Urban Outfitters, Inc.

URBN Consumer Cyclical Apparel Retail

Urban Outfitters, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $6.2 billion, up 11.1% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+10.4%
EPS
+75.6%
Free cash flow
+92.5%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

87.72 4.06 −4.42%
Market cap
$7.5B
P/E
13.5×
Fwd P/E
12.8×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
4.30
Beneish M
−2.34
Dividend safety
n/a

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) Return on invested capital

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Urban Outfitters, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 21.4%, up 3.5 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (17.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.27% (fiscal 2021) to 28.0% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 50% of that period. That is above the Apparel Retail industry median of 5.83% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.42%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 17.9% 1.95
FY2025 15.9% 1.88
FY2024 14.0% 3.98
FY2023 10.1% (9.60)
FY2022 19.7% 19.38
FY2021 0.27% (13.91)
FY2020 14.2% (13.80)
FY2019 28.0% 8.95
FY2018 19.0% (3.15)
FY2017 22.2% (0.82)

Against its own ten years

Low 0.27% High 28.0%
Ten-year median 18.4%
Current reading's percentile 50

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
BKE Buckle, Inc. (The) compare 85.7%
ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Company compare 62.6%
LULU lululemon athletica inc. compare 36.4%
GAP The Gap, Inc. compare 35.6%
VSXY Victoria's Secret & Co. compare 22.6%
URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. 21.4%
BURL Burlington Stores, Inc. compare 19.3%
AEO American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. compare 16.8%
BOOT Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. compare 16.2%
Apparel Retail industry median 5.83%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.42%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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