UPDATE 1-Urban Outfitters Q1 rev beats Wall Street

* Q1 sales up 25 pct, tops Wall Street view

* Q1 same-store sales rise 11 pct

May 6 (Reuters) - Urban Outfitters Inc (URBN.O) posted better-than-expected first-quarter revenue, helped by strong performance at its direct-to-consumers segment.

The operator of the Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and Free People chains, which also sells clothes wholesale to other retailers, said revenue for the quarter rose 25 percent to $480 million.

Analysts on average had expected revenue of $465.8 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Same-store sales for the quarter rose 11 percent.

Comparable retail segment sales, which includes direct-to-consumer channel, rose 16 percent, the company said in a statement.

Shares of the company closed at $38.05 Wednesday on Nasdaq (Reporting by Shobhana Chadha in Bangalore; Editing by Unnikrishnan Nair)