---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-030023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "URBN"
cik: "0000912615"
company_name: "URBAN OUTFITTERS INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T21:52:02.095520+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Urban Outfitters Q2 EPS $0.64, revenue $1.18B; gross margin down 595bps

## Summary
- Net income $59M ($0.64 diluted EPS); revenue $1.18B (+2.2% YoY) record Q2 sales.
- Comparable retail sales +1%: Free People +8%, Anthropologie +7%, Urban Outfitters -9%.
- Gross profit rate fell 595bps due to higher markdowns and inbound transportation costs.
- Inventory up 44.4% YoY; $112M in share repurchases (4.7M shares) in H1 FY23.
- SG&A deleveraged 113bps; effective tax rate rose to 28.8% from 22.4%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-030023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: URBN
- cik: 0000912615
- company_name: URBAN OUTFITTERS INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912615/000156459022030023/0001564590-22-030023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912615/000156459022030023/urbn-8k_20220823.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-030023.txt

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