Market Currents

• Wednesday, November 18, 2009

• 15:53 PM Flush with cash and equivalents that grew 35% to $652M in the latest quarter, Urban Outfitters (URBN) is looking at acquiring brands that might each add $500M to revenue over time. The company has made one acquisition in its 39-year history. (Q3 earnings) Comment!

• Thursday, November 12, 2009

• 06:07 AM Urban Outfitters (URBN): Q3 EPS of $0.36 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $506M (+6%) in-line. Operating margin 19% vs. 17.1% in Q2. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable premarket earnings: ACM, ECA, KSS, URBN, WMT Comment!

• Thursday, August 13, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: HRS +16%. ANW +10%. TSEM +7%. URBN +7%. ING +6%. CIT +6%. RF +6%. FNM +6%. AGO +6%. AU +5%. GFI +5%. ALU +4%. OCNF +4%. FRE +5%. UBS +5%. EGO +4%. HMY +4%. BAC +4%. DB +4%. ONNN +4%. FIG +4%.
  Losers: LDK -13%. AEG -8%. MWE -6%. AAP -5%. CNB -4%. Comment!
• 07:02 AM Urban Outfitters (URBN): Q2 EPS of $0.29 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $459M (+1%) in-line. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: DPS, EL, GIL, KSS, URBN, WMT Comment!

• Thursday, May 14, 2009

• 06:12 AM Urban Outfitters (URBN): Q1 EPS of $0.18 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $385M (-2.4%) in-line. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: AMSC, AEG, GIL, IAG, KSS, LEA, PBH, SNE, URBN, WMT Comment!

• Wednesday, April 1, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: ZZ +24%. AIB +14%. CNB +12%. IRE +11%. MV +9%. SAY +8%. FCS +7%. LVS +6%. JKHY +5%. FITB +5%. VMW +5%. GFI +5%. TM +4%. VOD +4%. HBC +4%. MGM +3%.
  Losers: CELG -13%. URBN -8%. APOL -8%. IDTI -7%. TSM -7%. SOL -5%. FIS -5%. BAC -5%. TER -4%. AXE -4%. DRYS -4%. WLT -4%. LSI -4%. CIT -4%. JPM -3%. MS -3%. WFC -3%. X -3%. C -3%. S -3%. F -3%. Comment!

• Thursday, March 5, 2009

• 06:49 AM Urban Outfitters (URBN): Q4 EPS of $0.24 misses by $0.04. Revenue of $508M (+9.2%) vs. $515M. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: CIEN, CNQ, TLM, URBN Comment!

• Thursday, January 8, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: SWIM +40%. SHLD +11.5%. WFMI +8.5%. GME +7.5%. CRXL +7%. BLUD +6%. URBN +6%. ARO +4.5%. HMY +4%. GFI +4%. EMC +4%. SYT +4%. GG +4%. Comment!

• Thursday, December 11, 2008

• 09:52 AM Urban Outfitters (URBN) is down 20% after flat November comps, which it sees declining further during the holiday season (10-Q). No surpise for those who watch the options, Frederic Ruffy says. Comment!
• 09:00 AM Premarket losers: GIL -39%. URBN -21%. CIEN -13%. HL -11%. JASO -10%. DRYS -7%. MT -6%. CX -5%. AAUK -5%. ACGY -5%. S -5%. BHP -4%. GNW -4%. AU -4%. MU -3%. USB -3%. HMY -3%. ALU -3%. RTP -3%. RBS -3%. Comment!

• Thursday, November 13, 2008

• 06:24 AM Urban Outfitters (URBN): Q3 EPS of $0.35 in-line. Revenue of $478M (+26%) in-line. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: MPEL, PAAS, SI, URBN, WMT Comment!