Abercrombie & Fitch
ANF · Apparel Retail
$155.82
3.5%Pool
POOL · Distributors
$199.08
0.9%The short version
- Pool is the larger business, with $5.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $5.3B for Abercrombie & Fitch.
- Abercrombie & Fitch grew revenue faster (6.4%, against −0.4%).
- Abercrombie & Fitch kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (13.3% operating margin, against 11.0% operating margin).
- Abercrombie & Fitch turned more of its sales into free cash flow (7.2% FCF margin, against 5.9% FCF margin).
- Abercrombie & Fitch earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (91.0%, against 20.0%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Pool’s earnings: a P/E of 18.3x against 13.4x for Abercrombie & Fitch.
| Latest fiscal year | ANF · FY25 | POOL · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $6.9B | $7.2B |
| Revenue | $5.3B | $5.3B |
| Free cash flow | $378M | $310M |
| Net income | $507M | $406M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 6.4% | −0.4% |
| 5-year growth | 11.0% | 6.1% |
| Share count change | −8.5% | −2.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | 29.7% |
| Operating margin | 13.3% | 11.0% |
| Net margin | 9.6% | 7.7% |
| FCF margin | 7.2% | 5.9% |
| Return on capital | 91.0% | 20.0% |
| Return on equity | 37.0% | 33.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$785M | $1.1B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.9x | 1.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $451M | $531M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 13.4x | 18.3x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 |
FY16
ANF $3.3B
POOL $2.6B
FY17
ANF $3.5B
POOL $2.8B
FY18
ANF $3.6B
POOL $3.0B
FY19
ANF $3.6B
POOL $3.2B
FY20
ANF $3.1B
POOL $3.9B
FY21
ANF $3.7B
POOL $5.3B
FY22
ANF $3.7B
POOL $6.2B
FY23
ANF $4.3B
POOL $5.5B
FY24
ANF $4.9B
POOL $5.3B
FY25
ANF $5.3B
POOL $5.3B
ANF
POOL
FY16
ANF 0.5%
POOL 10.0%
FY17
ANF 2.1%
POOL 10.2%
FY18
ANF 3.6%
POOL 10.5%
FY19
ANF 1.9%
POOL 10.7%
FY20
ANF −0.7%
POOL 11.8%
FY21
ANF 9.2%
POOL 15.7%
FY22
ANF 2.5%
POOL 16.6%
FY23
ANF 11.3%
POOL 13.5%
FY24
ANF 15.0%
POOL 11.6%
FY25
ANF 13.3%
POOL 11.0%
ANF
POOL
FY16
ANF $44.3M
POOL $131M
FY17
ANF $181M
POOL $136M
FY18
ANF $201M
POOL $87.1M
FY19
ANF $97.9M
POOL $265M
FY20
ANF $303M
POOL $376M
FY21
ANF $181M
POOL $276M
FY22
ANF −$167M
POOL $441M
FY23
ANF $496M
POOL $828M
FY24
ANF $527M
POOL $600M
FY25
ANF $378M
POOL $310M
ANF
POOL
FY16
ANF 1.6%
POOL 26.4%
FY17
ANF 4.0%
POOL 30.2%
FY18
ANF 8.1%
POOL 31.6%
FY19
ANF 5.1%
POOL 32.0%
FY20
ANF −3.9%
POOL 39.8%
FY21
ANF —
POOL 40.7%
FY22
ANF 11.5%
POOL 32.5%
FY23
ANF 78.3%
POOL 23.3%
FY24
ANF 132.7%
POOL 21.3%
FY25
ANF 91.0%
POOL 20.0%
ANF
POOL
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