Buckle (BKE) Competitors

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

Is BKE or URBN more profitable?

Buckle has a net margin of 16.21% compared to Urban Outfitters' net margin of 6.11%. Buckle's return on equity of 44.11% beat Urban Outfitters' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Buckle	16.21%	44.11%	21.32%
Urban Outfitters	6.11%	15.86%	8.25%

Do analysts prefer BKE or URBN?

Buckle currently has a consensus target price of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.84%. Urban Outfitters has a consensus target price of $55.18, suggesting a potential upside of 8.54%. Given Buckle's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Buckle is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Buckle	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Urban Outfitters	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Does the media favor BKE or URBN?

In the previous week, Urban Outfitters had 6 more articles in the media than Buckle. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 4 mentions for Buckle. Buckle's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Urban Outfitters' score of 1.05 indicating that Buckle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Buckle	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Urban Outfitters	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BKE or URBN?

Urban Outfitters has higher revenue and earnings than Buckle. Buckle 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
Buckle	$1.22B	1.47	$219.92M	$3.88	9.04
Urban Outfitters	$5.55B	0.85	$287.67M	$4.27	11.91

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BKE or URBN?

Urban Outfitters received 909 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.37% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote while only 56.89% of users gave Buckle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Buckle	Outperform Votes 380 56.89%	Underperform Votes 288 43.11%
Urban Outfitters	Outperform Votes 1289 59.37%	Underperform Votes 882 40.63%

Which has more volatility and risk, BKE or URBN?

Buckle has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BKE or URBN?

53.9% of Buckle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. 39.8% of Buckle 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Urban Outfitters beats Buckle on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.