Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
Consumer Discretionary · Apparel Retail
Structural: post-turnaround specialty apparel name with two distinct brand engines - A&F (adult premium-casual, dresses/denim/wedding-guest) reaccelerated FY24-25 on assortment and full-price discipline, Hollister (teen) restabilized after years of negative comps.
Store fleet net-flat with smaller-format relocations; DTC penetration ~50% of sales gives margin and data leverage. Gross margin sits in the mid-60s and operating margin in the low-double-digits - both multi-year highs.
(1) A&F adult brand still comping mid-teens with pricing power and minimal promo; (2) Hollister back to positive comps for the first time in years; (3) international <25% of sales - long runway in EMEA/APAC where stores are productive; (4) buyback authorization meaningful vs float, EPS lever; (5) inventory clean entering back-half, gross-margin defendable.
S. mall traffic secular decline pressures fleet productivity; (5) stock has rerated 5x in 2 years - multiple compression risk on any comp miss.
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