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Abercrombie & Fitch Company (ANF) vs The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX)

Abercrombie & Fitch Company and The TJX Companies, Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. The TJX Companies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $159.0B against $6.5B — 24.7× the size. Abercrombie & Fitch Company trades at the lower P/E: 12.9× against 27.2×. The TJX Companies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.66% against 4.73%. Abercrombie & Fitch Company has the higher net margin (10.0% vs 9.73%) and the lower return on invested capital (62.6% vs 65.8%). Across the 22 metrics below, Abercrombie & Fitch Company leads on 15 and The TJX Companies, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric ANF TJX Apparel Retail median
P/E 12.91 27.23 13.40
P/S 1.26 2.61 0.31
P/B 4.90 15.27 1.73
Price to free cash flow 11.84 27.68 12.11
EV/EBITDA 7.10 16.87 7.58
EV/Sales 1.22 2.56 0.51
Earnings yield 7.75% 3.67% 5.50%
Free cash flow yield 8.44% 3.61% 3.85%

Profitability

Metric ANF TJX Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 63.67% 32.00% 41.90%
Operating margin 13.71% 12.69% 2.50%
Net margin 10.04% 9.73% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 10.61% 9.42% 2.86%
Return on equity 40.05% 62.17% 7.71%
Return on assets 15.54% 17.33% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 62.57% 65.80% 6.41%

Growth

Metric ANF TJX Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.73% 7.66% 4.17%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2.15%) 14.32% 5.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.24% 13.44% 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.02% 127.58% 0.00%

Health

Metric ANF TJX Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.27 0.01
Current ratio 1.41 1.15 1.53
Net debt to EBITDA (0.90) (0.39) (0.38)

Dividend

Metric ANF TJX Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield — 1.23% 1.80%
Payout ratio — 0.33 0.21

Size

Metric ANF TJX Apparel Retail median
Market cap 6.45b 159.03b 371.52m

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