---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-021230"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "URBN"
cik: "0000912615"
company_name: "URBAN OUTFITTERS INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T07:26:17.648989+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Urban Outfitters Q1 revenue record $1.05B (+13% YoY); EPS $0.33; gross margin down on inflation

## Summary
- Net income $32M, diluted EPS $0.33; record revenue $1.05B up 13.4% YoY.
- Retail comparable sales +11% (Anthropologie +18%, Free People +15%, Urban Outfitters +1%).
- Gross profit rate down 169 bps due to higher inbound transportation and raw materials costs.
- Inventory up 31.9% YoY; Retail segment comparable inventory +35% from cost inflation, longer lead times, and Urban Outfitters brand underperformance.
- SG&A up 22%, deleveraged 184 bps; repurchased 2.4M shares for $62M in Q1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-021230
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: URBN
- cik: 0000912615
- company_name: URBAN OUTFITTERS INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912615/000156459022021230/0001564590-22-021230-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912615/000156459022021230/urbn-8k_20220524.htm

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