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Urban Outfitters

URBN
66
Apparel - Retail · Consumer Cyclical
Price
$74.24
+1.59 (+2.19%)
Market Cap
$6.36B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
66
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Apr 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Strong
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Strong

Share count falling — buybacks

7.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 99.3M (2022) → 91.8M (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Urban Outfitters, Inc. is a clothing and lifestyle retailer that sells apparel, accessories, and home goods through several distinct store brands. Its main brands are Urban Outfitters (targeting young adults), Anthropologie (targeting women in their 30s and 40s), and Free People (bohemian-style women's clothing). The company also runs a wholesale business through Free People and a growing rental subscription service called Nuuly.

The company earns money through retail store sales, its e-commerce websites, and Nuuly's monthly subscription fees. It operates primarily in the United States, with additional stores in Europe and Canada, and runs roughly 700 locations across all brands. Each brand targets a different customer, which helps reduce direct competition between them. The key growth driver is Nuuly, which has been expanding its subscriber base quickly, but the broader risk is that consumer spending on discretionary items like clothing tends to slow during economic downturns, which could pressure sales and margins.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+10.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-17.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

29.2%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.2B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Urban Outfitters is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 10%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
36.6%
Modest — 36.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
9.4%
Modest — 9.4% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
16.2%
Strong — 16.2% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+11.2%
Steady sales growth (+11.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+8.8%
Earnings growing (+8.8% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
7/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
118%
Turns 118% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
3.0%
Thin free cash flow (3.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.46
Conservative — low debt load (0.46)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
2516.57x
Comfortably covers interest (2516.6x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
14.0x
Attractive valuation — P/E 14.0

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+2.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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