Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Competitors

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

Is URBN or ANF more profitable?

Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 11.16% compared to Urban Outfitters' net margin of 6.11%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 46.50% beat Urban Outfitters' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urban Outfitters	6.11%	15.86%	8.25%
Abercrombie & Fitch	11.16%	46.50%	17.53%

Do analysts recommend URBN or ANF?

Urban Outfitters presently has a consensus target price of $55.18, suggesting a potential upside of 5.45%. Abercrombie & Fitch has a consensus target price of $127.25, suggesting a potential upside of 85.39%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
Abercrombie & Fitch	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in URBN or ANF?

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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, URBN or ANF?

Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to URBN or ANF?

In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 1 more articles in the media than Urban Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 11 mentions for Urban Outfitters. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Urban Outfitters' score of 1.04 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Abercrombie & Fitch	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, URBN or ANF?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Urban Outfitters	$5.55B	0.87	$287.67M	$4.27	12.26
Abercrombie & Fitch	$4.95B	0.68	$328.12M	$10.71	6.41

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer URBN or ANF?

Urban Outfitters received 58 more outperform votes than Abercrombie & Fitch when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.73% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 59.35% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Urban Outfitters	Outperform Votes 1289 59.35%	Underperform Votes 883 40.65%
Abercrombie & Fitch	Outperform Votes 1231 59.73%	Underperform Votes 830 40.27%

Summary

Abercrombie & Fitch beats Urban Outfitters on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.