URBN vs. AEO, BKE, ANF, LE, PLCE, GPS, JWN, WEN, GMS, and CPRI
Should you be buying Urban Outfitters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Urban Outfitters include American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Lands' End (LE), Children's Place (PLCE), GAP (GPS), Nordstrom (JWN), Wendy's (WEN), GMS (GMS), and Capri (CPRI). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Urban Outfitters has a net margin of 5.58% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 3.23%. American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity of 17.76% beat Urban Outfitters' return on equity.
Urban Outfitters received 125 more outperform votes than American Eagle Outfitters when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.36% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 59.87% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.
Urban Outfitters currently has a consensus price target of $39.75, indicating a potential downside of 4.12%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.97%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Eagle Outfitters is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.
Urban Outfitters has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Eagle Outfitters. Urban Outfitters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Eagle Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Urban Outfitters had 10 more articles in the media than American Eagle Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 8 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.60 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
American Eagle Outfitters beats Urban Outfitters on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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