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URBN vs. AEO, ANF, BKE, BOOT, DKS, FL, GES, SCVL, CAL, and CTRN

Should you be buying Urban Outfitters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Urban Outfitters include American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Buckle (BKE), Boot Barn (BOOT), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Foot Locker (FL), Guess? (GES), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Caleres (CAL), and Citi Trends (CTRN).

Urban Outfitters vs. Its Competitors

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) and Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and risk.

97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Urban Outfitters has a net margin of 7.91% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 3.73%. Urban Outfitters' return on equity of 17.98% beat American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Eagle Outfitters3.73% 13.34% 5.99%
Urban Outfitters 7.91%17.98%9.64%

In the previous week, Urban Outfitters had 2 more articles in the media than American Eagle Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 5 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.24 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Eagle Outfitters
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Urban Outfitters
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Eagle Outfitters currently has a consensus price target of $14.70, indicating a potential upside of 42.86%. Urban Outfitters has a consensus price target of $74.09, indicating a potential upside of 0.70%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe American Eagle Outfitters is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Eagle Outfitters
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Urban Outfitters
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

Urban Outfitters has higher revenue and earnings than American Eagle Outfitters. American Eagle Outfitters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Eagle Outfitters$5.27B0.34$329.38M$0.9810.50
Urban Outfitters$5.55B1.19$402.46M$4.7815.39

Summary

Urban Outfitters beats American Eagle Outfitters on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding URBN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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URBN vs. The Competition

MetricUrban OutfittersRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.60B$7.62B$26.46B$9.01B
Dividend YieldN/A2.91%175.55%4.11%
P/E Ratio15.3966.3729.8220.07
Price / Sales1.191.274.70109.13
Price / Cash13.6016.4045.9756.90
Price / Book2.714.715.945.70
Net Income$402.46M$369.65M$872.48M$248.47M
7 Day Performance4.13%6.18%4.80%2.92%
1 Month Performance1.48%2.20%5.67%5.77%
1 Year Performance70.47%-2.63%22.72%21.39%

Urban Outfitters Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.0018 of 5 stars
$73.58
0.0%
$74.09
+0.7%
+72.2%$6.60B$5.55B15.3929,000
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.5781 of 5 stars
$9.62
-2.6%
$14.70
+52.8%
-46.7%$1.67B$5.33B9.8244,000
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
3.8314 of 5 stars
$82.84
+0.1%
$110.63
+33.5%
-51.0%$3.95B$4.95B8.1539,200News Coverage
BKE
Buckle
2.8649 of 5 stars
$45.30
-0.6%
$41.00
-9.5%
+31.4%$2.32B$1.22B11.658,000
BOOT
Boot Barn
3.6972 of 5 stars
$152.02
-1.6%
$173.67
+14.2%
+22.1%$4.65B$1.91B25.9410,400Positive News
DKS
DICK'S Sporting Goods
4.9368 of 5 stars
$198.01
-2.4%
$219.56
+10.9%
+4.1%$15.85B$13.44B14.1656,100Insider Trade
FL
Foot Locker
3.1998 of 5 stars
$24.53
+0.1%
$21.20
-13.6%
+6.9%$2.34B$7.99B-6.5147,306News Coverage
Insider Trade
GES
Guess?
2.0148 of 5 stars
$12.08
-0.3%
$12.50
+3.5%
-35.1%$628.40M$3.00B-50.3313,000
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.7141 of 5 stars
$18.71
-2.8%
$51.00
+172.6%
-41.7%$511.46M$1.18B7.835,500
CAL
Caleres
3.7662 of 5 stars
$12.27
-2.2%
$14.00
+14.1%
-57.4%$414.73M$2.72B5.119,400
CTRN
Citi Trends
0.8439 of 5 stars
$33.39
+0.5%
$32.50
-2.7%
+71.0%$276.80M$753.08M-7.154,600Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:URBN) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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