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Abercrombie & Fitch Company (ANF) vs The Gap, Inc. (GAP)

Abercrombie & Fitch Company and The Gap, Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. The Gap, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $8.2B against $6.5B — 1.3× the size. The Gap, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 6.8× against 12.9×. Abercrombie & Fitch Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.73% against 1.05%. Abercrombie & Fitch Company has the higher net margin (10.0% vs 8.14%) and the higher return on invested capital (62.6% vs 35.6%). Across the 22 metrics below, Abercrombie & Fitch Company leads on 12 and The Gap, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric ANF GAP Apparel Retail median
P/E 12.91 6.76 13.40
P/S 1.26 0.54 0.31
P/B 4.90 2.08 1.73
Price to free cash flow 11.84 8.58 12.11
EV/EBITDA 7.10 3.57 7.58
EV/Sales 1.22 0.51 0.51
Earnings yield 7.75% 14.79% 5.50%
Free cash flow yield 8.44% 11.66% 3.85%

Profitability

Metric ANF GAP Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 63.67% 43.26% 41.90%
Operating margin 13.71% 10.99% 2.50%
Net margin 10.04% 8.14% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 10.61% 6.24% 2.86%
Return on equity 40.05% 33.78% 7.71%
Return on assets 15.54% 9.98% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 62.57% 35.57% 6.41%

Growth

Metric ANF GAP Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.73% 1.05% 4.17%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2.15%) (3.18%) 5.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.24% 2.17% 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.02% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ANF GAP Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.38 0.01
Current ratio 1.41 1.82 1.53
Net debt to EBITDA (0.90) (0.94) (0.38)

Dividend

Metric ANF GAP Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield — 2.98% 1.80%
Payout ratio — 0.21 0.21

Size

Metric ANF GAP Apparel Retail median
Market cap 6.45b 8.24b 371.52m

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