ANF vs. AEO, GPS, URBN, BKE, JWN, BECN, W, NSIT, SFM, and AN
Should you be buying Abercrombie & Fitch stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abercrombie & Fitch include American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), GAP (GPS), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Buckle (BKE), Nordstrom (JWN), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Wayfair (W), Insight Enterprises (NSIT), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), and AutoNation (AN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) and Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 7.67% compared to Abercrombie & Fitch's net margin of 3.23%. American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity of 38.80% beat Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity.
American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Abercrombie & Fitch received 62 more outperform votes than American Eagle Outfitters when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.36% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 59.77% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote.
Abercrombie & Fitch has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Eagle Outfitters. Abercrombie & Fitch is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Eagle Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 1 more articles in the media than American Eagle Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 8 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters. American Eagle Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Abercrombie & Fitch's score of 0.59 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Eagle Outfitters currently has a consensus target price of $22.18, suggesting a potential downside of 9.92%. Abercrombie & Fitch has a consensus target price of $124.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.20%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.
Summary
Abercrombie & Fitch beats American Eagle Outfitters on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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