Abercrombie & Fitch vs Buckle
ANF and BKE side by side, both in family clothing stores. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ANF and BKE compare
Abercrombie & Fitch is the larger company, worth 2.9 times as much as Buckle ($7.0B against $2.4B).
On earnings, Buckle is cheaper: it trades at 10.7× trailing earnings, against 14.1× for Abercrombie & Fitch.
Buckle grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.2% versus 4.7% for Abercrombie & Fitch).
Buckle keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.6% compared with 10.0% at Abercrombie & Fitch.
Buckle pays a dividend yielding 9.5%; Abercrombie & Fitch does not pay one.
Buckle scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 14 for Abercrombie & Fitch), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ANF | BKE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.0B | $2.4B |
| Share price | $164.44 | $46.38 |
| Change, 1 year | 124% | −14.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 256% | −4.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.31 | 0.86 |
| Employees | 43K | 8,000 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 14.1× | 10.7× (better) |
| P/S | 1.3× (better) | 1.8× |
| P/B | 5.2× | 4.9× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.1× (better) | 7.6× |
| P/FCF | 12.3× (better) | 12.5× |
| PEG | 0.03 | – |
| FCF yield | 8.1% (better) | 8.0% |
| Fair value | $138.87 | $44.54 |
| Margin of safety | −18.4% | −4.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.7% | 6.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 11.0% (better) | 7.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −0.93% | 9.6% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 10.5% (better) | 8.5% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 9.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 63.7% (better) | 49.0% |
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 20.8% (better) |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 16.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 10.6% | 14.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | 40.5% | 45.8% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 74.8% | 117% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.41 | 2.08 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 5.72 (better) | 5.02 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 9.5% |
| Payout ratio | – | 102% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 1 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 11.1% |
| Buyback yield | 7.0% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 7.0% | 9.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 113% | 61.1% |
| Held by insiders | 2.2% | 7.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$50.3M | −$6.6M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 10.7% | 7.8% |
Go deeper
- ANF stock overview
- ANF income statement
- ANF valuation and score
- BKE stock overview
- BKE income statement
- BKE valuation and score
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