Abercrombie & Fitch Company (ANF) vs Buckle, Inc. (The) (BKE)

Abercrombie & Fitch Company and Buckle, Inc. (The) are both Apparel Retail companies. Abercrombie & Fitch Company is the larger, with a market value of $5.7B against $2.1B — 2.6× the size. Buckle, Inc. (The) trades at the lower P/E: 9.7× against 11.4×. Buckle, Inc. (The) grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.22% against 4.73%. Buckle, Inc. (The) has the higher net margin (16.6% vs 10.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (85.7% vs 62.6%). Both pay a dividend; Buckle, Inc. (The) yields more (8.57% vs 6.90%). Across the 22 metrics below, Buckle, Inc. (The) leads on 15 and Abercrombie & Fitch Company on 7.

Valuation

Metric ANF BKE Apparel Retail median
P/E 11.41 9.65 12.56
P/S 1.11 1.61 0.35
P/B 4.33 4.38 1.57
Price to free cash flow 10.46 10.86 11.15
EV/EBITDA 6.23 5.77 7.42
EV/Sales 1.07 1.39 0.51
Earnings yield 8.77% 10.36% 5.76%
Free cash flow yield 9.56% 9.21% 4.34%

Profitability

Metric ANF BKE Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 63.67% 48.95% 41.90%
Operating margin 13.71% 20.84% 2.50%
Net margin 10.04% 16.62% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 10.61% 14.83% 2.86%
Return on equity 40.05% 45.76% 7.71%
Return on assets 15.54% 20.80% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 62.57% 85.74% 6.41%

Growth

Metric ANF BKE Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.73% 6.22% 4.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2.15%) 6.43% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.24% 7.57% 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.02% 10.02% 0.00%

Health

Metric ANF BKE Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 1.41 2.08 1.54
Net debt to EBITDA (0.90) (0.90) (0.29)

Dividend

Metric ANF BKE Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield 6.90% 8.57% 2.94%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.29 0.00

Size

Metric ANF BKE Apparel Retail median
Market cap 5.65b 2.14b 358.41m

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