Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Competitors

Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) and Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer ANF or URBN?

Abercrombie & Fitch currently has a consensus target price of $182.25, indicating a potential upside of 39.82%. Urban Outfitters has a consensus target price of $51.64, indicating a potential downside of 6.13%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.

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
Urban Outfitters	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18

Does the media prefer ANF or URBN?

In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 15 more articles in the media than Urban Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 24 mentions for Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Abercrombie & Fitch's score of 0.47 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Abercrombie & Fitch	10 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Urban Outfitters	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ANF or URBN?

77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ANF or URBN?

Urban Outfitters received 63 more outperform votes than Abercrombie & Fitch when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.67% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 59.52% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Abercrombie & Fitch	Outperform Votes 1222 59.67%	Underperform Votes 826 40.33%
Urban Outfitters	Outperform Votes 1285 59.52%	Underperform Votes 874 40.48%

Which has more volatility and risk, ANF or URBN?

Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ANF or URBN?

Abercrombie & Fitch has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Urban Outfitters. Abercrombie & Fitch is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abercrombie & Fitch	$4.28B	1.53	$328.12M	$10.11	12.89
Urban Outfitters	$5.15B	0.99	$287.67M	$3.49	15.76

Is ANF or URBN more profitable?

Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 11.16% compared to Urban Outfitters' net margin of 6.11%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 46.50% beat Urban Outfitters' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Abercrombie & Fitch	11.16%	46.50%	17.53%
Urban Outfitters	6.11%	15.86%	8.25%

Summary

Abercrombie & Fitch beats Urban Outfitters on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.