Abercrombie & Fitch
ANF · Apparel Retail
$155.82
3.5%Urban Outfitters
URBN · Apparel Retail
$86.55
2.0%The short version
- Urban Outfitters is the larger business, with $6.2B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $5.3B for Abercrombie & Fitch.
- Urban Outfitters grew revenue faster (11.1%, against 6.4%).
- Abercrombie & Fitch kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (13.3% operating margin, against 9.8% operating margin).
- Abercrombie & Fitch turned more of its sales into free cash flow (7.2% FCF margin, against 5.1% FCF margin).
- Abercrombie & Fitch earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (91.0%, against 23.7%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Urban Outfitters’s earnings: a P/E of 13.5x against 13.4x for Abercrombie & Fitch.
| Latest fiscal year | ANF · FY25 | URBN · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $6.9B | $7.5B |
| Revenue | $5.3B | $6.2B |
| Free cash flow | $378M | $315M |
| Net income | $507M | $465M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 6.4% | 11.1% |
| 5-year growth | 11.0% | 12.3% |
| Share count change | −8.5% | −2.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | 36.0% |
| Operating margin | 13.3% | 9.8% |
| Net margin | 9.6% | 7.5% |
| FCF margin | 7.2% | 5.1% |
| Return on capital | 91.0% | 23.7% |
| Return on equity | 37.0% | 17.6% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$785M | −$696M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.9x | −1.0x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $451M | $154M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 13.4x | 13.5x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 8 |
FY17
ANF $3.5B
URBN $3.5B
FY18
ANF $3.6B
URBN $3.6B
FY19
ANF $3.6B
URBN $4.0B
FY20
ANF $3.1B
URBN $4.0B
FY21
ANF $3.7B
URBN $3.4B
FY22
ANF $3.7B
URBN $4.5B
FY23
ANF $4.3B
URBN $4.8B
FY24
ANF $4.9B
URBN $5.2B
FY25
ANF $5.3B
URBN $5.6B
FY26
ANF —
URBN $6.2B
ANF
URBN
FY17
ANF 2.1%
URBN 9.6%
FY18
ANF 3.6%
URBN 7.2%
FY19
ANF 1.9%
URBN 9.7%
FY20
ANF −0.7%
URBN 5.8%
FY21
ANF 9.2%
URBN 0.1%
FY22
ANF 2.5%
URBN 9.0%
FY23
ANF 11.3%
URBN 4.7%
FY24
ANF 15.0%
URBN 7.2%
FY25
ANF 13.3%
URBN 8.5%
FY26
ANF —
URBN 9.8%
ANF
URBN
FY17
ANF $181M
URBN $272M
FY18
ANF $201M
URBN $219M
FY19
ANF $97.9M
URBN $332M
FY20
ANF $303M
URBN $56.5M
FY21
ANF $181M
URBN $127M
FY22
ANF −$167M
URBN $96.9M
FY23
ANF $496M
URBN −$56.8M
FY24
ANF $527M
URBN $310M
FY25
ANF $378M
URBN $320M
FY26
ANF —
URBN $315M
ANF
URBN
FY17
ANF 4.0%
URBN 22.8%
FY18
ANF 8.1%
URBN 14.4%
FY19
ANF 5.1%
URBN 34.6%
FY20
ANF −3.9%
URBN 17.4%
FY21
ANF —
URBN 0.2%
FY22
ANF 11.5%
URBN 28.4%
FY23
ANF 78.3%
URBN 12.1%
FY24
ANF 132.7%
URBN 18.2%
FY25
ANF 91.0%
URBN 21.7%
FY26
ANF —
URBN 23.7%
ANF
URBN
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