Buckle (BKE) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer URBN or BKE?

Urban Outfitters presently has a consensus price target of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.15%. Buckle has a consensus price target of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.24%. Given Urban Outfitters' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Urban Outfitters is more favorable than Buckle.

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
Buckle	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk & volatility, URBN or BKE?

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, URBN or BKE?

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
Urban Outfitters	$5.55B	0.77	$287.67M	$4.27	10.92
Buckle	$1.22B	1.50	$219.92M	$3.88	9.25

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in URBN or BKE?

Urban Outfitters received 908 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.44% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote while only 56.89% of users gave Buckle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Urban Outfitters	Outperform Votes 1288 59.44%	Underperform Votes 879 40.56%
Buckle	Outperform Votes 380 56.89%	Underperform Votes 288 43.11%

Is URBN or BKE 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
Urban Outfitters	6.11%	15.86%	8.25%
Buckle	16.21%	44.11%	21.32%

Does the media favor URBN or BKE?

In the previous week, Urban Outfitters had 10 more articles in the media than Buckle. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 4 mentions for Buckle. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Buckle's score of 1.03 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Urban Outfitters	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Buckle	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Buckle shares are held by institutional investors. 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.8% of Buckle 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

Urban Outfitters beats Buckle on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.