BOOT vs URBN vs AEO Stock Comparison

Boot Barn Holdings, Urban Outfitters and American Eagle Outfitters Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
URBN Urban Outfitters Inc
$90.59 +20.2% 1M +33.7% 1Y
Market cap
$7.71B
P/E
13.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.47B
Div. yield
–
Apparel Retail Consumer Discretionary
7 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Urban Outfitters leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Urban Outfitters 7, American Eagle Outfitters 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBOOTURBNAEOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.43B $7.71B $3.19B URBN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 13.6x 9.5x AEO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.2x 13.7x 9.0x AEO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +11.0% +9.2% URBN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 8.8% 5.9% URBN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 19.0% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -0.1x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.03% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -42.0% +33.7% +13.5% URBN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.6%/yr +24.1%/yr -4.8%/yr URBN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 47.5% 42.9% 52.4% URBN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 77/100 76/100 URBN

Percentile Scorecard

BOOTURBNAEO

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBOOTURBNAEO
Valuation – 59 #43 of 104 85 #16 of 104
Growth – 80 #21 of 99 79 #22 of 99
Profitability – 82 #19 of 99 76 #25 of 99
Financial Health 82 #21 of 113 85 #18 of 113 80 #23 of 113
Shareholder Returns – 82 #14 of 73 63 #28 of 73
Overall – 77 76
  • BOOT ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • URBN ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • AEO ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBOOTURBNAEOSPY
1 month -7.3%+20.2%+13.4% -0.8%
3 months -26.4%+24.8%+5.9% +3.5%
6 months -32.9%+25.2%+5.1% +7.0%
Year to date -35.3%+20.4%-28.7% +12.2%
1 year -42.0%+33.7%+13.5% +13.0%
3 years +64.4%+167.9%+8.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year +18.0%+38.9%+2.7% +23.1%
5 years +13.9%+193.6%-21.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year +2.6%+24.1%-4.8% +11.0%
10 years +938.4%+166.0%+10.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year +26.4%+10.3%+1.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBOOTURBNAEOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.5%42.9%52.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.3%39.0%55.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.140.961.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.880.780.26 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -60.6%-52.2%-67.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -45.1%0.0%-33.3% -1.8%
52-week high $207.98$90.59$28.19 $779.14
52-week low $112.83$59.57$14.52 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBOOTURBNAEO
P/E now vs peer median —median 16.7x 13.6xmedian 16.7x 9.3xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.5x 1.2xmedian 0.5x 0.5xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.0x 8.1xmedian 9.0x 4.6xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 16.5x 26.3xmedian 16.5x 9.2xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 1.7x 2.7xmedian 1.7x 1.8xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.72 0.34median 0.72 0.39median 0.72

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBOOTURBNAEO
Revenue – $6.47B $5.75B
Gross profit – $2.43B $2.33B
Operating income – $731.44M $447.95M
Net income – $569.06M $330.75M
Free cash flow – $295.21M $343.50M
EPS (diluted) – $6.57 $1.98
Cash & equivalents $141.04M $598.76M $147.95M
Total debt – – $55.00M
Shares (diluted) 30.73M 86.67M 170.18M
Enterprise value $2.93B $5.28B $2.59B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBOOTURBNAEO
P/E – 13.6x 9.3x
P/FCF – 26.3x 9.2x
P/Operating cash flow – 10.8x 5.3x
P/S – 1.2x 0.5x
P/B 2.6x 2.7x 1.8x
P/Tangible book 2.8x 2.7x 1.8x
EV/EBITDA – 8.1x 4.6x
EV/EBIT – 9.6x 6.8x
EV/Revenue – 1.1x 0.5x
EV/FCF – 23.9x 8.9x
EV/Operating cash flow – 9.8x 5.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.34 0.39

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBOOTURBNAEO
Revenue growth (1Y) – 11.0% 9.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 9.4% 4.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 16.7% 19.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 16.0% 7.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 31.4% 68.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 34.9% 17.1%
Net income growth (1Y) – 19.7% 71.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 36.1% 17.7%
EPS growth (1Y) – 25.9% 72.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 40.0% 24.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 21.3% 46.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 22.9% -3.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -26.0% 126.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 11.4% -7.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBOOTURBNAEO
Gross margin – 37.5% 40.5%
EBITDA margin – 13.5% 11.6%
Operating margin – 11.3% 7.8%
Pretax margin – 11.1% 7.6%
Net margin – 8.8% 5.9%
FCF margin – 4.6% 6.0%
Operating cash flow margin – 11.1% 10.4%
Return on equity – 20.8% 19.3%
Return on assets – 11.5% 7.9%
Return on invested capital – – 19.0%
Return on capital employed – 19.3% 13.4%
Asset turnover – 1.3x 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBOOTURBNAEO
Debt / assets – – 1.3%
Debt / equity – – 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -0.1x
Debt / FCF – – 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 46.2% 44.3% 58.8%
Equity / assets 53.8% 55.7% 41.2%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 2.6x 1.6x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.7x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.6x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 4.73 3.46

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBOOTURBNAEO
Dividend yield – – 2.7%
Net buyback yield – 3.9% 2.2%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 3.9% 5.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 25.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 24.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -7.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 28.9%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBOOTURBNAEO
Forward P/E 13.2xFY2026 13.7xFY2026 9.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.65FY2026 $6.63FY2026 $2.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.7%FY2026 +21.9%FY2026 +40.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +13.3% -3.3% -11.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.55BFY2026 $7.18BFY2026 $6.00BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.2%FY2026 +16.4%FY2026 +9.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.2% +5.7% +3.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBOOTURBNAEO
Held by institutions 100.0% 71.7% 100.0%
Institutions holding 458 416 344
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.6% -0.4% +13.9%
Institutions buying 255 205 164
Institutions selling 149 150 135
Buyers to sellers 1.71 1.37 1.21

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BOOTURBNAEO
BOOT 1.00 0.36 0.37
URBN 0.36 1.00 0.52
AEO 0.37 0.52 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BOOT, URBN and AEO?

Urban Outfitters (URBN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) $3.43B, Urban Outfitters (URBN) $7.71B, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) $3.19B.

Which stock is cheaper, BOOT, URBN and AEO?

American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Urban Outfitters (URBN) 13.6x, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) 9.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) is cheapest (Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) 13.2x, Urban Outfitters (URBN) 13.7x, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) 9.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Urban Outfitters (URBN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Urban Outfitters (URBN) +11.0%, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) +9.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Urban Outfitters (URBN) has the highest net margin (Urban Outfitters (URBN) 8.8%, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) 5.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Urban Outfitters (URBN) returned the most: Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) -42.0%, Urban Outfitters (URBN) +33.7%, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) +13.5%. Over five years, Urban Outfitters (URBN) compounded fastest (Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) +2.6%/yr, Urban Outfitters (URBN) +24.1%/yr, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) -4.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) 0.00%, Urban Outfitters (URBN) 0.00%, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) 0.03%. Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) and Urban Outfitters (URBN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Urban Outfitters (URBN) has been the steadiest (Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) 47.5%, Urban Outfitters (URBN) 42.9%, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) 52.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BOOT, URBN and AEO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Urban Outfitters (URBN) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.