AEO vs. ANF, URBN, BKE, FL, SCVL, GES, CAL, GCO, ZUMZ, and DBI
Should you be buying American Eagle Outfitters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Eagle Outfitters include Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Guess? (GES), Caleres (CAL), Genesco (GCO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), and Designer Brands (DBI). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
American Eagle Outfitters vs.
Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Abercrombie & Fitch has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Eagle Outfitters. Abercrombie & Fitch is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Eagle Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 1 more articles in the media than American Eagle Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 9 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters. American Eagle Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Abercrombie & Fitch's score of 0.62 indicating that American Eagle Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Abercrombie & Fitch currently has a consensus price target of $182.25, indicating a potential upside of 81.67%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 52.67%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.
Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 11.16% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 4.28%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 46.50% beat American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity.
Abercrombie & Fitch pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Abercrombie & Fitch pays out 7.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 42.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Abercrombie & Fitch received 72 more outperform votes than American Eagle Outfitters when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.68% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote.
Summary
Abercrombie & Fitch beats American Eagle Outfitters on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AEO) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
