Abercrombie & Fitch Co (NYSE: ANF) is -12.10% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $95.51 and a high of $196.99 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The ANF stock was last observed hovering at around $135.72 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -4.33%.
Currently trading at $131.39, the stock is -12.80% and -10.34% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.4 million and changing -3.19% at the moment leaves the stock -11.06% off its SMA200. ANF registered 33.49% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -21.48%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $146.6532 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $147.6751.
The stock witnessed a -4.24% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.26%, and is -15.89% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 8.32% over the week and 5.87% over the month.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF) has around 31700 employees, a market worth around $6.62B and $4.82B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 13.01 and Fwd P/E is 11.48. Profit margin for the company is 11.16%. Distance from 52-week low is 37.57% and -33.30% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (27.12%).
with sales reaching $1.57B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 69.62% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 15.15% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 7.81% in year-over-year returns.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF) Top Institutional Holders
617.0 institutions hold shares in Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF), with institutional investors hold 105.33% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 50.37M, and float is at 49.50M with Short Float at 8.75%. Institutions hold 103.31% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 8.11 million shares valued at $1.44 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 15.939% of the ANF Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 6.16 million shares valued at $1.1 billion to account for 12.1021 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 6.09 million shares representing 11.9616% and valued at over $1.08 billion, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 4.2733 of the shares totaling 2.17 million with a market value of $386.74 million.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Coulter Suzanne M, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Coulter Suzanne M sold 2,870 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 04 ’24 at a price of $160.00 per share for a total of $0.46 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 6405.0 shares.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 02 ’24 that Coulter Suzanne M (Director) sold a total of 6,800 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 02 ’24 and was made at $161.80 per share for $1.1 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 9275.0 shares of the ANF stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 02 ’24, HENCHEL GREGORY J (SVP, Gen Cnsl & Secy) disposed off 10,000 shares at an average price of $150.33 for $1.5 million. The insider now directly holds 30,347 shares of Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF).
