ANF vs. GPS, AEO, URBN, FL, BKE, CAL, GES, SCVL, DBI, and ZUMZ
Should you be buying Abercrombie & Fitch stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abercrombie & Fitch include GAP (GPS), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Foot Locker (FL), Buckle (BKE), Caleres (CAL), Guess? (GES), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Designer Brands (DBI), and Zumiez (ZUMZ). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) and GAP (NYSE:GPS) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
58.8% of GAP shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.8% of GAP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
GAP has higher revenue and earnings than Abercrombie & Fitch. GAP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Abercrombie & Fitch, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 11 more articles in the media than GAP. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 59 mentions for GAP. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat GAP's score of 0.63 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Abercrombie & Fitch received 22 more outperform votes than GAP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.65% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 51.90% of users gave GAP an outperform vote.
Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GAP has a beta of 2.34, indicating that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Abercrombie & Fitch currently has a consensus price target of $174.14, suggesting a potential upside of 0.74%. GAP has a consensus price target of $25.51, suggesting a potential downside of 11.90%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than GAP.
Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 9.53% compared to GAP's net margin of 4.52%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 44.83% beat GAP's return on equity.
Summary
Abercrombie & Fitch beats GAP on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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