Zacks Research Predicts Higher Earnings for Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research raised their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of Urban Outfitters in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, March 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the apparel retailer will post earnings of $4.72 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $4.08. The consensus estimate for Urban Outfitters’ current full-year earnings is $3.91 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Urban Outfitters’ Q4 2026 earnings at $1.24 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $1.30 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.88 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on URBN. Morgan Stanley raised shares of Urban Outfitters from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $41.00 to $63.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Urban Outfitters from $63.00 to $68.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 28th. Bank of America boosted their price objective on shares of Urban Outfitters from $46.00 to $53.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. UBS Group lifted their target price on shares of Urban Outfitters from $45.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Urban Outfitters from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, March 1st. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $56.00.

Urban Outfitters Price Performance

Shares of URBN stock opened at $49.13 on Monday. Urban Outfitters has a 1 year low of $33.86 and a 1 year high of $61.16. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $54.82 and a 200-day moving average price of $47.12. The company has a market cap of $4.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.08, a PEG ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 1.56.

Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 26th. The apparel retailer reported $1.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.89 by $0.15. Urban Outfitters had a net margin of 6.11% and a return on equity of 15.86%. The firm had revenue of $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.63 billion.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Urban Outfitters by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,481,469 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $56,765,000 after acquiring an additional 18,249 shares during the last quarter. Algert Global LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Urban Outfitters by 36.0% in the 3rd quarter. Algert Global LLC now owns 53,715 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $2,058,000 after acquiring an additional 14,220 shares during the last quarter. Friedenthal Financial bought a new position in shares of Urban Outfitters in the 4th quarter valued at about $765,000. Petrus Trust Company LTA bought a new position in shares of Urban Outfitters in the 3rd quarter valued at about $642,000. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Urban Outfitters by 3.1% in the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,073,416 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $79,433,000 after acquiring an additional 62,019 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 77.61% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Urban Outfitters

In other Urban Outfitters news, Director Harry S. Cherken, Jr. sold 55,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $57.31, for a total transaction of $3,152,050.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 510,296 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $29,245,063.76. This represents a 9.73 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Azeez Hayne sold 11,676 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $54.75, for a total transaction of $639,261.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 99,976 shares of company stock valued at $5,573,263 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 31.80% of the company’s stock.

About Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters, Inc engages in the retail and wholesale of general consumer products. The company operates through three segments: Retail, Wholesale, and Nuuly. 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, and home furnishings, as well as gifts, decorative items, and beauty and wellness products for women aged 28 to 45.