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Urban Outfitters (Urban Outfitters) Debt-to-Equity : 0.51 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Urban Outfitters Debt-to-Equity?

Urban Outfitters's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $227 Mil. Urban Outfitters's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $852 Mil. Urban Outfitters's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $2,113 Mil. Urban Outfitters's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.51.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Urban Outfitters's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

URBN' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.13   Med: 0.65   Max: 0.93
Current: 0.51

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Urban Outfitters was 0.93. The lowest was 0.13. And the median was 0.65.

URBN's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
55.28% of 1004 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.64 vs URBN: 0.51

Urban Outfitters Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Urban Outfitters's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Urban Outfitters Debt-to-Equity Chart

Urban Outfitters Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.93 0.90 0.68 0.62 0.51

Urban Outfitters Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.62 0.58 0.56 0.53 0.51

Competitive Comparison of Urban Outfitters's Debt-to-Equity

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, Urban Outfitters's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Urban Outfitters's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Urban Outfitters's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Urban Outfitters's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Urban Outfitters Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Urban Outfitters's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Urban Outfitters's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Urban Outfitters  (NAS:URBN) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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Urban Outfitters (Urban Outfitters) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5000 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19112-1495
Founded in 1970, Philadelphia-based Urban Outfitters is an apparel and home goods retailer that operates about 700 stores and e-commerce in North America (87% of fiscal 2023 sales) and other regions. Its retail nameplates are Urban Outfitters, Free People, FP Movement, and Anthropologie. Retail accounted for 92% of fiscal 2023 revenue, but the firm also sells products through a wholesale operation, owns some restaurants, and operates a clothing rental and resale business called Nuuly. Urban Outfitters primarily markets to young adults and offers products in categories such as apparel (63% of fiscal 2023 sales), home goods (19% of sales), accessories (13% of sales), and more.
Executives
Tricia D Smith officer: Global CEO Anthropologie C/O URBAN OUTFITTERS INC, 5000 SOUTH BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA X1 19112
Todd R Morgenfeld director C/O PINTEREST, INC., 651 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Melanie Marein-efron officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O URBAN OUTFITTERS, INC., 5000 SOUTH BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19112
Azeez Hayne officer: General Counsel and Secretary C/O URBAN OUTFITTERS, INC., 5000 SOUTH BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19147
Frank Conforti officer: Controller 5000 SOUTH BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19112
Mary Egan director 520 ZANG STREET, SUITE D, BROOMFIELD CO 80021
Kotzman Kelly Campbell director C/O URBAN OUTFITTERS, INC., 5000 SOUTH BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19112
Margaret Hayne officer: President, Free People C/O URBAN OUTFITTERS, INC., 5000 SOUTH BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19112
Edward N Antoian director 415 LANTERN LANE, BERWYN PA 19312
Sheila B. Harrington officer: Global CEO, UO & FP Groups C/O 5000 SOUTH BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19112
Amin N. Maredia director 11811 N. TATUM BOULEVARD SUITE 2400, PHOENIX AZ 85028
John Champlin Mulliken director C/O 5000 SOUTH BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19112
Trish Donnelly officer: Urban Outfitters NA Brand Pres C/O PVH CORP., 200 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10016
Wesley S Mcdonald director
Lawson Joel S Iii director 1809 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELLPHIA PA 19103

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