Ross Stores (ROST) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate URBN or ROST?

Urban Outfitters presently has a consensus price target of $39.67, suggesting a potential downside of 1.33%. Ross Stores has a consensus price target of $155.21, suggesting a potential upside of 19.07%. Given Urban Outfitters' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ross Stores is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urban Outfitters	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18
Ross Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Is URBN or ROST more profitable?

Ross Stores has a net margin of 9.20% compared to Ross Stores' net margin of 5.58%. Urban Outfitters' return on equity of 41.15% beat Ross Stores' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urban Outfitters	5.58%	15.32%	7.65%
Ross Stores	9.20%	41.15%	13.35%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, URBN or ROST?

Ross Stores has higher revenue and earnings than Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ross Stores, 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	$5.15B	0.73	$287.67M	$3.04	13.21
Ross Stores	$20.38B	2.15	$1.87B	$5.56	23.43

Which has more volatility and risk, URBN or ROST?

Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ross Stores has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor URBN or ROST?

Urban Outfitters received 313 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.09% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote while only 59.90% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Urban Outfitters	Outperform Votes 1268 59.90%	Underperform Votes 849 40.10%
Ross Stores	Outperform Votes 955 64.09%	Underperform Votes 535 35.91%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in URBN or ROST?

77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Ross Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ross Stores shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer URBN or ROST?

In the previous week, Ross Stores had 10 more articles in the media than Urban Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ross Stores and 4 mentions for Urban Outfitters. Ross Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Urban Outfitters' score of 1.01 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ross Stores	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ross Stores beats Urban Outfitters on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.