Abercrombie & Fitch Co key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2026, Abercrombie & Fitch Co had return on equity of 37.0% and a net margin of 9.6%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Jan 2010 | 2011Jan 2011 | 2012Jan 2012 | 2013Feb 2013 | 2014Feb 2014 | 2015Jan 2015 | 2016Jan 2016 | 2017Jan 2017 | 2018Feb 2018 | 2019Feb 2019 | 2020Feb 2020 | 2021Jan 2021 | 2022Jan 2022 | 2023Jan 2023 | 2024Feb 2024 | 2025Feb 2025 | 2026Jan 2026 | LTMAug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 0.0% | 4.5% | 3.5% | 5.3% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 2.1% | 1.1% | −3.6% | 7.1% | 0.1% | 7.7% | 11.4% | 9.6% | 10.0% |
| Return on equity | 0.0% | 8.3% | 7.4% | 12.6% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 2.6% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 6.2% | 3.6% | −11.4% | 29.8% | 0.4% | 37.9% | 47.8% | 37.0% | 38.9% |
| Return on assets | 0.0% | 5.4% | 4.8% | 7.8% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 2.5% | 1.1% | −3.3% | 8.4% | 0.1% | 11.5% | 18.0% | 14.8% | 15.0% |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | 34.3% | 35.4% | 25.4% | 47.7% | 29.4% | — | — | — | — | — | 12.6% | 84.5% | 30.7% | 25.3% | 28.5% | 28.3% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | >999% | 39.6% | 42.4% | 24.3% | 113.4% | 110.7% | 155.0% | >999% | 766.7% | 72.1% | 130.9% | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | — |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.5bn of assets due within a year against $1.1bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Abercrombie & Fitch's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 3 / 20
Net income has been a median 3.4% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 20 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 60.4%, moving by 1.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 5.1%; its worst year was -1.8%.
- Cash conversion 13 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 7.0% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 27.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.7% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (55 before it).
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