Abercrombie & Fitch vs Victoria's Secret
ANF and VSXY side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ANF and VSXY compare
Abercrombie & Fitch and Victoria's Secret are about the same size, with market caps of $7.0B and $7.7B.
On earnings, Abercrombie & Fitch is cheaper: it trades at 14.1× trailing earnings, against 22.6× for Victoria's Secret.
Victoria's Secret grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.3% versus 4.7% for Abercrombie & Fitch).
Abercrombie & Fitch keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.0% compared with 5.5% at Victoria's Secret.
Abercrombie & Fitch scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 12 for Victoria's Secret), 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 | VSXY |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.0B | $7.7B |
| Share price | $164.44 | $96.62 |
| Change, 1 year | 124% | 167% |
| Change, 5 years | 256% | 88.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.31 | 1.62 |
| Employees | 43K | 33K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 (better) | 12 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Performance score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 14.1× (better) | 22.6× |
| P/S | 1.3× | 1.1× (better) |
| P/B | 5.2× (better) | 7.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.1× (better) | 10.8× |
| P/FCF | 12.3× (better) | 13.9× |
| PEG | 0.03 | – |
| FCF yield | 8.1% (better) | 7.2% |
| Fair value | $138.87 | $53.62 |
| Margin of safety | −18.4% (better) | −80.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.7% | 10.3% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 11.0% (better) | 3.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −0.93% | 150% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 10.5% | 166% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 63.7% (better) | 39.6% |
| Operating margin | 13.7% (better) | 7.9% |
| Net margin | 10.0% (better) | 5.5% |
| FCF margin | 10.6% (better) | 8.0% |
| Return on equity | 40.5% | 45.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 74.8% (better) | 28.7% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.98 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 0.60 |
| Interest coverage | – | 8.4× |
| Current ratio | 1.41 (better) | 1.36 |
| Altman Z-score | 5.72 (better) | 3.11 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 7.0% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 7.0% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 113% | 107% |
| Held by insiders | 2.2% | 11.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$50.3M (better) | −$212M |
| Short interest, % of float | 10.7% | 14.4% |
Go deeper
- ANF stock overview
- ANF income statement
- ANF valuation and score
- VSXY stock overview
- VSXY income statement
- VSXY valuation and score
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