American Eagle, Urban Outfitters Both Top Estimates

Two Pennsylvania-based specialty retailers, American Eagle Outfitters(AEOS Quote) and Urban Outfitters(URBN Quote), 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. ...