Urban Outfitters (URBN) Competitors

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

Is ANF or URBN more profitable?

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
Abercrombie & Fitch	11.16%	46.50%	17.53%
Urban Outfitters	6.11%	15.86%	8.25%

Which has better valuation and earnings, ANF or URBN?

Abercrombie & Fitch has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abercrombie & Fitch	$4.95B	0.69	$328.12M	$10.71	6.49
Urban Outfitters	$5.55B	0.88	$287.67M	$4.27	12.36

Which has more risk and volatility, ANF or URBN?

Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ANF or URBN?

Abercrombie & Fitch currently has a consensus target price of $127.25, indicating a potential upside of 83.17%. Urban Outfitters has a consensus target price of $54.27, indicating a potential upside of 2.83%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.

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

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

77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ANF or URBN?

Urban Outfitters received 58 more outperform votes than Abercrombie & Fitch when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.73% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 59.35% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Abercrombie & Fitch	Outperform Votes 1231 59.73%	Underperform Votes 830 40.27%
Urban Outfitters	Outperform Votes 1289 59.35%	Underperform Votes 883 40.65%

Does the media favor ANF or URBN?

In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 1 more articles in the media than Urban Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 11 mentions for Urban Outfitters. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Urban Outfitters' score of 1.04 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Abercrombie & Fitch	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Urban Outfitters	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Abercrombie & Fitch beats Urban Outfitters on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.