Abercrombie & Fitch vs Ross Stores
ANF and ROST 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 ROST compare
Ross Stores is the larger company, worth 10 times as much as Abercrombie & Fitch ($72.9B against $7.0B).
On earnings, Abercrombie & Fitch is cheaper: it trades at 14.1× trailing earnings, against 27.6× for Ross Stores.
Ross Stores grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (14.0% versus 4.7% for Abercrombie & Fitch).
Ross Stores keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.8% compared with 10.0% at Abercrombie & Fitch.
Ross Stores pays a dividend yielding 0.76%; Abercrombie & Fitch does not pay one.
Ross Stores scores higher on the StockData Score (18 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 | ROST |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.0B | $72.9B |
| Share price | $164.44 | $228.28 |
| Change, 1 year | 124% | 44.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 256% | 90.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.31 | 0.90 |
| Employees | 43K | 111K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 | 18 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 4 | 4 |
| Performance score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 14.1× (better) | 27.6× |
| P/S | 1.3× (better) | 3.0× |
| P/B | 5.2× (better) | 10.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.1× (better) | 17.8× |
| P/FCF | 12.3× (better) | 26.1× |
| PEG | 0.03 (better) | 1.88 |
| FCF yield | 8.1% (better) | 3.8% |
| Fair value | $138.87 | $120.77 |
| Margin of safety | −18.4% (better) | −89.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.7% | 14.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 11.0% | 12.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −0.93% | 28.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 10.5% | 31.3% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 94.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 63.7% (better) | 29.7% |
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 13.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 10.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 10.6% | 11.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | 40.5% | 42.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 74.8% (better) | 74.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.15 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −0.84 |
| Current ratio | 1.41 | 1.61 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 5.72 | 7.66 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.76% |
| Payout ratio | – | 20.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 5 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 41.6% |
| Buyback yield | 7.0% (better) | 1.6% |
| Shareholder yield | 7.0% (better) | 2.4% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 113% | 94.0% |
| Held by insiders | 2.2% | 2.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$50.3M | −$23.0M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 10.7% | 3.3% |
Go deeper
- ANF stock overview
- ANF income statement
- ANF valuation and score
- ROST stock overview
- ROST income statement
- ROST valuation and score
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