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Urban Outfitters Inc. (URBN)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Urban Outfitters Inc. The latest annual period is FY2026. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2027. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Urban Outfitters Inc.

Urban Outfitters Inc operates a portfolio of global consumer brands including Anthropologie, Free People, FP Movement, Urban Outfitters, and Nuuly. The company sells fashion apparel, accessories, home goods, and activewear through retail stores, digital channels, subscription services, and wholesale to department and specialty stores worldwide. It serves a diverse customer base ranging from young adults to sophisticated women, offering products through company-owned stores, franchisees, websites, and mobile applications.

Snapshot

Revenue
$6.17B
Revenue growth (YoY)
11.1%
Net income
$464.9M
Diluted EPS
$5.06
Gross margin
36.0%
Operating margin
9.8%
Net margin
7.5%
FCF margin
5.1%
ROE
16.5%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
13.3×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$7.49B
Long-term debt / equity
—
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2026, the latest annual period (ended January 31, 2026). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Urban Outfitters

  • Revenue grew 11.1% to $6.2B in FY2026, faster than the 7.7% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 9.8% in FY2026, +0.8 pp against 9.0% in FY2022.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2027: revenue $1.7B, up 10.4% from Q2 FY2026.
  • Free cash flow was $315M in FY2026, 5.1% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 15.5% to $465M in FY2026.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Urban Outfitters’s fundamentals sit among the 410 Consumer Discretionary companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin36.0%
54th percentile of 277
Operating margin9.8%
71st percentile of 348
Net margin7.5%
74th percentile of 384
FCF margin5.1%
59th percentile of 358
Revenue growth (YoY)+11.1%
81st percentile of 401
ROE16.5%
72nd percentile of 349
P/E13.3×
31st percentile of 245
Short interest6.92d
79th percentile of 408

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 4 insider sales totaling $1.2M. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 5 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+5 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
0 new, 4 added
Reduced / exited
4
2 trimmed, 2 exited
Combined position
$85.1M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$49.0M691.2KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$18.8M265.6KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$13.0M187.6KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$2.1M29.7KAdded
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$1.5M21.7KReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$644,8269.1KReduced

No longer held by: Gotham Asset Management (as of Q2 2026), Renaissance Technologies (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
—
code P value
Sells (90d)
4
$1.2M
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-10-15
filed 2026-10-16
Harry S. Cherken Jr.DirectorSell5.0K$87.06$435K
2026-09-18
filed 2026-09-21
Tricia D. SmithGlobal CEO Anthropologie GroupSell3.5K$75.95$266K
2026-09-04
filed 2026-09-08
Melanie Marein-EfronChief Financial OfficerSell5.7K$80.75$460K
2026-09-01
filed 2026-09-03
Mary EganDirectorSell650$78.48$51K
2026-05-22
filed 2026-05-26
Frank ConfortiCo-President & COOSell9.4K$73.19$687K
2026-05-22
filed 2026-05-26
Azeez HayneChief Administrative OfficerSell8.7K$73.18$639K
2026-05-22
filed 2026-05-26
Melanie Marein-EfronChief Financial OfficerSell5.0K$73.42$370K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
7.1M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
-0.8%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
6.92
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.0M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-307.1M-0.8%6.92
2026-09-157.2M+3.5%7.19
2026-08-316.9M+1.3%4.39
2026-08-146.8M+4.0%8.03
2026-07-316.6M+1.7%6.54
2026-07-156.5M+0.7%6.22
2026-06-306.4M-3.3%4.71
2026-06-156.7M-6.8%6.50

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$6.17B$5.55B$5.15B$4.80B$4.55B
Gross profit
Operating income$605.6M$473.8M$369.8M$226.6M$408.6M
Net income$464.9M$402.5M$287.7M$159.7M$310.6M
Diluted EPS$5.06$4.26$3.05$1.70$3.13

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Cash and equivalents$369.2M$290.5M$178.3M$201.3M$206.6M
Current assets$1.69B$1.49B$1.28B$1.24B$1.29B
Total assets$5.01B$4.52B$4.11B$3.68B$3.79B
Current liabilities$1.12B$1.08B$994.2M$890.4M$981.5M
Long-term debt—————
Total liabilities$2.19B$2.05B$2.00B$1.89B$2.05B
Total equity$2.82B$2.47B$2.11B$1.79B$1.75B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Operating cash flow$575.2M$502.8M$509.4M$142.7M$359.3M
Capital expenditure$260.2M$182.6M$199.6M$199.5M$262.4M
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2027$1.66B10.4%$240.7M$2.78
Q1 FY2027$1.48B11.4%$115.7M$1.30
Q4 FY202610.1%
Q3 FY2026$1.53B12.3%$116.4M$1.28
Q2 FY2026$1.50B11.3%$143.9M$1.58
Q1 FY2026$1.33B10.7%$108.3M$1.16
Q4 FY202510.1%
Q3 FY2025$1.36B6.3%$102.9M$1.10

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorConsumer Discretionary
SIC industryRetail-Family Clothing Stores
Latest annual periodFY2026 (ended January 31, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2027 (ended July 31, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2011
SEC CIK912615

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-04-01
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10-Q2026-09-09
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10-Q2026-06-09
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8-K2026-08-27
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8-K2026-06-05
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8-K2026-05-26
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8-K2026-05-21
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.