ANF vs. BKE, PLCE, URBN, AEO, GPS, DXLG, JWN, FVRR, TA, and CARS
Should you be buying Abercrombie & Fitch stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abercrombie & Fitch include Buckle (BKE), Children's Place (PLCE), Urban Outfitters (URBN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), GAP (GPS), Destination XL Group (DXLG), Nordstrom (JWN), Fiverr International (FVRR), TravelCenters of America (TA), and Cars.com (CARS). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Abercrombie & Fitch vs.
Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) and Buckle (NYSE:BKE) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
51.0% of Buckle shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.2% of Buckle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Buckle has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Abercrombie & Fitch presently has a consensus price target of $28.14, indicating a potential upside of 11.19%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than Buckle.
In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 9 more articles in the media than Buckle. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 4 mentions for Buckle. Buckle's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Abercrombie & Fitch's score of 0.30 indicating that Buckle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Buckle has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Abercrombie & Fitch. Buckle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Abercrombie & Fitch, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Buckle has a net margin of 18.93% compared to Abercrombie & Fitch's net margin of 0.08%. Buckle's return on equity of 65.52% beat Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity.
Abercrombie & Fitch received 816 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.15% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave Buckle an outperform vote.
Summary
Buckle beats Abercrombie & Fitch on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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