AEO vs. URBN, ANF, BKE, FL, SCVL, GES, CAL, ZUMZ, GCO, and DBI
Should you be buying American Eagle Outfitters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Eagle Outfitters include Urban Outfitters (URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Guess? (GES), Caleres (CAL), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), and Designer Brands (DBI). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
American Eagle Outfitters vs.
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) and Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.
Urban Outfitters received 136 more outperform votes than American Eagle Outfitters when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.30% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 59.44% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.
American Eagle Outfitters currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.13%. Urban Outfitters has a consensus price target of $56.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.10%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe American Eagle Outfitters is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.
Urban Outfitters has a net margin of 6.11% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 4.28%. American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity of 20.75% beat Urban Outfitters' return on equity.
American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Urban Outfitters had 7 more articles in the media than American Eagle Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 15 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.59 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Urban Outfitters has higher revenue and earnings than American Eagle Outfitters. American Eagle Outfitters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Urban Outfitters beats American Eagle Outfitters on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AEO) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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