Momentum investing revolves around the idea of following a stock's recent trend in either direction. In the 'long' context, investors will be essentially be "buying high, but hoping to sell even higher." With this methodology, taking advantage of trends in a stock's price is key; once a stock establishes a course, it is more than likely to continue moving that way. The goal is that once a stock heads down a fixed path, it will lead to timely and profitable trades.While many investors like to look for moment ...

Momentum investing is essentially an exception to the idea of "buying low and selling high." Investors following this style of investing are usually not interested in betting on cheap stocks and waiting long for them to recover. Instead, they believe that "buying high and selling higher" is the way to make far more money in lesser time.Everyone likes betting on fast-moving trending stocks, but it isn't easy to determine the right entry point. These stocks often lose momentum when their future growth potenti ...

Shares of Urban Outfitters (URBN -14.22%) were down by about 14% as of 11:25 a.m. ET Wednesday after the teen clothier reported a fourth-quarter earnings miss Tuesday afternoon.Wall Street had been expecting the retailer to report a profit of $0.74 per share (adjusted for one-time items) on sales of $1.5 billion. Urban Outfitters nailed the sales target, but missed by a nickel on adjusted earnings, reporting $0.69 per share. Good news: Urban Outfitters missed on earningsOn a GAAP (generally accepted account ...

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) reported results for fourth-quarter fiscal 2024, wherein the bottom line missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate but improved from the prior fiscal year’s quarterly levels.Shares of this Philadelphia, PA-based player have increased 32.4% in the past three months compared with the industry’s 17% growth.Deeper InsightThis lifestyle-specialty retailer delivered adjusted earnings per share of 69 cents, lagging the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 73 cents. However, the bottom line increased ...

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Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 27, 2024 5:15 PM ET Company Participants Oona McCullough - Executive Director, IR Richard Hayne - CEO Frank Conforti - Co-President & COO Melanie Marein-Efron - CFO Conference Call Participants Lorraine Maikis - Bank of America Merrill Lynch Matthew Boss - JPMorgan Adrienne Yih - Barclays Paul Lejuez - Citi Dana Telsey - Telsey Advisory Group Alex Straton - Morgan Stanley Ike Boruchow - Wells Fargo Janet Kloppenburg - JJK Researc ...

For the quarter ended January 2024, Urban Outfitters (URBN) reported revenue of $1.49 billion, up 7.3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.69, compared to $0.39 in the year-ago quarter.The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.09% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.49 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.73, the EPS surprise was -5.48%.While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine ...

Urban Outfitters (URBN) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.69 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.73 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.39 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -5.48%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this clothing and accessories retailer would post earnings of $0.81 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.88, delivering a surprise of 8.64%.Over the last f ...

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