URBN Consumer Cyclical

Urban Outfitters, Inc.

$86.72-2.50%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Sep 30, 2026

Basics

Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Apparel Retail
Country: United States
Market cap: 7.4B USD
Enterprise value: 7.9B USD
Full-time employees: 11,780

Overall health

Strength: more profitable than most peersmore profitable than peers
Drawback: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.26 vs a peer median of 0.63)bigger price swings (beta 1.26 vs peers 0.63)
About average: valuation and risk (debt, liquidity and share-price swings)valuation and risk

Ranks #342 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (top 23%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Profit recovered from an unusually weak FY Jan 2023. Since FY Jan 2023 (an unusually weak year for operating profit): revenue +29%, operating profit +167%.Since FY Jan 2023: revenue +29%, operating profit +167%.
Since FY Jan 2023, Urban Outfitters's revenue grew 29% while operating profit grew 167%: each extra dollar of sales is adding more profit.
Share count shrinking. Shares outstanding down 7.1% from January 2023 to September 2026.
Urban Outfitters had 7.1% fewer shares at September 2026 than at January 2023, mainly through buybacks, so each remaining share owns a larger slice of the business.
Annual revenue rose 5 years in a row. Fiscal-year revenue rose from $3.4B in FY Jan 2021 to $6.2B in FY Jan 2026.
Urban Outfitters's fiscal-year revenue rose in each of the five years to FY Jan 2026, from $3.4B to $6.2B.

StockQuotient Score

64/ 100

Oct 5 65 → Nov 4 64 (-1)

Valuation

Is the price right?

58/100

Moderate▲ 3 since Oct 27 close

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 55 → 58

Share price -4.4%+3

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Mixed versus peers:

▲ Earnings yield
▼ FCF yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield7.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value30% base weight · Z-score 0.99Sector median: 0.0439 · MAD: 0.0329

EBITDA yield9.8%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC enterprise value unavailable (debt or EBITDA not reported in standard form) · trailing 12 monthsReported value50% base weight · Z-score 0.22Sector median: 0.0877 · MAD: 0.0461

Free cash flow yield4.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score -0.40Sector median: 0.0614 · MAD: 0.0545

Other data (not scored)

Book yield38.4%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5650 · MAD: 0.3500

Growth

Is it growing?

73/100

Moderate

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▲ Stronger

12-month revenue up 2.5%

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ Revenue growth
▲ EPS growth
▲ 3-yr revenue

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growth25.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.83Sector median: 0.0420 · MAD: 0.2537

3-year revenue growth9.4%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.81Sector median: 0.0425 · MAD: 0.0636

Revenue growth11.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.12Sector median: 0.0373 · MAD: 0.0653

Profitability

Does it earn well?

90/100

Strong

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ ROA
▲ ROIC
▲ Operating margin

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin11.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.07Sector median: 0.0638 · MAD: 0.0461

Return on assets11.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 3.07Sector median: 0.0331 · MAD: 0.0254

Return on invested capital25.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 3.05Sector median: 0.0733 · MAD: 0.0600

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin37.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3025 · MAD: 0.1399

Return on equity19.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0746 · MAD: 0.0674

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Moderate

Moderate relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Held back by:

▼ Beta

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta1.26

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.09Sector median: 0.6345 · MAD: 0.2980

Current ratio1.58×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.18Sector median: 1.4800 · MAD: 0.5570

Debt / equity0.43×

Yahoo Finance fallback · no standard SEC debt tagReported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.11Sector median: 0.4646 · MAD: 0.3556

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Urban Outfitters

Is Urban Outfitters getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Sep 9, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is unchanged at 64/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Urban Outfitters valued vs its peers?: Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 58/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Earnings yield 7.7% vs a peer median of 4.4% (stronger than 77% of peers).Earnings yield 7.7% vs peers 4.4% (stronger than 77% of peers). Free cash flow yield 4.0% vs a peer median of 6.1% (weaker than 63% of peers).Free cash flow yield 4.0% vs peers 6.1% (weaker than 63% of peers).
Is Urban Outfitters growing?: Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 73/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Revenue growth 11.0% vs a peer median of 3.7% (stronger than 76% of peers).Revenue growth 11.0% vs peers 3.7% (stronger than 76% of peers).
How profitable is Urban Outfitters?: More profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 90/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Return on assets 11.1% vs a peer median of 3.3% (stronger than 92% of peers).Return on assets 11.1% vs peers 3.3% (stronger than 92% of peers).
How risky is Urban Outfitters?: Moderate risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 1.26 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 85% of peers).Beta 1.26 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 85% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jul 31, 2026 · filed Sep 9, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Apr 30, 2026

No major changes

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	6.3B USD	6.5B USD	+2.5%
Net income (12 months)	472.3M USD	569.1M USD	+20.5%
Operating margin	9.8%	11.3%	+1.5 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	150.4M USD	295.2M USD	+96.3%
Cash	301.4M USD	598.8M USD	+98.7%
Shares outstanding	85.6M	85.7M	+0.0%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Consumer Cyclical · 182 companies

Valuations in Consumer Cyclical are within their usual range since 2016.

36% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
15% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +0% and earnings +10% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −55% vs the whole market, against a usual −41%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Consumer Cyclical: too few Apparel Retail companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY Jan 2022	FY Jan 2023	FY Jan 2024	FY Jan 2025	FY Jan 2026	Change
Gross margin	32.8%	29.8%	33.3%	34.7%	36.0%	▲ 1.3 pts
Operating margin	9.0%	4.7%	7.2%	8.5%	9.8%	▲ 1.3 pts
Net margin	6.8%	3.3%	5.6%	7.3%	7.5%	▲ 0.3 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	8.2%	4.3%	7.0%	8.9%	9.3%	▲ 0.4 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	17.8%	8.9%	13.6%	16.3%	16.5%	▲ 0.2 pts
Free cash flow margin	2.1%	-1.2%	6.0%	5.8%	5.1%	▼ 0.7 pts
Current ratio	1.31×	1.39×	1.29×	1.39×	1.51×	▲ 8.7%
Quick ratio	0.73×	0.73×	0.74×	0.81×	0.88×	▲ 8.7%
Interest coverage	370.08×	172.34×	48.26×	78.06×	123.20×	▲ 58%

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Strength: more profitable than most peersmore profitable than peers

Drawback: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.26 vs a peer median of 0.63)bigger price swings (beta 1.26 vs peers 0.63)

About average: valuation and risk (debt, liquidity and share-price swings)valuation and risk

Ranks #342 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (top 23%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Profit recovered from an unusually weak FY Jan 2023. Since FY Jan 2023 (an unusually weak year for operating profit): revenue +29%, operating profit +167%.Since FY Jan 2023: revenue +29%, operating profit +167%.

Since FY Jan 2023, Urban Outfitters's revenue grew 29% while operating profit grew 167%: each extra dollar of sales is adding more profit.

Share count shrinking. Shares outstanding down 7.1% from January 2023 to September 2026.

Urban Outfitters had 7.1% fewer shares at September 2026 than at January 2023, mainly through buybacks, so each remaining share owns a larger slice of the business.

Annual revenue rose 5 years in a row. Fiscal-year revenue rose from $3.4B in FY Jan 2021 to $6.2B in FY Jan 2026.

Urban Outfitters's fiscal-year revenue rose in each of the five years to FY Jan 2026, from $3.4B to $6.2B.

Questions investors ask about Urban Outfitters

Is Urban Outfitters getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Sep 9, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is unchanged at 64/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Urban Outfitters valued vs its peers?

Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 58/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Earnings yield 7.7% vs a peer median of 4.4% (stronger than 77% of peers).Earnings yield 7.7% vs peers 4.4% (stronger than 77% of peers). Free cash flow yield 4.0% vs a peer median of 6.1% (weaker than 63% of peers).Free cash flow yield 4.0% vs peers 6.1% (weaker than 63% of peers).

Is Urban Outfitters growing?

Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 73/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Revenue growth 11.0% vs a peer median of 3.7% (stronger than 76% of peers).Revenue growth 11.0% vs peers 3.7% (stronger than 76% of peers).

How profitable is Urban Outfitters?

More profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 90/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Return on assets 11.1% vs a peer median of 3.3% (stronger than 92% of peers).Return on assets 11.1% vs peers 3.3% (stronger than 92% of peers).

How risky is Urban Outfitters?

Moderate risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 1.26 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 85% of peers).Beta 1.26 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 85% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

6.3B USD

6.5B USD

+2.5%

Net income (12 months)

472.3M USD

569.1M USD

+20.5%

Operating margin

9.8%

11.3%

+1.5 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

150.4M USD

295.2M USD

+96.3%

Cash

301.4M USD

598.8M USD

+98.7%

Shares outstanding

85.6M

85.7M

+0.0%

Key ratios

FY Jan 2022

FY Jan 2023

FY Jan 2024

FY Jan 2025

FY Jan 2026

Change

Gross margin

32.8%

29.8%

33.3%

34.7%

36.0%

▲ 1.3 pts

Operating margin

9.0%

4.7%

7.2%

8.5%

9.8%

▲ 1.3 pts

Net margin

6.8%

3.3%

5.6%

7.3%

7.5%

▲ 0.3 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

8.2%

4.3%

7.0%

8.9%

9.3%

▲ 0.4 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

17.8%

8.9%

13.6%

16.3%

16.5%

▲ 0.2 pts

Free cash flow margin

2.1%

-1.2%

6.0%

5.8%

5.1%

▼ 0.7 pts

Current ratio

1.31×

1.39×

1.29×

1.39×

1.51×

▲ 8.7%

Quick ratio

0.73×

0.74×

0.81×

0.88×

▲ 8.7%

Interest coverage

370.08×

172.34×

48.26×

78.06×

123.20×

▲ 58%