AEO vs. URBN, ANF, BKE, RVLV, WINA, GPS, JWN, ABG, SIG, and AAP
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), Revolve Group (RVLV), Winmark (WINA), GAP (GPS), Nordstrom (JWN), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Signet Jewelers (SIG), and Advance Auto Parts (AAP). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
Urban Outfitters has a net margin of 5.58% compared to Urban Outfitters' net margin of 3.23%. Urban Outfitters' return on equity of 17.76% beat American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity.
Urban Outfitters presently has a consensus target price of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.98%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus target price of $21.27, suggesting a potential downside of 8.15%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Urban Outfitters is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by company 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 has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Urban Outfitters received 126 more outperform votes than American Eagle Outfitters when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.34% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 59.90% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Urban Outfitters had 4 more articles in the media than American Eagle Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 9 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.20 indicating that American Eagle Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
American Eagle Outfitters beats Urban Outfitters on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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