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Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Competitors

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$82.84 +0.12 (+0.15%)
As of 03:58 PM Eastern

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

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

Abercrombie & Fitch vs. Its Competitors

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

Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Urban Outfitters' net margin of 7.91%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 42.32% beat Urban Outfitters' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Urban Outfitters7.91% 17.98% 9.64%
Abercrombie & Fitch 10.60%42.32%16.76%

77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Urban Outfitters presently has a consensus price target of $74.09, indicating a potential upside of 2.14%. Abercrombie & Fitch has a consensus price target of $110.63, indicating a potential upside of 33.54%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54
Abercrombie & Fitch
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Abercrombie & Fitch has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Urban Outfitters$5.55B1.17$402.46M$4.7815.18
Abercrombie & Fitch$4.95B0.80$566.22M$10.168.15

In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 4 more articles in the media than Urban Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 8 mentions for Urban Outfitters. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Urban Outfitters' score of 0.43 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Abercrombie & Fitch
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Abercrombie & Fitch beats Urban Outfitters on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ANF vs. The Competition

MetricAbercrombie & FitchRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.95B$7.37B$26.13B$20.31B
Dividend YieldN/A3.04%174.17%3.79%
P/E Ratio8.1563.5928.7027.50
Price / Sales0.801.094.5438.39
Price / Cash5.6616.4816.6317.85
Price / Book3.092.915.634.53
Net Income$566.22M$369.65M$872.48M$985.09M
7 Day Performance7.77%1.81%1.58%1.67%
1 Month Performance5.69%-0.36%2.20%4.02%
1 Year Performance-53.42%-8.22%18.07%12.10%

Abercrombie & Fitch Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.2726 of 5 stars
$82.84
+0.1%
$110.63
+33.5%
-53.5%$3.95B$4.95B8.1539,200
URBN
Urban Outfitters
3.9252 of 5 stars
$66.89
-1.6%
$74.09
+10.8%
+69.1%$6.00B$5.55B13.9929,000
FL
Foot Locker
2.9442 of 5 stars
$24.04
+0.3%
$21.20
-11.8%
-1.6%$2.29B$7.99B-6.3847,306
BKE
Buckle
2.624 of 5 stars
$44.41
-1.9%
$41.00
-7.7%
+23.3%$2.27B$1.23B11.428,000
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.4798 of 5 stars
$9.71
-0.4%
$14.70
+51.4%
-50.5%$1.68B$5.33B9.9144,000
GES
Guess?
1.8396 of 5 stars
$11.88
-0.7%
$12.50
+5.2%
-40.6%$618.00M$3.00B-49.5013,000
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.6715 of 5 stars
$18.79
-3.4%
$51.00
+171.4%
-47.8%$513.72M$1.20B7.865,500Dividend Announcement
CAL
Caleres
3.6862 of 5 stars
$12.55
-0.3%
$14.00
+11.6%
-62.6%$424.09M$2.72B5.239,400
CTRN
Citi Trends
0.7402 of 5 stars
$29.96
+2.5%
$32.50
+8.5%
+56.2%$248.37M$753.08M-6.424,600
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.8498 of 5 stars
$12.74
+1.6%
$25.00
+96.2%
-33.8%$226.39M$889.20M1,275.288,700
GCO
Genesco
3.5898 of 5 stars
$20.98
-6.0%
$24.50
+16.8%
-19.9%$226.16M$2.33B-13.4518,000

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This page (NYSE:ANF) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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