Urban Outfitters (URBN) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, URBN or ANF?

Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is URBN or ANF more profitable?

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
Urban Outfitters	6.11%	15.86%	8.25%
Abercrombie & Fitch	11.16%	46.50%	17.53%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer URBN or ANF?

Urban Outfitters received 59 more outperform votes than Abercrombie & Fitch when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.72% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 59.44% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Urban Outfitters	Outperform Votes 1288 59.44%	Underperform Votes 879 40.56%
Abercrombie & Fitch	Outperform Votes 1229 59.72%	Underperform Votes 829 40.28%

Do analysts rate URBN or ANF?

Urban Outfitters currently has a consensus price target of $56.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.78%. Abercrombie & Fitch has a consensus price target of $140.88, suggesting a potential upside of 83.80%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urban Outfitters	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
Abercrombie & Fitch	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has higher earnings and valuation, URBN or ANF?

Abercrombie & Fitch has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Urban Outfitters	$5.55B	0.86	$287.67M	$4.27	12.06
Abercrombie & Fitch	$4.95B	0.78	$328.12M	$10.71	7.16

Does the media prefer URBN or ANF?

In the previous week, Urban Outfitters had 4 more articles in the media than Abercrombie & Fitch. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 12 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Urban Outfitters' score of 1.02 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Urban Outfitters	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Abercrombie & Fitch	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in URBN or ANF?

77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Abercrombie & Fitch beats Urban Outfitters on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.