Foot Locker (FL) Competitors

Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) and Foot Locker (NYSE:FL) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend ANF or FL?

Abercrombie & Fitch presently has a consensus price target of $115.50, suggesting a potential upside of 50.70%. Foot Locker has a consensus price target of $21.19, suggesting a potential downside of 12.23%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than Foot Locker.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Abercrombie & Fitch	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Foot Locker	2 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ANF or FL?

Abercrombie & Fitch has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Foot Locker. Abercrombie & Fitch is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foot Locker, 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
Abercrombie & Fitch	$4.95B	0.74	$328.12M	$10.71	7.16
Foot Locker	$7.99B	0.29	-$330M	$0.13	185.69

Is ANF or FL more profitable?

Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 11.16% compared to Foot Locker's net margin of -5.24%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 46.50% beat Foot Locker's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Abercrombie & Fitch	11.16%	46.50%	17.53%
Foot Locker	-5.24%	2.91%	1.22%

Which has more risk and volatility, ANF or FL?

Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foot Locker has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ANF or FL a better dividend stock?

Abercrombie & Fitch pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Foot Locker pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Abercrombie & Fitch pays out 7.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Foot Locker pays out 1,230.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor ANF or FL?

In the previous week, Foot Locker had 55 more articles in the media than Abercrombie & Fitch. MarketBeat recorded 71 mentions for Foot Locker and 16 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Foot Locker's score of 0.58 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Abercrombie & Fitch	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Foot Locker	28 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ANF or FL?

Foot Locker received 260 more outperform votes than Abercrombie & Fitch when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.52% of users gave Foot Locker an outperform vote while only 59.74% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Abercrombie & Fitch	Outperform Votes 1233 59.74%	Underperform Votes 831 40.26%
Foot Locker	Outperform Votes 1493 68.52%	Underperform Votes 686 31.48%

Summary

Abercrombie & Fitch beats Foot Locker on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.