Company Analysis

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF)

NYSE: ANF · Retail-Family Clothing Stores · New Albany, OH · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.9
◀ Past 4.3● Present 6.3▶ Future 6.7

The grade of Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.9/10
◀ Past4.325% of the headline
● Present6.345% of the headline
▶ Future6.730% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.3/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2021-03-03.

weight 45% of this tense · 25th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2021-03-03) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.3% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 8 of 9.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $3.5 billion in fiscal 2018 to $5.3 billion in fiscal 2026, up 5.3% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 14% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 8 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.3%top 35% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 45% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 45% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak13.7%top 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.5% a year. 34% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 29 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 57th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-31, Abercrombie & Fitch Co.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 34% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 29 sales (21 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 25% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.3/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 37%: 37¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 60%: owes 60¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-31, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. earned about 37 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 60 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 8.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 45% of its family
  • return on equitytop 28% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 25% of 10 in its family; net margin 9.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $5.3 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 45% by size; a net margin of 9.8% ranks in the top 15%; revenue growth of 12.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 5% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$5.27Bbottom 45% of its family
  • net margin9.8%top 15% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth12.5%top 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 38% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 38th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Horowitz, Bonadies Fran (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2017-03-17, 9.7 years (bottom 44% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.7 years (bottom 45%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 25%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge9 in three years among 17 peoplebottom 25% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.7 yearsbottom 45% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record9.7 yearsbottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 30% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 70th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $760 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 21.4% of its assets as net cash, top 25% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7.2% of revenue (top 35%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets21.4%top 25% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue7.2%top 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 25% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 12.5% a year over the last three filed years against 5.3% over all 9, speeding up (top 5% of its family); the newest year grew 6.4% (top 45%); capital spending grew 13.5% a year (top 25%) (its annual reports). Abercrombie & Fitch Co. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2026: Hollister at $2.7 billion (52%), Abercrombie at $2.5 billion (48%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+7.2 points a yeartop 5% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.4%top 45% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending13.5%top 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 45% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $5.3 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 7.9% below the $5.7 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 5% of its family); net income of $515 million against a prior three-year average of $307 million (top 25%); a net margin of 9.8% against 6.6% before (top 15%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-7.9%bottom 5% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+68%top 25% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+3.2 pointstop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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