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Abercrombie & Fitch Company (ANF) vs Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL)

Abercrombie & Fitch Company and Burlington Stores, Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Burlington Stores, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $16.8B against $6.5B — 2.6× the size. Abercrombie & Fitch Company trades at the lower P/E: 12.9× against 23.6×. Burlington Stores, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.9% against 4.73%. Abercrombie & Fitch Company has the higher net margin (10.0% vs 5.85%) and the higher return on invested capital (62.6% vs 19.3%). Across the 22 metrics below, Abercrombie & Fitch Company leads on 18 and Burlington Stores, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric ANF BURL Apparel Retail median
P/E 12.91 23.58 13.40
P/S 1.26 1.35 0.31
P/B 4.90 8.25 1.73
Price to free cash flow 11.84 40.07 12.11
EV/EBITDA 7.10 12.28 7.58
EV/Sales 1.22 1.45 0.51
Earnings yield 7.75% 4.24% 5.50%
Free cash flow yield 8.44% 2.50% 3.85%

Profitability

Metric ANF BURL Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 63.67% 44.58% 41.90%
Operating margin 13.71% 8.11% 2.50%
Net margin 10.04% 5.85% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 10.61% 3.37% 2.86%
Return on equity 40.05% 41.41% 7.71%
Return on assets 15.54% 7.38% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 62.57% 19.27% 6.41%

Growth

Metric ANF BURL Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.73% 10.89% 4.17%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2.15%) 21.92% 5.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.24% 14.95% 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.02% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ANF BURL Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.96 0.01
Current ratio 1.41 1.17 1.53
Net debt to EBITDA (0.90) 0.66 (0.38)

Dividend

Metric ANF BURL Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield — — 1.80%
Payout ratio — — 0.21

Size

Metric ANF BURL Apparel Retail median
Market cap 6.45b 16.82b 371.52m

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