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Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Competitors

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$136.81 -5.77 (-4.05%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

ANF vs. URBN, AEO, BKE, FL, CAL, SCVL, GES, ZUMZ, GCO, and DBI

Should you be buying Abercrombie & Fitch stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abercrombie & Fitch include Urban Outfitters (URBN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), Caleres (CAL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Guess? (GES), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), and Designer Brands (DBI). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.

Abercrombie & Fitch vs.

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

Abercrombie & Fitch has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters 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
Urban Outfitters$5.15B0.66$287.67M$3.2711.29
Abercrombie & Fitch$4.66B1.50$328.12M$9.4414.49

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

Urban Outfitters presently has a consensus price target of $42.27, indicating a potential upside of 14.53%. Abercrombie & Fitch has a consensus price target of $177.43, indicating a potential upside of 29.69%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Urban Outfitters
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.09
Abercrombie & Fitch
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

In the previous week, Urban Outfitters had 1 more articles in the media than Abercrombie & Fitch. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 10 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Urban Outfitters' score of 0.75 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Urban Outfitters received 62 more outperform votes than Abercrombie & Fitch when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.65% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Urban OutfittersOutperform Votes
1277
59.65%
Underperform Votes
864
40.35%
Abercrombie & FitchOutperform Votes
1215
59.65%
Underperform Votes
822
40.35%

Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 10.76% compared to Urban Outfitters' net margin of 5.83%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 47.35% beat Urban Outfitters' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Urban Outfitters5.83% 15.49% 7.96%
Abercrombie & Fitch 10.76%47.35%16.88%

Summary

Abercrombie & Fitch beats Urban Outfitters on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ANF vs. The Competition

MetricAbercrombie & FitchFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.99B$19.05B$23.96B$19.84B
Dividend YieldN/A2.35%169.97%3.50%
P/E Ratio14.4911.35101.9937.73
Price / Sales1.500.996.5918.01
Price / Cash15.4310.3219.8517.90
Price / Book6.575.446.354.86
Net Income$328.12M$702.99M$688.15M$985.93M
7 Day Performance-5.47%-4.59%-1.23%0.45%
1 Month Performance-14.46%-2.58%-2.18%1.05%
1 Year Performance84.80%25.60%15.23%24.67%

Abercrombie & Fitch Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.5396 of 5 stars
$136.81
-4.0%
$177.43
+29.7%
+89.2%$6.99B$4.66B14.4931,700Upcoming Earnings
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.6324 of 5 stars
$36.91
-1.9%
$42.27
+14.5%
+0.1%$3.47B$5.15B11.2928,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.9453 of 5 stars
$17.28
-0.9%
$25.00
+44.7%
-12.5%$3.32B$5.26B13.8243,100
BKE
Buckle
3.49 of 5 stars
$47.23
0.0%
$46.00
-2.6%
+24.8%$2.40B$1.26B11.528,000Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
FL
Foot Locker
4.6247 of 5 stars
$22.45
-1.2%
$26.53
+18.2%
-3.5%$2.16B$8.17B0.0046,846
CAL
Caleres
3.693 of 5 stars
$29.75
0.0%
$32.50
+9.2%
+8.3%$1.05B$2.80B6.449,200
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.4876 of 5 stars
$33.48
-0.6%
$42.00
+25.4%
+41.7%$914.94M$1.18B11.875,300Analyst Revision
News Coverage
GES
Guess?
4.362 of 5 stars
$16.20
-2.2%
$27.25
+68.2%
-32.9%$851.55M$2.78B6.5312,000
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.2852 of 5 stars
$21.47
+0.3%
$22.00
+2.5%
+16.6%$409.63M$875.49M0.008,900
GCO
Genesco
3.5303 of 5 stars
$28.86
-2.2%
$31.00
+7.4%
-9.6%$331.05M$2.32B0.0018,000Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
DBI
Designer Brands
4.5494 of 5 stars
$4.66
-4.3%
$7.83
+68.3%
-55.9%$258.35M$3.07B-48.7014,000

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This page (NYSE:ANF) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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