ANF Consumer Cyclical

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

$157.51-4.06%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 6, 2026

Basics

Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Apparel Retail
Country: United States
Market cap: 6.7B USD
Enterprise value: 7.3B USD
Full-time employees: 6,600

Overall health

Strength: its shares are priced lower than most peers relative to what it earnspriced lower than peers for its earnings
Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.01 vs a peer median of 0.63) and more debt relative to equity (0.94× vs a peer median of 0.46×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.01 vs peers 0.63) and more debt vs equity (0.94× vs peers 0.46×)

Ranks #313 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (top 21%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Profit recovered from an unusually weak FY Jan 2023. Since FY Jan 2023 (an unusually weak year for operating profit): revenue +42%, operating profit +655%.Since FY Jan 2023: revenue +42%, operating profit +655%.
Since FY Jan 2023, Abercrombie & Fitch's revenue grew 42% while operating profit grew 655%: each extra dollar of sales is adding more profit.
Profit is backed by cash. Free cash flow is 106% of reported profit.
Abercrombie & Fitch's free cash flow is 106% of its reported profit, so its earnings are turning into cash it can reinvest, pay out or use to reduce debt.
Wide margins. Operating margin 14% (12 months to Aug 2026) vs a peer median of 6.4%.Operating margin 14% vs peers 6.4%.
Abercrombie & Fitch keeps 14% of revenue as operating profit, more than 80% of peers (median 6.4%).

StockQuotient Score

65/ 100

Oct 5 67 → Nov 4 65 (-2)

Valuation

Is the price right?

70/100

Moderate▲ 2 since Oct 27 close

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▲ Stronger

Share count down 4.5%

Valuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 68 → 70

Share price -4.8%+3
Peer companies moved-1

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ Earnings yield
▲ EBITDA yield
▲ FCF yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield8.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Aug 2026Reported value30% base weight · Z-score 1.10Sector median: 0.0439 · MAD: 0.0329

EBITDA yield12.5%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC enterprise value unavailable (debt or EBITDA not reported in standard form) · trailing 12 monthsReported value50% base weight · Z-score 0.80Sector median: 0.0877 · MAD: 0.0461

Free cash flow yield8.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Aug 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score 0.43Sector median: 0.0614 · MAD: 0.0545

Other data (not scored)

Book yield20.3%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5650 · MAD: 0.3500

Growth

Is it growing?

64/100

Moderate

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ 3-yr revenue

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growth12.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Aug 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.31Sector median: 0.0420 · MAD: 0.2537

3-year revenue growth11.5%

SEC filings · 3 years to Aug 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.14Sector median: 0.0425 · MAD: 0.0636

Revenue growth4.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Aug 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.15Sector median: 0.0373 · MAD: 0.0653

Profitability

Does it earn well?

98/100

Strong

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ ROA
▲ ROIC
▲ Operating margin

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin13.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Aug 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.59Sector median: 0.0638 · MAD: 0.0461

Return on assets14.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Aug 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score 4.06Sector median: 0.0331 · MAD: 0.0254

Return on invested capital79.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Aug 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score 6.21Sector median: 0.0733 · MAD: 0.0600

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin63.7%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC figure unavailable or out of date · trailing 12 monthsReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3025 · MAD: 0.1399

Return on equity39.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Aug 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentileInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0746 · MAD: 0.0674

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Higher

Higher relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Beta
▼ Debt / equity

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta1.01

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.26Sector median: 0.6345 · MAD: 0.2980

Current ratio1.41×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.13Sector median: 1.4800 · MAD: 0.5570

Debt / equity0.94×

Yahoo Finance fallback · no standard SEC debt tagReported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.34Sector median: 0.4646 · MAD: 0.3556

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Abercrombie & Fitch

Is Abercrombie & Fitch getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Sep 4, 2026) got stronger: share count down 4.5%. Its overall score is unchanged at 65/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Abercrombie & Fitch valued vs its peers?: Priced lower than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 70/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Earnings yield 8.0% vs a peer median of 4.4% (stronger than 79% of peers).Earnings yield 8.0% vs peers 4.4% (stronger than 79% of peers).
Is Abercrombie & Fitch growing?: Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 64/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. 3-year revenue growth 11.5% vs a peer median of 4.3% (stronger than 76% of peers).3-year revenue growth 11.5% vs peers 4.3% (stronger than 76% of peers).
How profitable is Abercrombie & Fitch?: More profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 98/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Return on assets 14.9% vs a peer median of 3.3% (stronger than 95% of peers).Return on assets 14.9% vs peers 3.3% (stronger than 95% of peers).
How risky is Abercrombie & Fitch?: Higher risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 1.01 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 74% of peers).Beta 1.01 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 74% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Aug 1, 2026 · filed Sep 4, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended May 2, 2026

Got stronger

Share count down 4.5%

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	5.3B USD	5.3B USD	+1.1%
Net income (12 months)	493.6M USD	536.0M USD	+8.6%
Operating margin	13.0%	13.7%	+0.7 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	416.0M USD	566.5M USD	+36.2%
Cash	594.1M USD	627.7M USD	+5.7%
Shares outstanding	44.4M	42.4M	−4.5%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Consumer Cyclical · 182 companies

Valuations in Consumer Cyclical are within their usual range since 2016.

36% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
15% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +0% and earnings +10% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −55% vs the whole market, against a usual −41%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Consumer Cyclical: too few Apparel Retail companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY Jan 2022	FY Jan 2023	FY Jan 2024	FY Jan 2025	FY Jan 2026	Change
Gross margin	62.3%	56.9%	62.9%	—	—	—
Operating margin	9.2%	2.5%	11.3%	15.0%	13.3%	▼ 1.7 pts
Net margin	7.1%	0.1%	7.7%	11.4%	9.6%	▼ 1.8 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	8.9%	0.1%	11.0%	17.2%	14.3%	▼ 2.8 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	31.8%	0.4%	31.7%	42.4%	36.1%	▼ 6.3 pts
Free cash flow margin	4.9%	-4.5%	11.6%	10.7%	7.2%	▼ 3.5 pts
Current ratio	1.49×	1.36×	1.59×	1.48×	1.49×	▲ 0.5%
Quick ratio	0.97×	0.80×	1.10×	0.97×	0.95×	▼ 2.7%
Debt to equity	0.37×	0.43×	0.21×	0.00×	—	—
Interest coverage	9.04×	3.06×	15.97×	61.34×	294.38×	▲ 380%

ANF price history

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Strength: its shares are priced lower than most peers relative to what it earnspriced lower than peers for its earnings

Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.01 vs a peer median of 0.63) and more debt relative to equity (0.94× vs a peer median of 0.46×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.01 vs peers 0.63) and more debt vs equity (0.94× vs peers 0.46×)

Ranks #313 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (top 21%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Profit recovered from an unusually weak FY Jan 2023. Since FY Jan 2023 (an unusually weak year for operating profit): revenue +42%, operating profit +655%.Since FY Jan 2023: revenue +42%, operating profit +655%.

Since FY Jan 2023, Abercrombie & Fitch's revenue grew 42% while operating profit grew 655%: each extra dollar of sales is adding more profit.

Profit is backed by cash. Free cash flow is 106% of reported profit.

Abercrombie & Fitch's free cash flow is 106% of its reported profit, so its earnings are turning into cash it can reinvest, pay out or use to reduce debt.

Wide margins. Operating margin 14% (12 months to Aug 2026) vs a peer median of 6.4%.Operating margin 14% vs peers 6.4%.

Abercrombie & Fitch keeps 14% of revenue as operating profit, more than 80% of peers (median 6.4%).

Questions investors ask about Abercrombie & Fitch

Is Abercrombie & Fitch getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Sep 4, 2026) got stronger: share count down 4.5%. Its overall score is unchanged at 65/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Abercrombie & Fitch valued vs its peers?

Priced lower than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 70/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Earnings yield 8.0% vs a peer median of 4.4% (stronger than 79% of peers).Earnings yield 8.0% vs peers 4.4% (stronger than 79% of peers).

Is Abercrombie & Fitch growing?

Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 64/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. 3-year revenue growth 11.5% vs a peer median of 4.3% (stronger than 76% of peers).3-year revenue growth 11.5% vs peers 4.3% (stronger than 76% of peers).

How profitable is Abercrombie & Fitch?

More profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 98/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Return on assets 14.9% vs a peer median of 3.3% (stronger than 95% of peers).Return on assets 14.9% vs peers 3.3% (stronger than 95% of peers).

How risky is Abercrombie & Fitch?

Higher risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 1.01 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 74% of peers).Beta 1.01 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 74% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

5.3B USD

5.3B USD

+1.1%

Net income (12 months)

493.6M USD

536.0M USD

+8.6%

Operating margin

13.0%

13.7%

+0.7 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

416.0M USD

566.5M USD

+36.2%

Cash

594.1M USD

627.7M USD

+5.7%

Shares outstanding

44.4M

42.4M

−4.5%

Key ratios

FY Jan 2022

FY Jan 2023

FY Jan 2024

FY Jan 2025

FY Jan 2026

Change

Gross margin

62.3%

56.9%

62.9%

—

Operating margin

9.2%

2.5%

11.3%

15.0%

13.3%

▼ 1.7 pts

Net margin

7.1%

0.1%

7.7%

11.4%

9.6%

▼ 1.8 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

8.9%

0.1%

11.0%

17.2%

14.3%

▼ 2.8 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

31.8%

0.4%

31.7%

42.4%

36.1%

▼ 6.3 pts

Free cash flow margin

4.9%

-4.5%

11.6%

10.7%

7.2%

▼ 3.5 pts

Current ratio

1.49×

1.36×

1.59×

1.48×

1.49×

▲ 0.5%

Quick ratio

0.97×

0.80×

1.10×

0.97×

0.95×

▼ 2.7%

Debt to equity

0.37×

0.43×

0.21×

0.00×

—

Interest coverage

9.04×

3.06×

15.97×

61.34×

294.38×

▲ 380%