Urban Outfitters, Inc (NASDAQ: URBN) is -15.07% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $33.86 and a high of $61.16 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The URBN stock was last observed hovering at around $45.24 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.37%.
Currently trading at $46.61, the stock is -8.74% and -13.45% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.68 million and changing 3.03% at the moment leaves the stock 1.62% off its SMA200. URBN registered 11.21% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 26.59%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $53.8538 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $45.86525.
The stock witnessed a -13.84% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -18.00%, and is -9.46% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 10.39% over the week and 5.70% over the month.
Urban Outfitters, Inc (URBN) has around 29000 employees, a market worth around $4.32B and $5.55B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 10.93 and Fwd P/E is 9.10. Profit margin for the company is 7.25%. Distance from 52-week low is 37.66% and -23.79% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.04%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 15.17% this year.
Urban Outfitters, Inc (URBN) Top Institutional Holders
430.0 institutions hold shares in Urban Outfitters, Inc (URBN), with institutional investors hold 104.14% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 92.28M, and float is at 58.20M with Short Float at 14.22%. Institutions hold 70.34% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 9.72 million shares valued at $399.17 million. The investor’s holdings represent 10.448% of the URBN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 7.95 million shares valued at $326.51 million to account for 8.5413 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 6.06 million shares representing 6.5082% and valued at over $248.81 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 2.9743 of the shares totaling 2.77 million with a market value of $113.64 million.
Urban Outfitters, Inc (URBN) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Marein-Efron Melanie, the company’s Chief Financial Officer. SEC filings show that Marein-Efron Melanie sold 2,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 14 ’25 at a price of $50.22 per share for a total of $0.1 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 19628.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 10 ’25, Smith Tricia D (Global CEO Anthropologie Group) disposed off 10,000 shares at an average price of $53.94 for $0.54 million. The insider now directly holds 12,601 shares of Urban Outfitters, Inc (URBN).
