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ANF vs. PLCE, URBN, AEO, BOOT, BURL, DECK, DKS, FL, LB, and TPR

Should you be buying Abercrombie & Fitch stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abercrombie & Fitch include Children's Place (PLCE), Urban Outfitters (URBN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Boot Barn (BOOT), Burlington Stores (BURL), Deckers Outdoor (DECK), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Foot Locker (FL), LandBridge (LB), and Tapestry (TPR).

Abercrombie & Fitch vs. Its Competitors

Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) and Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Children's Place's net margin of -3.97%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 42.32% beat Children's Place's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Abercrombie & Fitch10.60% 42.32% 16.76%
Children's Place -3.97%-10.32%-1.49%

In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 15 more articles in the media than Children's Place. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 0 mentions for Children's Place. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Children's Place's score of 0.00 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Abercrombie & Fitch Positive
Children's Place Neutral

Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Children's Place has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Abercrombie & Fitch has higher revenue and earnings than Children's Place. Children's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Abercrombie & Fitch, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abercrombie & Fitch$4.95B0.99$566.22M$10.1610.16
Children's Place$1.39B0.08-$57.82M-$3.13-1.51

Abercrombie & Fitch presently has a consensus target price of $111.88, suggesting a potential upside of 8.34%. Children's Place has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.58%. Given Children's Place's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Abercrombie & Fitch.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Abercrombie & Fitch
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Children's Place
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Abercrombie & Fitch beats Children's Place on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ANF vs. The Competition

MetricAbercrombie & FitchRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.73B$8.96B$26.37B$20.65B
Dividend YieldN/A2.92%174.21%3.66%
P/E Ratio10.1669.8029.1929.27
Price / Sales0.991.128.7962.32
Price / Cash6.8117.0057.6723.31
Price / Book3.852.975.574.37
Net Income$566.22M$372.41M$877.46M$996.36M
7 Day Performance7.69%1.18%-0.17%0.59%
1 Month Performance16.37%1.33%-0.47%0.23%
1 Year Performance-21.48%8.16%23.83%16.71%

Abercrombie & Fitch Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
2.841 of 5 stars
$103.27
+3.9%
$111.88
+8.3%
-25.2%$4.73B$4.95B10.1639,200Positive News
PLCE
Children's Place
0.8143 of 5 stars
$4.56
+0.4%
$6.00
+31.6%
-32.9%$101.09M$1.36B-1.467,900
URBN
Urban Outfitters
3.8916 of 5 stars
$79.14
+3.8%
$75.00
-5.2%
+99.4%$7.09B$5.68B16.5629,000
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.4511 of 5 stars
$13.35
+24.3%
$14.70
+10.2%
-37.2%$2.31B$5.27B13.6244,000Trending News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BOOT
Boot Barn
4.0199 of 5 stars
$172.95
+1.2%
$182.54
+5.5%
+42.5%$5.29B$1.99B27.2810,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.0804 of 5 stars
$281.03
+2.9%
$317.57
+13.0%
+13.3%$17.73B$10.63B34.4877,532Trending News
DECK
Deckers Outdoor
4.9462 of 5 stars
$105.21
+1.8%
$137.50
+30.7%
+337.4%$15.61B$4.99B16.145,500Positive News
DKS
DICK'S Sporting Goods
4.7863 of 5 stars
$209.08
+1.1%
$221.50
+5.9%
+10.1%$16.74B$13.44B14.9656,100
FL
Foot Locker
3.1126 of 5 stars
$24.78
+0.5%
$21.20
-14.4%
-7.9%$2.37B$7.90B-6.5747,306
LB
LandBridge
3.7328 of 5 stars
$57.80
+4.4%
$65.86
+13.9%
+88.1%$4.42B$109.95M16.246News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
TPR
Tapestry
4.0027 of 5 stars
$111.86
+5.2%
$99.72
-10.9%
+202.3%$23.23B$6.67B29.4418,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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