GPS vs. ANF, AEO, JWN, FIVE, LAD, DDS, MTCH, CAVA, MNSO, 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), Nordstrom (JWN), Five Below (FIVE), Lithia Motors (LAD), Dillard's (DDS), Match Group (MTCH), CAVA Group (CAVA), MINISO Group (MNSO), and Wayfair (W). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
GAP (NYSE:GPS) and Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
GAP has a beta of 2.28, suggesting that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GAP presently has a consensus price target of $18.95, indicating a potential downside of 11.24%. Abercrombie & Fitch has a consensus price target of $122.71, indicating a potential upside of 0.52%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than GAP.
58.8% of GAP shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.8% of GAP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, GAP had 2 more articles in the media than Abercrombie & Fitch. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for GAP and 14 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat GAP's score of 0.13 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 7.67% compared to GAP's net margin of 3.37%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 38.80% beat GAP's return on equity.
Abercrombie & Fitch received 22 more outperform votes than GAP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.80% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 52.05% of users gave GAP an outperform vote.
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.
Summary
Abercrombie & Fitch beats GAP on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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