Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. ROST scored 64.8, URBN scored 75.9 — URBN leads.
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ROST
Ross Stores, Inc.
Apparel Retail · Quality-Growth
64.8
$222.41 · $71.3B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
11.1
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
CheapestURBN12.9x
Fastest growthROST+14.0%
Strongest balance sheetURBN0.43
Highest qualityROST83 / 100
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)
ROST
stronger →← stronger
URBN
83
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
79
84
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
79
39
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
70
ROST is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
ROST
URBN
$2.8bB
FCF
$295mC
+14.0%B+
Rev
+11.0%B
0.70B+
D/E
0.43B+
27.2xC
P/E
12.9xA-
2.07C
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
ROST
URBN
23% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
60% above
~14%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~20%/yr
-28%
1-yr DCF upside
-44%
-19%
5-yr DCF upside
-37%
-4%
10-yr DCF upside
-28%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
ROST
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
URBN
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
The companies
ROSTRoss Stores, Inc.
Apparel Retail · $222.41 · beta 0.84
Why now
Apparel Retail · market cap $71.3b. 13% off the 52-week high of $257.00. Revenue growing +14%, comfortably above the S&P median. 18 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $270.56 (implying +22% upside).
Moat
ROE 39% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 105% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $71.3b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
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
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Where ROST and URBN diverge
On the headline score the gap is 11.1 points in favor of URBN. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueROST 39.0 · URBN 70.0URBN +31.0
GrowthROST 83.7 · URBN 78.9ROST +4.8
QualityROST 83.2 · URBN 79.1ROST +4.1
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 ROST the better stock?
URBN scores higher: URBN 75.9, ROST 64.8 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 ROST differ most?
The widest gap is value, where URBN leads by 31 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are URBN and ROST 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.