Urban Outfitters (URBN) Competitors

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$56.01 -0.32 (-0.57%)
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URBN vs. ANF, AEO, BKE, FL, SCVL, GES, CAL, GCO, ZUMZ, and DBI

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), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Guess? (GES), Caleres (CAL), Genesco (GCO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), and Designer Brands (DBI). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.

Urban Outfitters vs.

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

Abercrombie & Fitch presently has a consensus price target of $182.25, indicating a potential upside of 62.99%. Urban Outfitters has a consensus price target of $53.64, indicating a potential downside of 4.24%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Urban Outfitters
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27

77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 & Fitch11.16% 46.50% 17.53%
Urban Outfitters 6.11%15.86%8.25%

Urban Outfitters received 64 more outperform votes than Abercrombie & Fitch when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.67% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 59.54% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Abercrombie & FitchOutperform Votes
1222
59.67%
Underperform Votes
826
40.33%
Urban OutfittersOutperform Votes
1286
59.54%
Underperform Votes
874
40.46%

In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 7 more articles in the media than Urban Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 8 mentions for Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Abercrombie & Fitch's score of 0.27 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abercrombie & Fitch$4.28B1.32$328.12M$10.1111.06
Urban Outfitters$5.15B1.00$287.67M$3.4916.05

Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$5.32B$19.90B$26.30B$9.18B
Dividend YieldN/A2.37%171.27%4.00%
P/E Ratio16.0512.01114.7815.65
Price / Sales1.000.993.3279.64
Price / Cash13.0610.5322.3338.90
Price / Book2.465.426.335.05
Net Income$287.67M$702.99M$678.19M$222.67M
7 Day Performance-1.04%-1.53%1.56%2.11%
1 Month Performance2.54%-5.41%3.93%2.36%
1 Year Performance33.64%-3.66%10.98%16.83%

Urban Outfitters Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.0675 of 5 stars
$56.01
-0.6%
$53.64
-4.2%
+33.7%$5.32B$5.15B16.0528,000
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.0701 of 5 stars
$113.25
-1.3%
$182.25
+60.9%
-6.2%$5.69B$4.28B11.1831,700Short Interest ↑
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.6719 of 5 stars
$15.00
-3.9%
$21.00
+40.0%
-35.5%$2.88B$5.26B12.8243,100Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
BKE
Buckle
3.4012 of 5 stars
$44.00
+0.0%
$46.00
+4.6%
+12.8%$2.23B$1.26B11.178,000Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
FL
Foot Locker
4.343 of 5 stars
$18.94
+5.0%
$24.94
+31.7%
-32.5%$1.80B$8.17B-4.2046,846Short Interest ↑
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.0698 of 5 stars
$25.62
-0.5%
$42.00
+64.0%
-15.5%$695.82M$1.22B9.415,300
GES
Guess?
4.1822 of 5 stars
$12.15
-1.6%
$25.00
+105.7%
-47.0%$625.34M$2.78B10.2112,000Short Interest ↑
Negative News
CAL
Caleres
4.6115 of 5 stars
$17.42
+4.4%
$30.00
+72.2%
-53.7%$586.81M$2.82B3.899,200Short Interest ↑
GCO
Genesco
3.2178 of 5 stars
$40.44
-0.1%
$31.00
-23.3%
+34.3%$453.29M$2.32B-16.6418,000Short Interest ↑
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.4333 of 5 stars
$15.74
-0.1%
$22.00
+39.8%
-12.4%$301.74M$875.49M-6.128,900
DBI
Designer Brands
4.5758 of 5 stars
$5.28
+4.7%
$5.75
+9.0%
-43.2%$252.83M$3.07B-175.7714,000News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:URBN) was last updated on 2/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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