ANF vs. GPS, AEO, URBN, FL, BKE, GES, CAL, SCVL, DBI, and ZUMZ
Should you be buying Abercrombie & Fitch stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abercrombie & Fitch include GAP (GPS), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Foot Locker (FL), Buckle (BKE), Guess? (GES), Caleres (CAL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Designer Brands (DBI), and Zumiez (ZUMZ). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
GAP (NYSE:GPS) 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 dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 8 more articles in the media than GAP. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 10 mentions for GAP. GAP's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Abercrombie & Fitch's score of 0.62 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Abercrombie & Fitch received 20 more outperform votes than GAP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.65% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 51.92% of users gave GAP an outperform vote.
GAP has higher revenue and earnings than Abercrombie & Fitch. GAP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Abercrombie & Fitch, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GAP has a beta of 2.35, suggesting that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 9.53% compared to Abercrombie & Fitch's net margin of 4.52%. GAP's return on equity of 44.83% beat Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity.
GAP presently has a consensus price target of $25.86, suggesting a potential downside of 0.25%. Abercrombie & Fitch has a consensus price target of $174.14, suggesting a potential downside of 4.78%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe GAP is more favorable than Abercrombie & Fitch.
58.8% of GAP shares are held by institutional investors. 31.0% of GAP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Abercrombie & Fitch beats GAP on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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