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Company snapshot — Urban Outfitters Inc

URBN in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Urban Outfitters runs several retail brands from one company: the namesake stores, Anthropologie, Free People and Terrain, each aimed at a different age group and home or lifestyle need. It also wholesales its own apparel labels, runs some restaurants and event spaces, and operates Nuuly, a subscription service that rents women's clothing rather than selling it. Selling happens through stores, websites, apps, catalogues and franchise partners. The company was founded in 1970 and is based in Philadelphia.
Where it sits in the stack
Urban Outfitters sits outside the AI build-out stack; it belongs to the specialty apparel-retail sector of our universe rather than to any layer or sleeve tracked by our index.
Who it is priced against
There is no assigned peer group here, so the comparison is with other multi-brand apparel retailers such as Abercrombie & Fitch, which the market commonly names alongside it.
Why Closelook tracks it
Urban Outfitters carries no Closelook index seat and no Closelook score; the diary has not yet built coverage on it and there are no quotes on record.
What the diary watches
Whether the Nuuly rental business keeps growing alongside the store-based brands, and whether that shifts how the group's segments are read together.

Urban Outfitters Inc (URBN) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for URBN, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by BMO Capital, 2026-09-08

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for URBN from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target BMO Capital — target 80 Target set to $80 (+0.7% to spot) 2026-09-08

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Apparel Retail · US · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Apparel Retail · US

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against URBN on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 154 m USD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

What URBN pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2026 154 m USD 2.4% of today's market value
  • Share count −2.8% in FY2026 30 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 154 m USD · 49% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Urban Outfitters Inc (URBN)?

Urban Outfitters Inc trades as URBN on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is URBN in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Urban Outfitters Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does URBN trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -0.2% vs the 50-day and +4.7% vs the 200-day average, 11.2% below the 52-week high and +27.4% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 70 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Urban Outfitters Inc do?

Urban Outfitters runs several retail brands from one company: the namesake stores, Anthropologie, Free People and Terrain, each aimed at a different age group and home or lifestyle need. It also wholesales its own apparel labels, runs some restaurants and event spaces, and operates Nuuly, a subscription service that rents women's clothing rather than selling it. Selling happens through stores, websites, apps, catalogues and franchise partners. There is no assigned peer group here, so the comparison is with other multi-brand apparel retailers such as Abercrombie & Fitch, which the market commonly names alongside it.

Where does Urban Outfitters Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Urban Outfitters sits outside the AI build-out stack; it belongs to the specialty apparel-retail sector of our universe rather than to any layer or sleeve tracked by our index. Urban Outfitters carries no Closelook index seat and no Closelook score; the diary has not yet built coverage on it and there are no quotes on record.

Does Urban Outfitters Inc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Urban Outfitters Inc’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2026 the company bought back 154 m USD of its own shares, 49% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 2.8% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Urban Outfitters Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Urban Outfitters Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by BMO Capital on 2026-09-08 (target 80). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for URBN, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Apparel Retail, then Consumer Cyclical. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.