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Urban Outfitters (URBN) Competitors

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$61.34 -0.08 (-0.13%)
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URBN vs. ANF, AEO, BKE, FL, GES, CAL, SCVL, GCO, ZUMZ, and CTRN

Should you be buying Urban Outfitters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Urban Outfitters include Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), Guess? (GES), Caleres (CAL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Genesco (GCO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), and Citi Trends (CTRN). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.

Urban Outfitters vs.

Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) and Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.

Urban Outfitters received 59 more outperform votes than Abercrombie & Fitch when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.74% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 59.32% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Urban OutfittersOutperform Votes
1292
59.32%
Underperform Votes
886
40.68%
Abercrombie & FitchOutperform Votes
1233
59.74%
Underperform Votes
831
40.26%

Abercrombie & Fitch has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Urban Outfitters. Abercrombie & Fitch 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
Urban Outfitters$5.55B1.02$287.67M$4.2714.37
Abercrombie & Fitch$4.95B0.74$328.12M$10.717.16

Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 11.16% compared to Urban Outfitters' net margin of 6.11%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 46.50% beat Urban Outfitters' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Urban Outfitters6.11% 15.86% 8.25%
Abercrombie & Fitch 11.16%46.50%17.53%

77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Urban Outfitters had 4 more articles in the media than Abercrombie & Fitch. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 16 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Urban Outfitters' score of 0.90 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Urban Outfitters
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Abercrombie & Fitch
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Urban Outfitters currently has a consensus price target of $55.27, indicating a potential downside of 9.89%. Abercrombie & Fitch has a consensus price target of $115.50, indicating a potential upside of 50.70%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Urban Outfitters
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27
Abercrombie & Fitch
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Abercrombie & Fitch beats Urban Outfitters on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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URBN vs. The Competition

MetricUrban OutfittersFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.68B$20.91B$25.29B$8.47B
Dividend YieldN/A2.57%169.74%4.11%
P/E Ratio17.5813.7424.8720.05
Price / Sales1.020.943.90119.51
Price / Cash12.419.9219.4134.62
Price / Book2.695.476.254.61
Net Income$287.67M$702.99M$781.36M$248.10M
7 Day Performance3.39%0.03%0.12%2.89%
1 Month Performance23.97%12.01%12.37%15.41%
1 Year Performance47.95%-12.83%8.31%7.68%

Urban Outfitters Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
URBN
Urban Outfitters
3.8867 of 5 stars
$61.34
-0.1%
$55.27
-9.9%
+49.1%$5.68B$5.55B17.5823,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.1401 of 5 stars
$78.24
+6.9%
$119.63
+52.9%
-44.1%$3.73B$4.95B7.7431,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.8708 of 5 stars
$12.10
+8.6%
$15.30
+26.5%
-49.5%$2.09B$5.33B10.3440,800High Trading Volume
BKE
Buckle
3.1693 of 5 stars
$39.26
+6.4%
$41.00
+4.4%
+11.8%$2.01B$1.22B9.968,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
FL
Foot Locker
3.5497 of 5 stars
$13.33
+11.0%
$20.63
+54.7%
+8.7%$1.27B$7.99B-2.9649,900Options Volume
GES
Guess?
3.1986 of 5 stars
$12.05
+5.4%
$12.50
+3.7%
-55.4%$624.86M$3.00B10.1312,500Positive News
CAL
Caleres
3.7676 of 5 stars
$17.46
+15.9%
$16.00
-8.4%
-53.3%$586.87M$2.72B3.899,200Positive News
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.6314 of 5 stars
$19.58
+8.9%
$51.00
+160.5%
-41.7%$532.09M$1.20B7.205,800News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
GCO
Genesco
3.1164 of 5 stars
$23.87
+13.0%
N/A-14.6%$263.48M$2.33B-9.8218,000News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.6903 of 5 stars
$13.31
+10.5%
$22.00
+65.3%
-27.7%$260.44M$889.20M-5.189,500News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
CTRN
Citi Trends
1.3526 of 5 stars
$23.95
+4.4%
$33.33
+39.2%
+13.3%$198.26M$753.08M-7.805,400News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up

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