apparel retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Urban Outfitters.

Urban Outfitters saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 11,424,000 shares, an increase of 5.1% from the April 15th total of 10,873,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,150,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Approximately 17.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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), Macy's (M), Starbucks (SBUX), Bank of America (BAC), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), General Electric (GE), American Airlines Group (AAL), AT&T (T) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Urban Outfitters' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (6.17%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.78%), MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd (0.75%), Fort Pitt Capital Group LLC (0.73%), Systematic Financial Management LP (0.60%) and Federated Investors Inc. PA (0.41%). 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 JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Emerald Advisers LLC, Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust, California Public Employees Retirement System and Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc.. 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 Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, FMR LLC, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Impala Asset Management LLC, WS Management Lllp, Skylands Capital 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 $24.06.

Urban Outfitters has a market capitalization of $2.36 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]