URBN vs. AEO, ANF, BKE, BOOT, DKS, FL, GES, SCVL, CAL, and GCO
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 Genesco (GCO).
Urban Outfitters vs. Its Competitors
Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and dividends.
Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% 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.
77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Urban Outfitters presently has a consensus target price of $75.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.08%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus target price of $14.70, indicating a potential upside of 17.22%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Eagle Outfitters is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.
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.
In the previous week, American Eagle Outfitters had 9 more articles in the media than Urban Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters and 6 mentions for Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.65 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Urban Outfitters beats American Eagle Outfitters on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NASDAQ:URBN) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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