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Urban Edge Properties UE
$19.70 +0.72% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.48B
High quality
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 6.5× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.54, down 35.8% year over year.
- Operating margin widened to 29.8% from 25.0% a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Real Estate sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth34Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 47%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 28%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 36%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 46%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 45%
Quality86Strong
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 5%
- Gross marginBottom 41%
- Operating marginTop 41%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 35%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 42%
- Interest coverTop 35%
Value33Weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 48%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 48%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 48%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 48%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 14%
Momentum55Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 41%
- 6-month returnBottom 48%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 41%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 43%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 41%
Revisions51Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 32%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 15%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 45%
Stability64Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 37%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 42%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 7.3% | 7.4% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 35.0% | -35.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 6.5% | 38.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 25.0% | 29.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 35.8% | 26.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.4% | 7.3% | ↑ | Top 47% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -35.8% | 35.0% | ↓ | Bottom 28% |
| Gross margin | 38.4% | 6.5% | ↑ | Bottom 41% |
| Operating margin | 29.8% | 25.0% | ↑ | Top 41% |
| Net margin | 13.7% | 22.9% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 26.1% | 35.8% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 54.4% | — | Top 5% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.8% | — | Top 46% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -5.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 6.48×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 4.06%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.07%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +4.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +3.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +23.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $24.50
- Target vs current price
- +24.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 29%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +31.1% | -2.3% | -1.0% | -3.3% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +55.8% | -2.8% | -1.1% | +2.5% | +5.6% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | -16.7% | -1.7% | -1.9% | -1.6% | +4.7% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +22.2% | -2.7% | -6.1% | -5.2% | -6.6% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +411.1% | +0.5% | -0.5% | +1.6% | +2.0% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -79.4% | -0.7% | +0.9% | -1.1% | +8.3% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | +166.7% | +2.1% | -2.4% | -9.2% | -11.2% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -22.2% | +2.1% | +2.7% | +5.1% | -6.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.14 | $0.11 | +31.1% | $122.6M |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.12 | +55.8% | $124.2M |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.12 | -16.7% | $119.5M |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $0.12 | $0.10 | +22.2% | $119.2M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $0.46 | $0.09 | +411.1% | $113.9M |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.34 | -79.4% | $118.1M |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $0.24 | $0.09 | +166.7% | $116.3M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.07 | $0.09 | -22.2% | $112.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 36.8× | 25.1× | 76th | Bottom 48% |
| P/E (forward) | 38.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 15.2× | — | — | Top 48% |
| EV / Sales | 8.74× | — | — | Top 48% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.21% | — | — | Bottom 48% |
| Earnings yield | 2.72% | — | — | Bottom 48% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.7× – 134.2× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -3.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -35.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +67.5%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -7.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -7.0%
- RSI (14)
- 29.5
- Relative volume
- 1.11×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 15.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 0th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.59
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.39
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -17.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -30.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2021 | Oct 20, 2022 | -35.6% | 343 days | 444 days (Jul 30, 2024) |
| Nov 11, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -30.9% | 100 days | 293 days (Jun 9, 2026) |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | -18.4% | 75 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | -13.9% | 19 days | 1 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Nov 25, 2020 | Jan 4, 2021 | -12.6% | 25 days | 8 days (Jan 14, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.48B
- P/E (TTM)
- 36.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.54
- Revenue (TTM)
- $495.1M
- Dividend yield
- 4.16%
- 52-week range
- $18.46 – $24.11
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $425.1M | $397.9M | $416.9M | $445.0M | $471.9M |
| Gross profit | $95.2M | $52.4M | $65.5M | -$3.2M | $40.7M |
| Operating income | $148.4M | $107.8M | $124.8M | $96.5M | $126.4M |
| Net income | $102.7M | $46.2M | $248.5M | $72.6M | $93.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.88 | $0.39 | $2.11 | $0.60 | $0.74 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $112.4M | $116.4M | $118.2M | $114.1M | $120.1M | $119.6M | $132.6M | $122.8M |
| Net income | $9.1M | $30.1M | $8.2M | $58.0M | $14.9M | $12.4M | $22.6M | $17.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.07 | $0.23 | $0.07 | $0.46 | $0.12 | $0.10 | $0.18 | $0.14 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $135.3M | $139.6M | $163.0M | $153.2M | $182.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$95.4M | -$116.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Free cash flow | $39.9M | $23.6M | $163.0M | $153.2M | $182.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$124.0M | -$75.1M | -$75.2M | -$82.9M | -$95.5M |
| Net share buybacks | $366,000 | $382,000 | $372,000 | $136.6M | -$419,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $58.3M
- Total assets
- $3.38B
- Total liabilities
- $2.01B
- Total debt
- $1.90B
- Net debt
- $1.84B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.28B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $0.21 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.21 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $0.21 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $0.19 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $0.19 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.19 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.19 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $0.17 | Dec 31, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,700,275
- Days to cover
- 4.27
- Change vs previous report
- +3.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.