Urban Outfitters (URBN) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in URBN or ANF?

Urban Outfitters received 64 more outperform votes than Abercrombie & Fitch when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.67% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 59.51% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Urban Outfitters	Outperform Votes 1286 59.51%	Underperform Votes 875 40.49%
Abercrombie & Fitch	Outperform Votes 1222 59.67%	Underperform Votes 826 40.33%

Does the media prefer URBN or ANF?

In the previous week, Urban Outfitters had 6 more articles in the media than Abercrombie & Fitch. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 8 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Urban Outfitters' score of 0.59 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Abercrombie & Fitch	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & 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	$5.40B	0.90	$287.67M	$3.49	15.13
Abercrombie & Fitch	$4.28B	1.18	$328.12M	$10.11	9.92

Do analysts prefer URBN or ANF?

Urban Outfitters presently has a consensus price target of $53.64, suggesting a potential upside of 1.58%. Abercrombie & Fitch has a consensus price target of $182.25, suggesting a potential upside of 81.67%. 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 more volatility & risk, URBN or ANF?

Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% 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%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in URBN or ANF?

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

Summary

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