Growth Metrics

Urban Outfitters (URBN) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Urban Outfitters' Return on Sales history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.25% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Sales fell 32.0% year-over-year to 0.25%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.01%, down 8.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 0.01%, 8.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.25% in Q1 2026 per URBN's latest filing, down from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.1% in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.26% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.02%, with a median of 0.05% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: increased 29bps in 2023, then crashed -32bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.03% in 2022, then soared by 105bps to 0.06% in 2023, then rose by 17bps to 0.08% in 2024, then grew by 1bps to 0.08% in 2025, then plummeted by -431bps to 0.25% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for URBN's Return on Sales are 0.25% (Q1 2026), 0.08% (Q4 2025), and 0.1% (Q3 2025).