Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN), a leading lifestyle products
and services company which operates a portfolio of global consumer
brands comprised of the Anthropologie, BHLDN, Free People, FP
Movement, Terrain, Urban Outfitters, Nuuly and Menus & Venues
brands, today announced net income of $77 million and record
earnings per diluted share of $0.78 for the three months ended
October 31, 2020. For the nine months ended October 31, 2020, net
loss was $27 million and loss per diluted share was $0.28.
Total Company net sales for the three months
ended October 31, 2020, decreased 1.8% over the same period last
year to $970 million. Comparable Retail segment net sales were flat
as a result of negative retail store sales driven by lower store
productivity due to reduced store traffic, offset by strong
double-digit growth in the digital channel. By brand, comparable
Retail segment net sales increased 17% at Free People and 4%
at Urban Outfitters and decreased 9% at the Anthropologie
Group. Wholesale segment net sales decreased 24%.
“I am pleased to announce URBN delivered record
Q3 earnings per share in spite of an incredibly difficult operating
environment,” said Richard A. Hayne, Chief Executive Officer. “Our
38% increase in net profits was driven by strong product
assortments combined with tight control of inventory and expenses,”
finished Mr. Hayne.
Net sales by brand and segment for the three and nine-month
periods were as follows:
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
|
October 31, |
|
|
October 31, |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
Net sales by
brand |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Urban Outfitters |
$ |
394,050 |
|
|
$ |
374,459 |
|
|
$ |
955,259 |
|
|
$ |
1,046,310 |
|
Anthropologie Group |
|
358,482 |
|
|
|
398,709 |
|
|
|
887,683 |
|
|
|
1,147,977 |
|
Free People |
|
206,669 |
|
|
|
205,475 |
|
|
|
492,352 |
|
|
|
597,606 |
|
Menus & Venues |
|
3,664 |
|
|
|
6,794 |
|
|
|
8,378 |
|
|
|
20,286 |
|
Nuuly |
|
6,742 |
|
|
|
2,032 |
|
|
|
17,684 |
|
|
|
2,032 |
|
Total Company |
$ |
969,607 |
|
|
$ |
987,469 |
|
|
$ |
2,361,356 |
|
|
$ |
2,814,211 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net sales by
segment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retail Segment |
$ |
895,608 |
|
|
$ |
897,130 |
|
|
$ |
2,214,311 |
|
|
$ |
2,558,386 |
|
Wholesale Segment |
|
67,257 |
|
|
|
88,307 |
|
|
|
129,361 |
|
|
|
253,793 |
|
Subscription Segment |
|
6,742 |
|
|
|
2,032 |
|
|
|
17,684 |
|
|
|
2,032 |
|
Total Company |
$ |
969,607 |
|
|
$ |
987,469 |
|
|
$ |
2,361,356 |
|
|
$ |
2,814,211 |
|
For the three months ended October 31, 2020, the
gross profit rate increased by 79 basis points versus the prior
year’s comparable period. Gross profit dollars increased 0.6% to
$322.9 million from $321.1 million. The increase in gross profit
rate was due in part to record low merchandise markdowns in the
Retail segment. The record low Retail segment markdown rate was
driven by improvement at all three brands with the Urban Outfitters
and Free People brands recording significant improvement. The
Wholesale segment also delivered healthy improvement in merchandise
margins due to lower discounts and allowances. Additionally, gross
profit improved as a result of the benefits associated with
negotiated rent concessions with landlords and European government
assistance programs. These were partially offset by an increase in
delivery and logistics expense primarily due to the penetration of
the digital channel.
For the nine months ended October 31, 2020, the
gross profit rate decreased to 24.3% from 32.2% in the prior year’s
comparable period. The decrease in the gross profit rate was
primarily driven by an increase in delivery and logistics expense
primarily due to penetration of the digital channel, followed by
store occupancy expense rate deleverage. The deleverage in store
occupancy expense was due to lower sales as a result of mandated
store closures as well as lower store traffic due to the COVID-19
pandemic. Additionally, during the nine months ended October 31,
2020, the Company recorded a $15.9 million year-over-year increase
in inventory obsolescence reserves and a $14.5 million store
impairment charge.
As of October 31, 2020, total inventory
decreased by $42.3 million, or 8.0%, on a year-over-year basis. The
decrease in total inventory was primarily due to an 11% decrease in
comparable Retail segment inventory at cost.
For the three months ended October 31, 2020,
selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $21.4
million, or 8.7%, compared to the prior year’s comparable period
and expressed as a percentage of net sales, leveraged by 175 basis
points. The leverage and decrease in selling, general and
administrative expenses for the three months ended October 31,
2020, was primarily related to disciplined store payroll management
and overall expense control measures. Digital marketing expenses
grew during the quarter to support strong digital channel sales and
customer growth.
For the nine months ended October 31, 2020,
selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $109.1
million, or 15.3%, compared to the prior year’s comparable period
and expressed as a percentage of net sales, deleveraged by 24 basis
points. The deleverage was primarily driven by an increase in
digital marketing and other expenses in order to support strong
digital channel sales and customer growth partially offset by
disciplined store payroll management and other expense control
measures. The decrease in selling, general and administrative
expenses for the nine months ended October 31, 2020, was primarily
due to disciplined store payroll management, overall expense
control measures and the benefit of COVID-19 related government
relief packages.
The Company’s effective tax rate for the three
months ended October 31, 2020, was 21.4% compared to 26.6% in the
prior year period. The Company’s effective tax rate for the nine
months ended October 31, 2020, was a benefit of 14.8% compared to
an expense of 25.8% in the prior year period. The change in the
effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended October 31,
2020, was primarily driven by the year-to-date operating loss
compared to operating income in the prior year period.
Net income for the three months ended October
31, 2020, was $77 million and earnings per diluted share was $0.78.
Net loss for the nine months ended October 31, 2020, was $27
million and loss per diluted share was $0.28.
During the three months ended October 31, 2020,
the Company repaid the remaining $120.0 million outstanding on its
Amended Credit Facility. The Company had borrowed $220.0 million
during the three months ended April 30, 2020, in order to preserve
financial flexibility and maintain liquidity and flexibility in
response to the coronavirus pandemic and had already repaid $100.0
million during the three months ended July 31, 2020.
On August 22, 2017, the Company’s Board of
Directors authorized the repurchase of 20 million common shares
under a share repurchase program. The Company did not repurchase
any shares during the third quarter, while during the nine months
ended October 31, 2020, the Company repurchased and subsequently
retired 0.5 million common shares for approximately $7 million
under this program. These shares were repurchased prior to the
known spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States that
forced the Company to close its stores for an extended period of
time. During the year ended January 31, 2020, the Company
repurchased and subsequently retired 8.1 million common shares for
approximately $217 million under this program. On June 4, 2019, the
Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of 20
million common shares under a new share repurchase program. As of
October 31, 2020, 25.9 million common shares were remaining under
the programs.
During the nine months ended October 31,
2020, the Company opened a total of twelve new retail locations
including: six Urban Outfitters stores, three Anthropologie
Group stores and three Free People stores (including one FP
Movement store); and closed five retail locations including: four
Urban Outfitters stores and one Free People store. During the
nine months ended October 31, 2020, four Urban Outfitters
franchisee-owned stores and one Free People franchisee-owned store
were closed.
Urban Outfitters, Inc., offers
lifestyle-oriented general merchandise and consumer products and
services through a portfolio of global consumer brands comprised of
250 Urban Outfitters stores in the United
States, Canada and Europe and websites;
234 Anthropologie Group stores in the United
States, Canada and Europe, catalogs and websites;
146 Free People stores in the United
States, Canada and Europe, catalogs and websites, 11
Menus & Venues restaurants, 1 Urban
Outfitters franchisee-owned store and 1 Anthropologie
Group franchisee-owned store, as of October 31, 2020.
Free People and Urban Outfitters wholesale sell their
products through approximately 2,300 department and specialty
stores worldwide, digital businesses and the Company’s Retail
segment.
A conference call will be held today to discuss
third quarter results and will be webcast at 5:00 pm. ET at:
https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/usdcoxym
This news release is being made pursuant
to the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain matters contained
in this release may contain forward-looking statements. When used
in this release, the words “project,” “believe,” “plan,” “will,”
“anticipate,” “expect” and similar expressions are intended to
identify forward-looking statements, although not all
forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Any
one, or all, of the following factors could cause actual financial
results to differ materially from those financial results mentioned
in the forward-looking statements: the impacts of public health
crises such as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the difficulty
in predicting and responding to shifts in fashion trends, changes
in the level of competitive pricing and promotional activity and
other industry factors, overall economic and market conditions and
worldwide political events and the resultant impact on consumer
spending patterns, the effects of the implementation of
the United Kingdom's withdrawal from membership in
the European Union (commonly referred to as “Brexit”),
including currency fluctuations, economic conditions and legal or
regulatory changes, any effects of war, terrorism and civil unrest,
natural disasters, severe or unseasonable weather conditions or
public health crises, increases in labor costs, increases in raw
material costs, availability of suitable retail space for
expansion, timing of store openings, risks associated with
international expansion, seasonal fluctuations in gross sales, the
departure of one or more key senior executives, import risks,
changes to U.S. and foreign trade policies, including the
enactment of tariffs, border adjustment taxes or increases in
duties or quotas, the closing or disruption of, or any damage to,
any of our distribution centers, our ability to protect our
intellectual property rights, risks associated with digital sales,
our ability to maintain and expand our digital sales channels,
response to new store concepts, our ability to integrate
acquisitions, any material disruptions or security breaches with
respect to our technology systems, failure of our manufacturers and
third-party vendors to comply with our social compliance program,
changes in our effective income tax rate (including the
uncertainties associated with the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs
Act), changes in accounting standards and subjective assumptions,
regulatory changes and legal matters and other
risks identified in our filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation
to update forward-looking statements even if experience or future
changes make it clear that actual results may differ materially
from any projected results expressed or implied therein.
(Tables follow)
URBAN OUTFITTERS,
INC.Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Operations(amounts in thousands, except share and
per share data)(unaudited)
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
|
October 31, |
|
|
October 31, |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net sales |
$ |
969,607 |
|
|
|
$ |
987,469 |
|
|
|
$ |
2,361,356 |
|
|
|
$ |
2,814,211 |
|
|
Cost of sales (excluding store
impairment) |
|
646,666 |
|
|
|
|
666,367 |
|
|
|
|
1,774,006 |
|
|
|
|
1,908,178 |
|
|
Store impairment |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
14,528 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Gross profit |
|
322,941 |
|
|
|
|
321,102 |
|
|
|
|
572,822 |
|
|
|
|
906,033 |
|
|
Selling, general and
administrative expenses |
|
224,433 |
|
|
|
|
245,833 |
|
|
|
|
603,630 |
|
|
|
|
712,683 |
|
|
Income (loss) from operations |
|
98,508 |
|
|
|
|
75,269 |
|
|
|
|
(30,808 |
) |
|
|
|
193,350 |
|
|
Other (loss) income, net |
|
(890 |
) |
|
|
|
576 |
|
|
|
|
(1,261 |
) |
|
|
|
6,754 |
|
|
Income (loss) before income taxes |
|
97,618 |
|
|
|
|
75,845 |
|
|
|
|
(32,069 |
) |
|
|
|
200,104 |
|
|
Income tax expense
(benefit) |
|
20,914 |
|
|
|
|
20,193 |
|
|
|
|
(4,731 |
) |
|
|
|
51,547 |
|
|
Net income (loss) |
$ |
76,704 |
|
|
|
$ |
55,652 |
|
|
|
$ |
(27,338 |
) |
|
|
$ |
148,557 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) per common
share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
$ |
0.78 |
|
|
|
$ |
0.57 |
|
|
|
$ |
(0.28 |
) |
|
|
$ |
1.48 |
|
|
Diluted |
$ |
0.78 |
|
|
|
$ |
0.56 |
|
|
|
$ |
(0.28 |
) |
|
|
$ |
1.47 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average common shares
outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
|
97,784,661 |
|
|
|
|
97,972,864 |
|
|
|
|
97,823,948 |
|
|
|
|
100,458,726 |
|
|
Diluted |
|
98,583,032 |
|
|
|
|
98,628,169 |
|
|
|
|
97,823,948 |
|
|
|
|
101,147,025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AS A PERCENTAGE OF NET
SALES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net sales |
100.0 |
% |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
Cost of sales (excluding store
impairment) |
66.7 |
% |
|
|
67.5 |
% |
|
|
75.1 |
% |
|
|
67.8 |
% |
|
Store impairment |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
0.6 |
% |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Gross profit |
33.3 |
% |
|
|
32.5 |
% |
|
|
24.3 |
% |
|
|
32.2 |
% |
|
Selling, general and
administrative expenses |
23.1 |
% |
|
|
24.9 |
% |
|
|
25.6 |
% |
|
|
25.3 |
% |
|
Income (loss) from operations |
10.2 |
% |
|
|
7.6 |
% |
|
|
-1.3 |
% |
|
|
6.9 |
% |
|
Other (loss) income, net |
-0.1 |
% |
|
|
0.1 |
% |
|
|
-0.1 |
% |
|
|
0.2 |
% |
|
Income (loss) before income taxes |
10.1 |
% |
|
|
7.7 |
% |
|
|
-1.4 |
% |
|
|
7.1 |
% |
|
Income tax expense
(benefit) |
2.2 |
% |
|
|
2.1 |
% |
|
|
-0.2 |
% |
|
|
1.8 |
% |
|
Net income (loss) |
7.9 |
% |
|
|
5.6 |
% |
|
|
-1.2 |
% |
|
|
5.3 |
% |
|
URBAN OUTFITTERS,
INC.Condensed Consolidated Balance
Sheets(amounts in thousands, except share
data)(unaudited)
|
October 31, |
|
|
January 31, |
|
|
October 31, |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
624,945 |
|
|
$ |
221,839 |
|
|
$ |
167,070 |
|
Marketable securities |
|
2 |
|
|
|
211,453 |
|
|
|
170,697 |
|
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of
$3,098, $880 and $1,084, respectively |
|
87,187 |
|
|
|
88,288 |
|
|
|
99,971 |
|
Inventory |
|
489,234 |
|
|
|
409,534 |
|
|
|
531,565 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
170,193 |
|
|
|
122,282 |
|
|
|
143,710 |
|
Total current assets |
|
1,371,561 |
|
|
|
1,053,396 |
|
|
|
1,113,013 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment,
net |
|
930,564 |
|
|
|
890,032 |
|
|
|
890,538 |
|
Operating lease right-of-use
assets |
|
1,101,495 |
|
|
|
1,170,531 |
|
|
|
1,119,280 |
|
Marketable securities |
|
9,350 |
|
|
|
97,096 |
|
|
|
83,121 |
|
Deferred income taxes and
other assets |
|
117,705 |
|
|
|
104,578 |
|
|
|
114,641 |
|
Total Assets |
$ |
3,530,675 |
|
|
$ |
3,315,633 |
|
|
$ |
3,320,593 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’
EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable |
$ |
349,793 |
|
|
$ |
167,871 |
|
|
$ |
232,901 |
|
Current portion of operating lease liabilities |
|
255,122 |
|
|
|
221,593 |
|
|
|
213,911 |
|
Accrued expenses, accrued compensation and other current
liabilities |
|
341,983 |
|
|
|
249,306 |
|
|
|
264,240 |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
946,898 |
|
|
|
638,770 |
|
|
|
711,052 |
|
Non-current portion of
operating lease liabilities |
|
1,069,434 |
|
|
|
1,137,495 |
|
|
|
1,119,340 |
|
Long-term debt |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Deferred rent and other
liabilities |
|
83,024 |
|
|
|
84,013 |
|
|
|
60,348 |
|
Total Liabilities |
|
2,099,356 |
|
|
|
1,860,278 |
|
|
|
1,890,740 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred shares; $.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized,
none issued |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Common shares; $.0001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized,
97,786,381, 97,976,815 and 97,975,343 issued and outstanding,
respectively |
10 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
10 |
|
Additional paid-in-capital |
|
15,669 |
|
|
|
9,477 |
|
|
|
5,201 |
|
Retained earnings |
|
1,446,534 |
|
|
|
1,473,872 |
|
|
|
1,454,333 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
(30,894 |
) |
|
|
(28,004 |
) |
|
|
(29,691 |
) |
Total Shareholders’ Equity |
|
1,431,319 |
|
|
|
1,455,355 |
|
|
|
1,429,853 |
|
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity |
$ |
3,530,675 |
|
|
$ |
3,315,633 |
|
|
$ |
3,320,593 |
|
URBAN OUTFITTERS,
INC.Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash
Flows(amounts in thousands)(unaudited)
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
|
October 31, |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
Cash flows from operating
activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income |
$ |
(27,338 |
) |
|
$ |
148,557 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by
operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
78,308 |
|
|
|
83,617 |
|
Non-cash lease expense |
|
147,198 |
|
|
|
142,210 |
|
(Benefit) provision for deferred income taxes |
|
(15,293 |
) |
|
|
211 |
|
Share-based compensation expense |
|
17,030 |
|
|
|
16,807 |
|
Store impairment |
|
14,528 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Loss on disposition of property and equipment, net |
|
706 |
|
|
|
819 |
|
Changes in assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivables |
|
1,137 |
|
|
|
(19,550 |
) |
Inventory |
|
(79,462 |
) |
|
|
(161,255 |
) |
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
|
(35,403 |
) |
|
|
(37,228 |
) |
Payables, accrued expenses and other liabilities |
|
235,618 |
|
|
|
100,534 |
|
Operating lease liabilities |
|
(122,360 |
) |
|
|
(153,320 |
) |
Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
214,669 |
|
|
|
121,402 |
|
Cash flows from investing
activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for property and equipment |
|
(89,153 |
) |
|
|
(171,121 |
) |
Cash paid for marketable securities |
|
(93,945 |
) |
|
|
(299,322 |
) |
Sales and maturities of marketable securities |
|
384,999 |
|
|
|
382,629 |
|
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
|
201,901 |
|
|
|
(87,814 |
) |
Cash flows from financing
activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowings under long-term debt |
|
220,000 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Repayments of long-term debt |
|
(220,000 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options |
|
— |
|
|
|
974 |
|
Share repurchases related to share repurchase program |
|
(7,036 |
) |
|
|
(217,421 |
) |
Share repurchases related to taxes for share-based awards |
|
(3,802 |
) |
|
|
(5,574 |
) |
Net cash used in financing activities |
|
(10,838 |
) |
|
|
(222,021 |
) |
Effect of exchange rate changes
on cash and cash equivalents |
|
(2,626 |
) |
|
|
(2,757 |
) |
Increase (decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents |
|
403,106 |
|
|
|
(191,190 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of period |
|
221,839 |
|
|
|
358,260 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end
of period |
$ |
624,945 |
|
|
$ |
167,070 |
|
Supplemental cash flow
information: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid during the year for: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income taxes |
$ |
11,549 |
|
|
$ |
56,910 |
|
Non-cash investing activities—Accrued capital expenditures |
$ |
54,137 |
|
|
$ |
14,769 |
|
Contact: |
Oona McCullough |
|
Director of Investor Relations |
|
(215) 454-4806 |
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