AEO vs. URBN, ANF, BKE, RVLV, GPS, JWN, ABG, AAP, SIG, and ZGN
Should you be buying American Eagle Outfitters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Eagle Outfitters include Urban Outfitters (URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Buckle (BKE), Revolve Group (RVLV), GAP (GPS), Nordstrom (JWN), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Advance Auto Parts (AAP), Signet Jewelers (SIG), and Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN).
Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
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 59.90% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.
77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned 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.
Urban Outfitters has a net margin of 5.58% compared to Urban Outfitters' net margin of 3.23%. Urban Outfitters' return on equity of 17.76% beat American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity.
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.
Urban Outfitters currently has a consensus price target of $39.67, indicating a potential downside of 1.11%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus price target of $22.18, indicating a potential downside of 10.63%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Urban Outfitters is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.
Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, American Eagle Outfitters had 5 more articles in the media than Urban Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters and 4 mentions for Urban Outfitters. American Eagle Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Urban Outfitters' score of 0.87 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
American Eagle Outfitters beats Urban Outfitters on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get American Eagle Outfitters News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AEO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AEO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
American Eagle Outfitters Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
