Buckle vs Urban Outfitters
BKE and URBN side by side, both in family clothing stores. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BKE and URBN compare
Urban Outfitters is the larger company, worth 3.3 times as much as Buckle ($7.8B against $2.4B).
On earnings, Buckle is cheaper: it trades at 10.7× trailing earnings, against 14.2× for Urban Outfitters.
Urban Outfitters grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.0% versus 6.2% for Buckle).
Buckle keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.6% compared with 8.8% at Urban Outfitters.
Buckle pays a dividend yielding 9.5%; Urban Outfitters does not pay one.
Buckle scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 13 for Urban Outfitters), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BKE | URBN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.4B | $7.8B |
| Share price | $46.38 | $90.72 |
| Change, 1 year | −14.4% | 36.7% |
| Change, 5 years | −4.3% | 156% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.86 | 1.10 |
| Employees | 8,000 | 31K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 (better) | 13 |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Health score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.7× (better) | 14.2× |
| P/S | 1.8× | 1.2× (better) |
| P/B | 4.9× | 2.7× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.6× (better) | 8.1× |
| P/FCF | 12.5× (better) | 26.3× |
| PEG | – | 0.32 |
| FCF yield | 8.0% (better) | 3.8% |
| Fair value | $44.54 | $77.17 |
| Margin of safety | −4.1% (better) | −17.6% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.2% | 11.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.6% | 12.3% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 9.6% | 19.7% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 8.5% | 25.2% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 9.3% | 247% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 49.0% (better) | 37.5% |
| Operating margin | 20.8% (better) | 11.3% |
| Net margin | 16.6% (better) | 8.8% |
| FCF margin | 14.4% (better) | 4.6% |
| Return on equity | 45.8% (better) | 20.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 117% (better) | 28.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.08 (better) | 1.58 |
| Altman Z-score | 5.02 (better) | 4.73 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 9 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 9.5% | – |
| Payout ratio | 102% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 1 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 11.1% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 3.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 9.5% (better) | 3.9% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 61.1% | 73.4% |
| Held by insiders | 7.0% | 54.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$6.6M (better) | −$346M |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.8% | 18.2% |
Go deeper
- BKE stock overview
- BKE income statement
- BKE valuation and score
- URBN stock overview
- URBN income statement
- URBN valuation and score
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