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Urban Outfitters Stock Jumps as 'Remarkably Resilient' Consumer Drives Sales

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Key Takeaways

  • Shares of retailer Urban Outfitters surged Wednesday following an estimate-beating earnings report for the third quarter.
  • Sales at its namesake stores are still declining, while other brands Free People and Anthropologie reported rising sales.
  • Executives noted a "remarkably resilient" consumer in the quarter, but said store closures for the Urban Outfitters brand are likely in the coming years.

Urban Outfitters (URBN) shares jumped Wednesday morning after the company report꧅ed third-quarter results better than analysts had exp💖ected, thanks to rising sales across its non-Urban Outfitters brands.

On Tuesday, the retailer reported a third-quarter record of $1.36 billion in revenue, up from $1.28 billion the same time last year and slightly better than the $1.34 billion analysts had expected, according to estimates compiled by Visible Alpha.

The operator of its namesake Urban Outfitters stores along with other brands like Free People and Anthropologie recorded $102.9 million in 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:net income for the quarter, up from $83 million a year ago aꦜnd the $78.9 million analysts projected.

Urban Outfitters Sa💯les Still Down as Free People, Anthropologie Keep 🦩Rising

Overall 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:comparable store sales rose 1.5% year-over-year, driven by 5.8% growth at Anthropologie stores and 5.3% at Free People, each better than expected, while co𝓰mparable sales at Urban Outfitters fell more than expected at 8.9%.

CEO Richard Hayne said the company is "opt🦋imistic" about demand the company is seeing ahead of the holiday shopping season, noting in Tuesday's earnings call that Urban Outfitters has seen a ꧂"remarkably resilient" consumer.

Hayne said positive sales trends seen in October continued into the start of the fourth quarter in November despite outside events l🍨ike global conflict, severe weather, and the election, according to a transcript of the call from AlphaSense.

澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Last quarter, executives said sales had slowed at Urban Outfitters because of shifting consumer trends and the company failing to adapt to trends popular among younger consumers. Brand president Shea Jensen said in Tuesda🧸y's call that the company is "actively evaluating" the roughly half of its leases for Urban Outfitters stores that will be up over the next three years, and said some closures💦, downsizings, and relocations seem likely.

Urban Outfitters shares wer🍨e up 14% in premarket trading to $45.84, putting them up more than 25% since the start of the year.

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