AEO vs. URBN, BKE, GPS, ANF, JWN, VVNT, PZZA, CBRL, TRIP, and KSS
Should you be buying American Eagle Outfitters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Eagle Outfitters include Urban Outfitters (URBN), Buckle (BKE), GAP (GPS), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Nordstrom (JWN), Vivint Smart Home (VVNT), Papa John's International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Tripadvisor (TRIP), and Kohl's (KSS). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
American Eagle Outfitters vs.
Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
77.3% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.9% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Urban Outfitters presently has a consensus target price of $27.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.05%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus target price of $14.62, indicating a potential upside of 11.31%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Eagle Outfitters is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.
Urban Outfitters received 119 more outperform votes than American Eagle Outfitters when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.53% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 60.50% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Urban Outfitters had 2 more articles in the media than American Eagle Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 12 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.07 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Urban Outfitters has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Urban Outfitters has a net margin of 3.33% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 2.51%. American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity of 13.27% beat Urban Outfitters' return on equity.
Summary
Urban Outfitters and American Eagle Outfitters tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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