GAP (GAP) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ANF or GAP?

Abercrombie & Fitch received 1214 more outperform votes than GAP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.66% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave GAP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Abercrombie & Fitch	Outperform Votes 1214 59.66%	Underperform Votes 821 40.34%
GAP	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%

Is ANF or GAP a better dividend stock?

Abercrombie & Fitch pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. GAP pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Abercrombie & Fitch pays out 10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GAP pays out -2.2% 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. GAP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is ANF or GAP more profitable?

Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 10.76% compared to GAP's net margin of 5.05%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 47.35% beat GAP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Abercrombie & Fitch	10.76%	47.35%	16.88%
GAP	5.05%	28.89%	6.92%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ANF or GAP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abercrombie & Fitch	$4.66B	1.48	$328.12M	$8.04	16.85
GAP	$15.17B	0.50	$502M	-$27.20	-0.74

Which has more volatility and risk, ANF or GAP?

Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GAP has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ANF or GAP?

Abercrombie & Fitch presently has a consensus price target of $176.57, suggesting a potential upside of 30.36%. GAP has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.93%. Given GAP's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GAP is more favorable than Abercrombie & Fitch.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Abercrombie & Fitch	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
GAP	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor ANF or GAP?

In the previous week, GAP had 14 more articles in the media than Abercrombie & Fitch. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for GAP and 28 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat GAP's score of -0.04 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Abercrombie & Fitch	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GAP	5 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	11 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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