Urban Outfitters (URBN) reported $1.5 billion in revenue for the quarter ended July 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 11.3%. EPS of $1.58 for the same period compares to $1.24 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.48 billion, representing a surprise of +1.94%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +9.72%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.44.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Urban Outfitters performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Number of stores - Retail Operations - Free People: 247 versus 245 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Number of stores - Total URBN: 765 compared to the 752 average estimate based on four analysts.
- Number of stores - Retail Operations - Urban Outfitters: 257 compared to the 256 average estimate based on four analysts.
- Number of stores - Retail Operations - Anthropologie: 243 versus 244 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Comparable store sales - Retail Operations - YoY change: 5.6% versus the four-analyst average estimate of 4.7%.
- Net sales by brand- Urban Outfitters: $333.17 million compared to the $317.22 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +5.2% year over year.
- Net sales by brand- Anthropologie: $606.95 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $606.06 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.7%.
- Net sales- Subscription operations: $138.93 million versus $134.91 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Net sales- Wholesale operations: $76.55 million compared to the $72.44 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +18.1% year over year.
- Net sales by brand- Menus & Venues: $10.68 million versus $10.05 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +3.5% change.
- Net sales- Retail operations: $1.29 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $1.27 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +7.8%.
- Net sales by brand- Free People: $415.01 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $407.94 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +13.7%.
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Shares of Urban Outfitters have returned -0.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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