Burlington Stores
BURL · Apparel Retail
$247.63
2.0%Urban Outfitters
URBN · Apparel Retail
$86.55
2.0%The short version
- Burlington Stores is the larger business, with $11.6B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $6.2B for Urban Outfitters, about 1.9 times as much.
- Urban Outfitters grew revenue faster (11.1%, against 8.8%).
- Urban Outfitters turned more of its sales into free cash flow (5.1% FCF margin, against 1.5% FCF margin).
- Burlington Stores earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (28.1%, against 23.7%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Burlington Stores’s earnings: a P/E of 22.2x against 13.5x for Urban Outfitters.
| Latest fiscal year | BURL · FY25 | URBN · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $15.8B | $7.5B |
| Revenue | $11.6B | $6.2B |
| Free cash flow | $172M | $315M |
| Net income | $610M | $465M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 8.8% | 11.1% |
| 5-year growth | 15.0% | 12.3% |
| Share count change | −0.7% | −2.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 43.9% | 36.0% |
| Operating margin | — | 9.8% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 7.5% |
| FCF margin | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Return on capital | 28.1% | 23.7% |
| Return on equity | 38.4% | 17.6% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $818M | −$696M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.6x | −1.0x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $278M | $154M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 22.2x | 13.5x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 8 |
FY17
BURL $6.1B
URBN $3.5B
FY18
BURL $6.7B
URBN $3.6B
FY19
BURL $7.3B
URBN $4.0B
FY20
BURL $5.8B
URBN $4.0B
FY21
BURL $9.3B
URBN $3.4B
FY22
BURL $8.7B
URBN $4.5B
FY23
BURL $9.7B
URBN $4.8B
FY24
BURL $10.6B
URBN $5.2B
FY25
BURL $11.6B
URBN $5.6B
FY26
BURL —
URBN $6.2B
BURL
URBN
FY17
BURL —
URBN 9.6%
FY18
BURL —
URBN 7.2%
FY19
BURL —
URBN 9.7%
FY20
BURL —
URBN 5.8%
FY21
BURL —
URBN 0.1%
FY22
BURL —
URBN 9.0%
FY23
BURL —
URBN 4.7%
FY24
BURL —
URBN 7.2%
FY25
BURL —
URBN 8.5%
FY26
BURL —
URBN 9.8%
BURL
URBN
FY17
BURL $339M
URBN $272M
FY18
BURL $344M
URBN $219M
FY19
BURL $563M
URBN $332M
FY20
BURL −$54.1M
URBN $56.5M
FY21
BURL $481M
URBN $127M
FY22
BURL $149M
URBN $96.9M
FY23
BURL $376M
URBN −$56.8M
FY24
BURL −$17.0M
URBN $310M
FY25
BURL $172M
URBN $320M
FY26
BURL —
URBN $315M
BURL
URBN
FY17
BURL 41.3%
URBN 22.8%
FY18
BURL 40.2%
URBN 14.4%
FY19
BURL 43.1%
URBN 34.6%
FY20
BURL −26.3%
URBN 17.4%
FY21
BURL 36.7%
URBN 0.2%
FY22
BURL 20.0%
URBN 28.4%
FY23
BURL 27.0%
URBN 12.1%
FY24
BURL 30.9%
URBN 18.2%
FY25
BURL 28.1%
URBN 21.7%
FY26
BURL —
URBN 23.7%
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