Nomura Securities Maintains a 'Neutral' on Urban Outfitters (URBN); Adjusting Estimates After 10-K Release

April 4, 2012 8:55 AM EDT
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Nomura Securities maintains a 'Neutral' on Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) price target of $28.00.

Analyst Paul Lejuez, said, "URBN’s 10-K indicated that QTD comps are up low-single digits, but we believe that this was helped by ~200bps from having an extra Saturday this year in March compared to LY. Based on a higher comp forecast at Urban Outfitters, we are increasing our F12E EPS from $1.36 to $1.43 vs. Street at $1.47. We model comps +3- 5% at Urban and (1)-(3)% at Anthro. While results in March improved, in the context of how we believe the rest of the sector performed in the month, URBN (primarily Anthro) remains a laggard. We do not see a positive catalyst for the stock in the near term, especially as the company kicks up its SG&A spend."

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Shares of Urban Outfitters, Inc. closed at $30.22 yesterday.


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