URBN vs. ANF, AEO, BKE, FL, SCVL, CAL, GES, GCO, ZUMZ, and DBI
Should you be buying Urban Outfitters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Urban Outfitters include Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Caleres (CAL), Guess? (GES), Genesco (GCO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), and Designer Brands (DBI). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Urban Outfitters vs.
Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) and Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
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.
Urban Outfitters presently has a consensus target price of $51.64, indicating a potential downside of 6.13%. Abercrombie & Fitch has a consensus target price of $182.25, indicating a potential upside of 39.82%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 14 more articles in the media than Urban Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 24 mentions for Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Abercrombie & Fitch's score of 0.47 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Urban Outfitters received 63 more outperform votes than Abercrombie & Fitch when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.67% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 59.52% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.
Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Abercrombie & Fitch beats Urban Outfitters on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:URBN) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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