Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) versus ABC-Mart,Inc. (OTCMKTS:AMKYF) Critical Review

Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) and ABC-Mart,Inc. (OTCMKTS:AMKYF) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Urban Outfitters and ABC-Mart,Inc.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urban Outfitters	5.58%	15.32%	7.65%
ABC-Mart,Inc.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Urban Outfitters and ABC-Mart,Inc., as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urban Outfitters	1	7	3	0	2.18
ABC-Mart,Inc.	0	0	0	0	N/A

Urban Outfitters presently has a consensus price target of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.80%. Given Urban Outfitters’ higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Urban Outfitters is more favorable than ABC-Mart,Inc..

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Urban Outfitters and ABC-Mart,Inc.’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Urban Outfitters	$5.15 billion	0.71	$287.67 million	$3.04	12.95
ABC-Mart,Inc.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Urban Outfitters has higher revenue and earnings than ABC-Mart,Inc..

Summary

Urban Outfitters beats ABC-Mart,Inc. on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters, Inc. engages in the retail and wholesale of general consumer products. The company operates through three segments: Retail, Wholesale, and Nuuly. It operates Urban Outfitters stores, which offer women's and men's fashion apparel, activewear, intimates, footwear, accessories, home goods, electronics, and beauty products for young adults aged 18 to 28; and Anthropologie stores that provide women's apparel, accessories, intimates, shoes, and home furnishings, as well as gifts, decorative items, and beauty and wellness products for women aged 28 to 45. The company also operates Terrain stores that provide lifestyle home products, garden and outdoor living products, antiques, live plants, flowers, wellness products, and accessories. In addition, it operates Free People retail stores, which offer casual women's apparel, intimates, activewear, shoes, accessories, home products, gifts, and beauty and wellness products for young women aged 25 to 30; and restaurants, as well as women's apparel subscription rental service under the Nuuly brand. Further, the company is involved in the wholesale of young women's contemporary casual apparel, intimates, activewear, and shoes under the Free People brand; and apparel collections under the Urban Outfitters brand. The company serves its customers directly through retail stores, websites, mobile applications, catalogs and customer contact centers, franchisee-owned stores, and department and specialty stores, as well as social media and third-party digital platforms. Urban Outfitters, Inc. was founded in 1970 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

About ABC-Mart,Inc.

ABC-Mart,Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the retailing of shoes, clothing, and general merchandise products for men, women, and kids in Japan. The company develops and manufactures shoes; and licenses various brands. In addition, the company is involved in the sale of owned and purchased products through ABC-MART stores. The company offers its products under the VANS, HAWKINS, Saucony, NUOVO, DANNER, SPERRY,WHITE'S BOOTS, and byA brand names. It operates various stores in Hokkaido, Tohoku, Tokyo, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku and Shikoku, Kyushu and Okinawa, as well as South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the United States. The company was incorporated in 1976 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.