JWN vs. URBN, BKE, AEO, ANF, GPS, ACVA, HGTY, BOOT, TGLS, and ZGN
Should you be buying Nordstrom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nordstrom include Urban Outfitters (URBN), Buckle (BKE), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), GAP (GPS), ACV Auctions (ACVA), Hagerty (HGTY), Boot Barn (BOOT), Tecnoglass (TGLS), and Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) and Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Nordstrom shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Nordstrom shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Urban Outfitters has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nordstrom. Urban Outfitters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nordstrom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Urban Outfitters received 270 more outperform votes than Nordstrom when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.90% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote while only 58.84% of users gave Nordstrom an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Urban Outfitters had 8 more articles in the media than Nordstrom. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 8 mentions for Nordstrom. Nordstrom's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Urban Outfitters' score of 0.21 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordstrom has a beta of 2.59, indicating that its stock price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Urban Outfitters has a net margin of 5.58% compared to Urban Outfitters' net margin of 0.91%. Urban Outfitters' return on equity of 49.30% beat Nordstrom's return on equity.
Urban Outfitters presently has a consensus price target of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 6.83%. Nordstrom has a consensus price target of $16.54, suggesting a potential downside of 10.17%. Given Nordstrom's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Urban Outfitters is more favorable than Nordstrom.
Summary
Urban Outfitters beats Nordstrom on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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