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AEO vs. URBN, ANF, BKE, FL, GES, CAL, SCVL, ZUMZ, GCO, and CTRN

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

American Eagle Outfitters vs.

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

97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of American Eagle Outfitters 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Urban Outfitters received 137 more outperform votes than American Eagle Outfitters when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.26% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 59.35% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American Eagle OutfittersOutperform Votes
1152
63.26%
Underperform Votes
669
36.74%
Urban OutfittersOutperform Votes
1289
59.35%
Underperform Votes
883
40.65%

Urban Outfitters has a net margin of 6.11% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 4.28%. American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity of 20.75% beat Urban Outfitters' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Eagle Outfitters4.28% 20.75% 9.99%
Urban Outfitters 6.11%15.86%8.25%

American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, American Eagle Outfitters had 1 more articles in the media than Urban Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters and 13 mentions for Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.81 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

American Eagle Outfitters presently has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 44.52%. Urban Outfitters has a consensus price target of $54.27, indicating a potential upside of 2.73%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe American Eagle Outfitters is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Eagle Outfitters
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.09
Urban Outfitters
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Eagle Outfitters$5.33B0.35$170.04M$1.686.38
Urban Outfitters$5.55B0.88$287.67M$4.2712.37

Summary

Urban Outfitters beats American Eagle Outfitters on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AEO vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Eagle OutfittersFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.85B$19.35B$24.11B$18.90B
Dividend Yield4.46%2.85%170.05%4.01%
P/E Ratio9.1712.4222.6832.87
Price / Sales0.350.844.2528.03
Price / Cash5.089.9219.4117.52
Price / Book1.224.995.764.47
Net Income$170.04M$702.99M$786.75M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.50%-0.77%0.62%0.73%
1 Month Performance-12.22%-10.40%-2.09%-2.62%
1 Year Performance-54.73%-12.59%3.37%4.59%

American Eagle Outfitters Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.7392 of 5 stars
$10.73
+1.9%
$15.50
+44.5%
-54.7%$1.85B$5.33B9.1740,800Short Interest ↑
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.0337 of 5 stars
$52.67
+2.5%
$55.18
+4.8%
+37.2%$4.88B$5.55B15.0923,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.1031 of 5 stars
$70.68
-1.3%
$127.25
+80.0%
-42.7%$3.45B$4.95B6.9931,500Positive News
BKE
Buckle
3.4548 of 5 stars
$34.87
-0.1%
$41.00
+17.6%
-5.3%$1.78B$1.22B8.858,300Short Interest ↑
FL
Foot Locker
4.5611 of 5 stars
$12.97
+10.6%
$21.38
+64.8%
-39.6%$1.24B$7.99B-2.8849,900
GES
Guess?
3.8772 of 5 stars
$11.83
+0.5%
$12.50
+5.7%
-57.1%$613.24M$3.00B9.9412,500
CAL
Caleres
3.71 of 5 stars
$15.62
+0.9%
$16.00
+2.4%
-57.4%$525.02M$2.72B3.489,200Positive News
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.2918 of 5 stars
$17.87
-0.7%
$51.00
+185.4%
-47.9%$485.62M$1.20B6.575,800
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.8435 of 5 stars
$11.66
-1.9%
$22.00
+88.7%
-31.9%$223.39M$889.20M-4.549,500Positive News
GCO
Genesco
2.517 of 5 stars
$19.83
-1.2%
N/A-24.1%$218.88M$2.33B-8.1618,000Short Interest ↑
CTRN
Citi Trends
1.6508 of 5 stars
$20.70
+1.0%
$33.33
+61.0%
+2.2%$171.36M$753.08M-6.745,400Positive News

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