A new trading day began on Friday, with Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) stock price down -0.78% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $142.64. ANF’s price has ranged from $57.78 to $196.99 over the past 52 weeks.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Consumer Cyclical sector was 4.27%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 64.94%. With a float of $50.12 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $50.50 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 31700 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 63.76%, operating margin of 14.28%, and the pretax margin is 14.59%.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Apparel Retail Industry. The insider ownership of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is 1.87%, while institutional ownership is 101.88%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 06 ’24, was worth 2,501,264. In this transaction EVP;Chief Digital&Tech Officer of this company sold 19,041 shares at a rate of $131.36, taking the stock ownership to the 27,985 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 06 ’24, when Company’s Director sold 4,292 for $132.52, making the entire transaction worth $568,789. This insider now owns 19,800 shares in total.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) Recent Fiscal highlights
In its latest quarterly report, released on 7/31/2024, the company reported earnings of 1.83 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.36 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 64.94% 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
Here are Abercrombie & Fitch Co.’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.93. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.55. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 13.27.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 9.43, a number that is poised to hit 2.37 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 10.67 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 1.7 million, its volume of 1.36 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 9.80%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 6.67.
During the past 100 days, Abercrombie & Fitch Co.’s (ANF) raw stochastic average was set at 27.57%, which indicates a significant increase from 11.52% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 45.65% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 58.08% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $146.53, while its 200-day Moving Average is $139.93. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $143.38 in the near term. At $145.22, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $147.04. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $139.72, it is likely to go to the next support level at $137.90. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $136.06.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 7.23 billion, the company has a total of 51,105K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 4,281 M while annual income is 328,120 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 1,134 M while its latest quarter income was 133,170 K.
