Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) earnings Q3 2025
An Abercrombie & Fitch store stands in midtown Manhattan in New York City on Oct. 24, 2024.
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Shares of Abercrombie & Fitch soared 16% in premarket trading on Tuesday after the company posted 7% growth in quarterly sales and issued its holiday guidance.
Abercrombie, which runs its namesake brand and Hollister, is expecting fourth-quarter sales to climb between 4% and 6%, which is largely below Wall Street expectations of 5.6% growth, according to LSEG. It anticipates earnings per share will be between $3.40 and $3.70, roughly in line with expectations of $3.55 per share.
The company’s namesake banner has fueled its comeback in recent years, but now that the Abercrombie brand’s growth has started to moderate, Hollister has picked up the baton. CEO Fran Horowitz said sales at Abercrombie are expected to be flat in the current quarter, indicating growth at Hollister is set to drive the company’s holiday shopping season.
Abercrombie beat Wall Street’s expectations on the top and bottom lines in the fiscal third quarter. Here’s how the apparel retailer did in the period ended Nov. 1 compared with what Wall Street was anticipating, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:
- Earnings per share: $2.36 vs. $2.16 expected
- Revenue: $1.29 billion vs. $1.28 billion expected
The company’s reported net income for the quarter was $113 million, or $2.36 per share, compared with $131.98 million, or $2.50 per share, a year earlier.
Sales rose to $1.29 billion, up about 7% from $1.21 billion a year earlier.
