Foot Locker (FL) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend URBN or FL?

Urban Outfitters currently has a consensus target price of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.98%. Foot Locker has a consensus target price of $22.81, indicating a potential upside of 41.47%. Given Foot Locker's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Foot Locker 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
Foot Locker	3 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Which has more risk and volatility, URBN or FL?

Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foot Locker has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is URBN or FL 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
Urban Outfitters	6.11%	15.86%	8.25%
Foot Locker	-5.24%	2.91%	1.22%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor URBN or FL?

Foot Locker received 203 more outperform votes than Urban Outfitters when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.93% of users gave Foot Locker an outperform vote while only 59.44% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Urban Outfitters	Outperform Votes 1288 59.44%	Underperform Votes 879 40.56%
Foot Locker	Outperform Votes 1491 68.93%	Underperform Votes 672 31.07%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, URBN or FL?

Urban Outfitters has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Urban Outfitters	$5.55B	0.82	$287.67M	$4.27	11.51
Foot Locker	$7.99B	0.19	-$330M	$0.13	124.04

Does the media favor URBN or FL?

In the previous week, Foot Locker had 1 more articles in the media than Urban Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Foot Locker and 14 mentions for Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Foot Locker's score of 0.63 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Foot Locker	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in URBN or FL?

77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Foot Locker shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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