Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. AEO scored 67.8, URBN scored 75.9 — URBN leads.
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AEO
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
Apparel Retail · Quality-Growth
67.8
$18.17 · $3.0B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
8.1
URBN leads
URBN
Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Apparel Retail · Quality-Growth
75.9
$82.18 · $7.0B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestAEO9.3x
Fastest growthURBN+11.0%
Strongest balance sheetURBN0.43
Highest qualityURBN79 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueAEO-29%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
AEO
stronger →← stronger
URBN
74
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
79
58
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
79
73
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
70
URBN is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
AEO
URBN
$343mC
FCF
$295mC
+4.1%C+
Rev
+11.0%B
1.09B
D/E
0.43B+
9.3xA
P/E
12.9xA-
3.34D
PEG
1.23B
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
AEO
URBN
29% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
60% above
~-4%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~20%/yr
+39%
1-yr DCF upside
-44%
+40%
5-yr DCF upside
-37%
+41%
10-yr DCF upside
-28%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
AEO
No notable signals flagged.
URBN
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
The companies
AEOAmerican Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
Apparel Retail · $18.17 · beta 1.26
Why now
Apparel Retail · market cap $3.0b. Down 36% from 52-week high of $28.46 — deep drawdown territory. 11 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $18.55 (implying +2% upside).
Moat
ROE 20% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 102% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 36% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
URBNUrban Outfitters, Inc.
Apparel Retail · $82.18 · beta 1.24
Why now
Apparel Retail · market cap $7.0b. 4% off the 52-week high of $85.43. Revenue growing +11%, comfortably above the S&P median. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $89.43 (implying +9% upside).
Moat
ROE 20% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where AEO and URBN diverge
On the headline score the gap is 8.1 points in favor of URBN. The widest single difference is Growth, where URBN leads by 20.5 points.
GrowthAEO 58.4 · URBN 78.9URBN +20.5
QualityAEO 73.6 · URBN 79.1URBN +5.5
ValueAEO 72.7 · URBN 70.0level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is URBN or AEO the better stock?
URBN scores higher: URBN 75.9, AEO 67.8 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do URBN and AEO differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where URBN leads by 21 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. URBN also leads quality, while value is effectively level between them.
How are URBN and AEO scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.