Abercrombie & Fitch Co (NYSE: ANF) is -45.15% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $65.40 and a high of $194.38 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 $82.99 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.01%.
Currently trading at $81.98, the stock is 3.85% and 9.09% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.79 million and changing -1.22% at the moment leaves the stock -30.03% off its SMA200. ANF registered -52.53% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -49.24%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $75.1472 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $117.16345.
The stock witnessed a 11.86% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 4.87%, and is 4.65% up 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 3.19% over the week and 5.01% over the month.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF) has around 39200 employees, a market worth around $3.91B and $5.03B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 8.07 and Fwd P/E is 7.67. Profit margin for the company is 10.60%. Distance from 52-week low is 25.35% and -57.82% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (26.65%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -3.89% this year.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF) Top Institutional Holders
563.0 institutions hold shares in Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF), with institutional investors hold 111.88% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 47.64M, and float is at 46.45M with Short Float at 13.78%. Institutions hold 109.32% 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 15.8292% 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 12.0188 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 6.09 million shares representing 11.8792% and valued at over $1.08 billion, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 4.2438 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).
