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| | American Eagle, Urban Outfitters Both Top Estimates |
 | | Two Pennsylvania-based specialty retailers, American Eagle Outfitters (AEOS:Nasdaq - commentary - research) and Urban Outfitters (URBN:Nasdaq - commentary - research), posted contrasting third-quarter earnings results Thursday, although both beat analysts' estimates. |
 | | Philadelphia-based Urban, which owns the Free People, Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters brands, earned $14.1 million, or 35 cents a share, in the three months ended Oct. 31, compared with $8 million, or 20 cents a share, in the prior-year quarter. |
 | | Analysts polled by Thomson First Call had been expecting a profit of 31 cents a share. |
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