Urban Outfitters (URBN) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, URBN or AEO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Urban Outfitters	$5.83B	1.11	$402.46M	$5.12	14.07
American Eagle Outfitters	$5.27B	0.58	$329.38M	$1.04	17.39

Do analysts prefer URBN or AEO?

Urban Outfitters currently has a consensus target price of $81.91, suggesting a potential upside of 13.69%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus target price of $14.72, suggesting a potential downside of 18.59%. Given Urban Outfitters' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Urban Outfitters is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urban Outfitters	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
American Eagle Outfitters	3 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.85

Is URBN or AEO more profitable?

Urban Outfitters has a net margin of 8.15% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 3.74%. Urban Outfitters' return on equity of 18.43% beat American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urban Outfitters	8.15%	18.43%	9.98%
American Eagle Outfitters	3.74%	13.67%	5.80%

Does the media prefer URBN or AEO?

In the previous week, American Eagle Outfitters had 6 more articles in the media than Urban Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters and 26 mentions for Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.53 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Urban Outfitters	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Eagle Outfitters	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, URBN or AEO?

Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of URBN or AEO?

77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Urban Outfitters beats American Eagle Outfitters on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.