A look at Abercrombie & Fitch Co.’s (ANF) recent performance gives investors their first glimpse of hope.

On Monday, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) opened lower -1.01% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $152.59. Price fluctuations for ANF have ranged from $38.53 to $196.99 over the past 52 weeks.

Consumer Cyclical Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 4.27% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 54.24% at the time writing. With a float of $50.12 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $50.50 million.

The firm has a total of 31700 workers. Let’s measure their productivity.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) Insider Activity

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Apparel Retail industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is 1.93%, while institutional ownership is 104.08%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jun 06 ’24, was worth 223,093. In this transaction Director of this company sold 1,300 shares at a rate of $171.61, taking the stock ownership to the 5,880 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jun 04 ’24, when Company’s Director sold 7,700 for $173.66, making the entire transaction worth $1,337,182. This insider now owns 19,855 shares in total.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 54.24% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 18.00% during the next five years compared to 41.99% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.15. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.73. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 12.90.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 8.04, a number that is poised to hit 2.17 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 10.06 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Abercrombie & Fitch Co., ANF], we can find that recorded value of 1.36 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 1.67 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 21.15%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 7.43.

During the past 100 days, Abercrombie & Fitch Co.’s (ANF) raw stochastic average was set at 48.07%, which indicates a significant increase from 12.84% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 43.92% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 60.13% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $168.58, while its 200-day Moving Average is $117.57. Now, the first resistance to watch is $154.02. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $156.99. The third major resistance level sits at $158.85. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $149.19, it is likely to go to the next support level at $147.33. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $144.36.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Key Stats

There are currently 51,105K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 7.72 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 4,281 M according to its annual income of 328,120 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 1,021 M and its income totaled 113,850 K.