Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. SBH scored 50.5, URBN scored 74.8 — URBN leads.
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SBH
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.
Specialty Retail · Quality-Growth
50.5
$16.11 · $1.5B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
24.3
URBN leads
URBN
Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Apparel Retail · Quality-Growth
74.8
$84.68 · $7.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestSBH8.4x
Fastest growthURBN+11.0%
Strongest balance sheetURBN0.43
Highest qualityURBN79 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueSBH-54%
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)
SBH
stronger →← stronger
URBN
74
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
79
38
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
79
46
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
67
URBN is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
SBH
URBN
$241mC
FCF
$295mC
+1.1%C
Rev
+11.0%B
1.74C+
D/E
0.43B+
8.4xA
P/E
13.3xA-
0.76A-
PEG
1.26B
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
SBH
URBN
54% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
64% above
~-16%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~21%/yr
+126%
1-yr DCF upside
-45%
+118%
5-yr DCF upside
-39%
+108%
10-yr DCF upside
-30%
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
SBH
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
URBN
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
The companies
SBHSally Beauty Holdings, Inc.
Specialty Retail · $16.11 · beta 1.03
Why now
Specialty Retail · market cap $1.5b. 10% off the 52-week high of $17.92. PEG 0.76 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 5 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $17.00 (implying +6% upside).
Moat
ROE 22% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 125% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
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.
URBNUrban Outfitters, Inc.
Apparel Retail · $84.68 · beta 1.24
Why now
Apparel Retail · market cap $7.3b. Trading near 52-week high of $85.66 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. 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 +6% upside).
Moat
ROE 20% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Trading within 1% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where SBH and URBN diverge
On the headline score the gap is 24.3 points in favor of URBN. The widest single difference is Growth, where URBN leads by 41.2 points.
GrowthSBH 37.7 · URBN 78.9URBN +41.2
ValueSBH 46.1 · URBN 67.1URBN +21.0
QualitySBH 74.1 · URBN 79.2URBN +5.1
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 SBH the better stock?
URBN scores higher: URBN 74.8, SBH 50.5 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 SBH differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where URBN leads by 41 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. URBN leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are URBN and SBH 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.