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DBI vs URBN

Side-by-side comparison of Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) and Urban Outfitters Inc. (URBN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both DBI and URBN operate in Clothing/Shoe/Accessory Stores (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • URBN is the larger of the two at $6.36B, about 14.1x DBI ($450.7M).
  • Over the past year, DBI is up 142.3% and URBN is up 3.1% - DBI leads by 139.2 points.
  • URBN has been more active in the news (17 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for DBI).
  • URBN has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 8 for DBI).
PerformanceDBI+142.26%URBN+3.05%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricDBIURBN
Company
Designer Brands Inc.
Urban Outfitters Inc.
Price
$9.00+6.38%
$71.86+0.84%
Market cap
$450.7M
$6.36B
1M return
+28.94%
+1.99%
1Y return
+142.26%
+3.05%
Industry
Clothing/Shoe/Accessory Stores
Clothing/Shoe/Accessory Stores
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
1993
News (4w)
2
17
Recent ratings
8
25
DBI

Designer Brands Inc.

Designer Brands Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and retails footwear and accessories for women, men, and kids primarily in North America. The company operates through three segments: U.S. Retail, Canada Retail, and Brand Portfolio. It also provides dress, casual, and athletic footwear; and handbags and jewelry. The company offers its products under the Vince Camuto, Louise et Cie, Jessica Simpson, Lucky, Jenifer Lopez, and other brands. It also operates vincecamuto.com e-commerce site, as well as a portfolio of banners, including DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse, The Shoe Company, and Shoe Warehouse. As of February 1, 2021, it operated 663 stores. Designer Brands Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.

URBN

Urban Outfitters Inc.

Urban Outfitters, Inc. engages in the retail and wholesale of general consumer products. The company operates through three segments: Retail, wholesale, and Subscription. It operates Urban Outfitters stores, which offer women's and men's fashion apparel, activewear, intimates, footwear, accessories, home goods, electronics, and beauty products for young adults aged 18 to 28; and Anthropologie stores that provide women's casual apparel, accessories, intimates, shoes, and home furnishings, as well as gifts, decorative items, and beauty and wellness products for women aged 28 to 45. The company also operates Bhldn stores, which offer heirloom quality wedding gowns, bridesmaid frocks, party dresses, assorted jewelry, headpieces, footwear, lingerie, and decorations; and Terrain stores that provide lifestyle home products, garden and outdoor living products, antiques, live plants, flowers, wellness products, and accessories. In addition, it operates Free People retail stores, which offer casual women's apparel, intimates, activewear, shoes, accessories, home products, gifts, and beauty and wellness products for young women aged 25 to 30; restaurants; and women's apparel subscription rental service under the Nuuly brand name. The company serves its customers directly through retail stores, Websites, mobile applications, catalogs and customer contact centers, franchised or third-party operated stores, and digital businesses. As of January 31, 2021, it operated 247 Urban Outfitters, 237 Anthropologie Group, and 149 Free People stores in the United States, Canada, and Europe; and 11 restaurants. The company is also involved in the wholesale of young women's contemporary casual apparel, intimates, activewear, and shoes under the Free People brand; and home goods through department and specialty stores worldwide. The company was founded in 1970 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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