Buckle vs Urban Outfitters
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The short version
- Urban Outfitters is the larger business, with $6.2B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $1.3B for Buckle, about 4.8 times as much.
- Urban Outfitters grew revenue faster (11.1%, against 6.6%).
- Buckle kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (20.1% operating margin, against 9.8%).
- Buckle turned more of its sales into free cash flow (15.9% FCF margin, against 5.1%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Urban Outfitters’s earnings: a P/E of 13.5x against 10.7x for Buckle.
| Latest fiscal year | BKE · FY25 | URBN · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $2.4B | $7.5B |
| Revenue | $1.3B | $6.2B |
| Free cash flow | $206M | $315M |
| Net income | $210M | $465M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 6.6% | 11.1% |
| 5-year growth | 7.6% | 12.3% |
| Share count change | 0.8% | −2.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 49.0% | 36.0% |
| Operating margin | 20.1% | 9.8% |
| Net margin | 16.2% | 7.5% |
| FCF margin | 15.9% | 5.1% |
| Return on capital | — | 23.7% |
| Return on equity | 49.4% | 17.6% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | — | −$696M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | −1.0x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $225M | $154M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 10.7x | 13.5x |
| Piotroski F-score | — | 8 |
Revenue
FY17
BKE $913M
URBN $3.5B
FY18
BKE $886M
URBN $3.6B
FY19
BKE $900M
URBN $4.0B
FY20
BKE $901M
URBN $4.0B
FY21
BKE $1.3B
URBN $3.4B
FY22
BKE $1.3B
URBN $4.5B
FY23
BKE $1.3B
URBN $4.8B
FY24
BKE $1.2B
URBN $5.2B
FY25
BKE $1.3B
URBN $5.6B
FY26
BKE —
URBN $6.2B
BKE
URBN
Operating margin
FY17
BKE 14.7%
URBN 9.6%
FY18
BKE 13.7%
URBN 7.2%
FY19
BKE 14.6%
URBN 9.7%
FY20
BKE 18.6%
URBN 5.8%
FY21
BKE 25.9%
URBN 0.1%
FY22
BKE 24.4%
URBN 9.0%
FY23
BKE 21.5%
URBN 4.7%
FY24
BKE 19.8%
URBN 7.2%
FY25
BKE 20.1%
URBN 8.5%
FY26
BKE —
URBN 9.8%
BKE
URBN
Free cash flow
FY17
BKE $106M
URBN $272M
FY18
BKE $98.7M
URBN $219M
FY19
BKE $123M
URBN $332M
FY20
BKE $220M
URBN $56.5M
FY21
BKE $293M
URBN $127M
FY22
BKE $212M
URBN $96.9M
FY23
BKE $217M
URBN −$56.8M
FY24
BKE $200M
URBN $310M
FY25
BKE $206M
URBN $320M
FY26
BKE —
URBN $315M
BKE
URBN
Return on capital
FY17
BKE —
URBN 22.8%
FY18
BKE —
URBN 14.4%
FY19
BKE —
URBN 34.6%
FY20
BKE —
URBN 17.4%
FY21
BKE —
URBN 0.2%
FY22
BKE —
URBN 28.4%
FY23
BKE —
URBN 12.1%
FY24
BKE —
URBN 18.2%
FY25
BKE —
URBN 21.7%
FY26
BKE —
URBN 23.7%
BKE
URBN
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.