Urban Outfitters Inc (URBN)

Operating profit margin

		Jan 31, 2025	Oct 31, 2024	Jul 31, 2024	Apr 30, 2024	Jan 31, 2024	Oct 31, 2023	Jul 31, 2023	Apr 30, 2023	Jan 31, 2023	Oct 31, 2022	Jul 31, 2022	Apr 30, 2022	Jan 31, 2022	Oct 31, 2021	Jul 31, 2021	Apr 30, 2021	Jan 31, 2021	Oct 31, 2020	Jul 31, 2020	Apr 30, 2020
Operating income (ttm)	US$ in thousands	478,365	427,274	407,561	394,524	386,682	349,709	298,049	251,769	226,623	242,681	301,265	381,300	408,566	390,038	372,644	276,210	3,972	7,767	-15,472	-6,830
Revenue (ttm)	US$ in thousands	5,550,670	5,400,740	5,320,050	5,240,290	5,153,230	5,051,610	4,945,790	4,856,980	4,795,240	4,742,870	4,698,940	4,673,270	4,548,755	4,304,945	4,143,132	3,788,678	3,449,746	3,530,936	3,548,798	3,707,861
Operating profit margin		8.62%	7.91%	7.66%	7.53%	7.50%	6.92%	6.03%	5.18%	4.73%	5.12%	6.41%	8.16%	8.98%	9.06%	8.99%	7.29%	0.12%	0.22%	-0.44%	-0.18%

January 31, 2025 calculation

Operating profit margin = Operating income (ttm) ÷ Revenue (ttm)
= $478,365K ÷ $5,550,670K
= 8.62%

Urban Outfitters Inc's operating profit margin has shown fluctuation over the past years. From April 2020 to July 2020, the company's operating profit margin was negative, indicating that its operating expenses exceeded its revenues during that period. However, the margin started to improve and turned positive by October 2020, reaching 0.22%.

Over the following quarters, there was a steady increase in the operating profit margin, with significant jumps from April 2021 to October 2021, where it peaked at 9.06%. The margin remained relatively stable above 8% until July 2022.

There was a noticeable decline in the operating profit margin from July 2022 to October 2023, dropping to 5.12%. However, the margin started to recover and increased gradually, reaching 8.62% by January 2025.

Overall, Urban Outfitters Inc's operating profit margin has shown variability, with periods of improvement and decline. The company's ability to efficiently control operating expenses and generate higher revenues has had a direct impact on its operating profit margin over the analyzed period.