Report
Bridget Weishaar
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No-moat Urban Outfitters capitalizes on improved merchandising and demand.

Investor exhilaration over no-moat Urban Outfitters’ fourth-quarter 4% retail segment comparable sales growth (a significant acceleration from negative comps in the first half and 1% growth in the third quarter) was tempered by a 120 basis point decline in adjusted gross margin to 32.3%. We still believe that there is long-term adjusted operating margin upside from savings from the store reorganization project, leverage, and reduced markdown rates, but that this will be moderated by deleverage i...
Underlying
Urban Outfitters Inc.

Urban Outfitters is engaged in the operation of a general consumer product retail and wholesale business selling to customers through various channels including retail locations, websites, catalogs and mobile applications. The company has two segments: Retail, which consists of its Anthropologie, Bhldn, Free People, Terrain and Urban Outfitters brands and its Food and Beverage division; and Wholesale, which designs, develops and markets young women's contemporary casual apparel, intimates, FP Movement activewear and shoes under the Free People brand, home goods, including gifts, tabletop and textiles, under the Anthropologie brand and the BDG apparel collection under the Urban Outfitters brand.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Bridget Weishaar

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