Urban Outfitters (URBN) Competitors

Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) and Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) 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 media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ANF or URBN?

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

Is ANF or URBN 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
Abercrombie & Fitch	11.16%	46.50%	17.53%
Urban Outfitters	6.11%	15.86%	8.25%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ANF or URBN?

Abercrombie & Fitch has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Abercrombie & Fitch	$4.95B	0.72	$328.12M	$10.71	6.81
Urban Outfitters	$5.55B	0.80	$287.67M	$4.27	11.28

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ANF or URBN?

Urban Outfitters received 58 more outperform votes than Abercrombie & Fitch when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.76% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 59.40% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Abercrombie & Fitch	Outperform Votes 1231 59.76%	Underperform Votes 829 40.24%
Urban Outfitters	Outperform Votes 1289 59.40%	Underperform Votes 881 40.60%

Do analysts rate ANF or URBN?

Abercrombie & Fitch presently has a consensus price target of $135.29, suggesting a potential upside of 85.58%. Urban Outfitters has a consensus price target of $55.18, suggesting a potential upside of 14.56%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, ANF or URBN?

Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ANF or URBN?

In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 10 more articles in the media than Urban Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 20 mentions for Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Abercrombie & Fitch's score of 0.40 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Abercrombie & Fitch	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Urban Outfitters	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Abercrombie & Fitch beats Urban Outfitters on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.