Foot Locker (FL) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to FL or URBN?

In the previous week, Urban Outfitters had 6 more articles in the media than Foot Locker. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 15 mentions for Foot Locker. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Foot Locker's score of 0.54 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Foot Locker	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Urban Outfitters	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FL or URBN?

Foot Locker received 203 more outperform votes than Urban Outfitters when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.82% of users gave Foot Locker an outperform vote while only 59.40% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Foot Locker	Outperform Votes 1492 68.82%	Underperform Votes 676 31.18%
Urban Outfitters	Outperform Votes 1289 59.40%	Underperform Votes 881 40.60%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FL or URBN?

77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Foot Locker 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, FL or URBN?

Foot Locker has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer FL or URBN?

Foot Locker currently has a consensus target price of $21.69, suggesting a potential upside of 91.08%. Urban Outfitters has a consensus target price of $55.18, suggesting a potential upside of 14.56%. Given Foot Locker's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Foot Locker is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Foot Locker	3 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Urban Outfitters	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FL or URBN?

Urban Outfitters has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Foot Locker. Urban Outfitters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foot Locker, 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
Foot Locker	$7.99B	0.13	-$330M	$0.13	87.31
Urban Outfitters	$5.55B	0.80	$287.67M	$4.27	11.28

Is FL or URBN more profitable?

Urban Outfitters has a net margin of 6.11% compared to Foot Locker's net margin of -5.24%. Urban Outfitters' return on equity of 15.86% beat Foot Locker's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Foot Locker	-5.24%	2.91%	1.22%
Urban Outfitters	6.11%	15.86%	8.25%

Summary

Urban Outfitters beats Foot Locker on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.