GPS vs. ANF, AEO, URBN, JWN, FIVE, SFM, MNSO, LAD, MTCH, and W
Should you be buying GAP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GAP include Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Nordstrom (JWN), Five Below (FIVE), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), MINISO Group (MNSO), Lithia Motors (LAD), Match Group (MTCH), and Wayfair (W). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) and GAP (NYSE:GPS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
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.
In the previous week, GAP had 3 more articles in the media than Abercrombie & Fitch. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for GAP and 24 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch. GAP's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Abercrombie & Fitch's score of 0.38 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the media.
58.8% of GAP shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.8% of GAP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Abercrombie & Fitch received 22 more outperform votes than GAP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.73% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 52.04% of users gave GAP an outperform vote.
Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 7.67% compared to Abercrombie & Fitch's net margin of 3.37%. GAP's return on equity of 38.80% beat Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity.
Abercrombie & Fitch presently has a consensus target price of $139.29, indicating a potential downside of 4.37%. GAP has a consensus target price of $21.15, indicating a potential upside of 0.51%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GAP is more favorable than Abercrombie & Fitch.
Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GAP has a beta of 2.34, suggesting that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Abercrombie & Fitch beats GAP on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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