Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Rank #115Capital ReturnURBN · Nasdaq · Consumer Cyclical
Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) — Rank #115 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.43) · ROE 16.3% · Piotroski F-Score N/A.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000912615 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Urban Outfitters, Inc. offers lifestyle products and services in the United States and internationally.
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The company operates through three segments: Retail, Wholesale, and Subscription. It operates Urban Outfitters stores, which offer women's and men's fashion apparel, activewear, intimates, footwear, accessories, home goods, electronics, and beauty products for young adults aged 18 to 28; and Anthropologie stores that provide women's apparel, accessories, intimates, shoes, furniture, home décor, and beauty and wellness products, as well as gifts and decorative items for women aged 28 to 45. The company also operates Terrain stores that provide lifestyle home products, garden and outdoor living products, antiques, live plants, flowers, wellness products, and accessories. In addition, it operates Free People retail stores, which offer casual women's apparel, intimates, activewear, shoes, accessories, home products, gifts, and beauty and wellness products for young women aged 25 to 30; and restaurants and event venues, as well as women's apparel subscription rental service under the Nuuly brand. Further, the company designs, develops, and markets young women's contemporary casual apparel, intimates, activewear, and shoes under the Free People and FP Movement brands; and apparel collections under the Urban Outfitters brand. It serves its customers directly through retail stores, websites, mobile applications, catalogs and customer contact centers, franchisee-owned stores, and department and specialty stores, as well as social media and third-party digital platforms. Urban Outfitters, Inc.
was founded in 1970 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Industry
- Apparel Retail
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- State
- PA
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- January 31
- Website
- urbn.com
Price History
Company Snapshot
P/E and reverse DCF are the primary valuation lenses at this stage.
Market Cap
$6.51B
P/E (annual)
15.0
P/S (annual)
1.1
P/B
2.3
P/OCF (annual)
11.3
Shareholder Yield
2.8%
Employees
11,780
Industry
Apparel Retail
Exchange
Nasdaq
Signal Flags
Quality Profile
Profitability
1/1 passSafety
1/1 passCash Flow
2/3 passGrowth
2/2 passTerry Smith quality gate
Passes 1/5 Terry Smith thresholdsWhat Growth Is Priced In
Implied revenue growth (10Y)
9.1%
The annual FCF growth rate today's price requires over a 10-year horizon (discount rate 10%, terminal growth 2.5%).
Buyback tailwind: -2.8% — per-share value needs a total required return of 6.3% once share-count change is priced in.
vs. own 6-year median revenue growth: 7.6%
within its own historyCost-of-equity sensitivity (implied growth at different discount rates)
r = 8%
4.7%
r = 10% (base)
9.1%
r = 12%
12.9%
Net debt / market cap: -10.3%
Valuation History
Current multiple vs historical range at each filing date. Band spans 25th-75th percentile.
P / E
Price / diluted EPS
P / S
Price / revenue per share
P / B
Price / book value per share
P / GP
Price / gross profit per share
P / FCF
Price / free cash flow per share
FCF yield, shareholder yield, and buyback activity are the primary reads at this stage.
Profitability
Gross profitability (GP / assets)
0.43
Primary signal (Novy-Marx).
4th of 6 SIC 56 peers
Return on equity
16.3%
Gross margin
36.0%
5th of 6 SIC 56 peers
Revenue growth (YoY)
11.1%
Gross margin improving
Margin trend vs prior year.
Operating Leverage
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
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| Revenue vs COGS | ||||
| Revenue vs OpEx | ||||
| Op. Income vs Revenue |
Growth
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
8.7%
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
12.3%
Earnings CAGR (3Y)
42.8%
FCF CAGR (3Y)
—
Anti-fragile safety
Balance-sheet safety
Composite anti-fragile check.
Debt / equity
0.79
2nd of 6 SIC 56 peers (best = lowest)
Current ratio
1.58×
6th of 6 SIC 56 peers
Quick ratio
0.71×
Net cash
$716.13M
Cash & equivalents minus total debt.
Cash-flow health
Free cash flow
$315.02M
Operating cash flow minus capex.
Positive free cash flow
FCF / net income
-0.32
Cash-backing of earnings.
FCF/NI divergence
Unfavorable divergence (yellow flag).
Accruals healthy
Cash-backed earnings.
SBC / revenue
0.5%
Stock-based comp intensity.
Piotroski F-Score
F-Score
N/A
Only 8/9 components determinable.