Ross Stores Inc vs Urban Outfitters Inc

Ross Stores Inc (ROST) is overvalued and Urban Outfitters Inc (URBN) is undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, URBN trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +38%, against -73% for ROST.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Ross Stores Inc (ROST)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.4% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $134.75; the price of $232.51 is 73% above that value, and 75% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 76/100 on 9 of 12 signals

Urban Outfitters Inc (URBN)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.9% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $120.84; the price of $75.02 is 38% below that value, and 73% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 100/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricROSTURBN
VerdictOvervaluedUndervalued
Price$232.51$75.02
Intrinsic value$134.75$120.84
Margin of safety-73%+38%
Leak Score76/100 (9/12)100/100 (3/12)
Market cap$74.3B$6.4B
Revenue growth, 5 years12.7%12.3%
Operating margin12.7%11.3%
Net margin10.8%8.8%
Return on equity42.6%20.9%
Debt to equity0.700.43
P/E28.1x11.7x
Forward P/E25.7x10.9x
P/B11.0x2.3x
Dividend yield0.8%

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