Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Retail
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. ANF
$135.91 -0.33% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $6.04B
High qualityStrong trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 24, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +34.1%).
- The diluted share count fell 9.3% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 60 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 47%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 40%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 27%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 15%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 40%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 11%
- Gross marginTop 9%
- Operating marginTop 23%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 39%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 21%
- Interest coverTop 3%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 15%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 29%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 16%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 50%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 48%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 10%
- 6-month returnTop 11%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 9%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 16%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 20%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 26%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 3%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 23%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 26%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 31%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 21%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 5.1% | 4.7% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 2.6% | 10.5% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 62.7% | 62.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 14.6% | 13.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 6.8% | 10.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.7% | 5.1% | ↓ | Top 47% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 10.5% | 2.6% | ↑ | Top 40% |
| Gross margin | 62.9% | 62.7% | ↑ | Top 9% |
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 14.6% | ↓ | Top 23% |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 10.6% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.6% | 6.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 19.0% | — | Top 11% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 12.5% | — | Top 15% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.53×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +4.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.75×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 346.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 8.06%
- Shareholder yield
- 8.06%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -9.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -5.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +34.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +9.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $157.30
- Target vs current price
- +15.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 56
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 34%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | +109.5% | +35.7% | +29.2% | +21.4% | — |
| May 27, 2026 | +14.8% | +8.9% | +2.2% | +18.8% | +40.4% |
| Mar 4, 2026 | +3.4% | -3.6% | -12.5% | -7.9% | -17.2% |
| Nov 25, 2025 | +8.8% | +37.5% | +52.6% | +88.7% | +41.2% |
| Aug 27, 2025 | +2.2% | -1.4% | -4.4% | -7.9% | -28.0% |
| May 28, 2025 | +16.9% | +14.7% | -0.4% | +3.0% | +20.4% |
| Mar 5, 2025 | +2.6% | -9.2% | -18.1% | -18.0% | -13.6% |
| Nov 26, 2024 | +5.5% | -5.1% | +0.3% | -1.6% | -34.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | $4.17 | $1.99 | +109.5% | $1.27B |
| May 27, 2026 | $1.47 | $1.28 | +14.8% | $1.11B |
| Mar 4, 2026 | $3.68 | $3.56 | +3.4% | $1.67B |
| Nov 25, 2025 | $2.36 | $2.17 | +8.8% | $1.29B |
| Aug 27, 2025 | $2.32 | $2.27 | +2.2% | $1.21B |
| May 28, 2025 | $1.59 | $1.36 | +16.9% | $1.10B |
| Mar 5, 2025 | $3.57 | $3.48 | +2.6% | $1.58B |
| Nov 26, 2024 | $2.50 | $2.37 | +5.5% | $1.21B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 11.6× | 12.8× | 48th | Top 15% |
| P/E (forward) | 10.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.6× | — | — | Top 16% |
| EV / Sales | 1.25× | — | — | Bottom 50% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.38% | — | — | Top 29% |
| Earnings yield | 8.59% | — | — | Top 15% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.1× – 455.7× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +57.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +10.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +42.0%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 80
- Days above the 200-day average
- 60
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +17.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +8.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +34.0%
- RSI (14)
- 53.4
- Relative volume
- 0.79×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 78.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 89th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.22
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.30
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -10.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -65.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2021 | Aug 31, 2022 | -69.9% | 196 days | 245 days (Aug 23, 2023) |
| Jun 12, 2024 | Nov 24, 2025 | -65.9% | 364 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 30, 2021 | Sep 8, 2021 | -27.0% | 48 days | 41 days (Nov 4, 2021) |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Apr 18, 2024 | -21.9% | 31 days | 22 days (May 20, 2024) |
| Nov 24, 2020 | Dec 22, 2020 | -16.9% | 19 days | 12 days (Jan 11, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $6.04B
- P/E (TTM)
- 11.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $11.68
- Revenue (TTM)
- $5.34B
- 52-week range
- $65.45 – $155.22
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.71B | $3.70B | $4.28B | $4.95B | $5.27B |
| Gross profit | $2.31B | $2.10B | $2.69B | $3.17B | $3.24B |
| Operating income | $343.1M | $92.6M | $484.7M | $740.8M | $699.1M |
| Net income | $263.0M | $2.8M | $328.1M | $566.2M | $506.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.20 | $0.05 | $6.22 | $10.69 | $10.46 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.21B | $1.58B | $1.10B | $1.21B | $1.29B | $1.67B | $1.11B | $1.27B |
| Net income | $132.0M | $187.2M | $80.4M | $141.4M | $113.0M | $172.1M | $67.1M | $183.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.50 | $3.57 | $1.59 | $2.91 | $2.36 | $3.68 | $1.47 | $4.17 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $277.8M | -$2.3M | $653.4M | $710.4M | $619.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$97.0M | -$164.6M | -$157.8M | -$182.9M | -$240.8M |
| Free cash flow | $180.8M | -$166.9M | $495.6M | $527.5M | $378.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$377.3M | -$140.2M | -$29.5M | -$300.0M | -$451.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $638.0M
- Total assets
- $3.59B
- Total liabilities
- $2.23B
- Total debt
- $1.29B
- Net debt
- $659.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.35B
As of Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2020 | $0.20 | Mar 16, 2020 |
| Dec 5, 2019 | $0.20 | Dec 16, 2019 |
| Sep 5, 2019 | $0.20 | Sep 16, 2019 |
| Jun 6, 2019 | $0.20 | Jun 17, 2019 |
| Mar 7, 2019 | $0.20 | Mar 18, 2019 |
| Dec 6, 2018 | $0.20 | Dec 17, 2018 |
| Sep 6, 2018 | $0.20 | Sep 17, 2018 |
| Jun 7, 2018 | $0.20 | Jun 18, 2018 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,270,080
- Days to cover
- 3.26
- Change vs previous report
- +26.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 16, 1999
- 2-for-1