Abercrombie & Fitch Co vs Burlington Stores Inc

Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF) is undervalued and Burlington Stores Inc (BURL) is overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, ANF trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +43%, against -40% for BURL.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $238.74; the price of $136.21 is 43% below that value, and 76% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 100/100 on 3 of 12 signals

Burlington Stores Inc (BURL)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.9% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $183.28; the price of $256.85 is 40% above that value, and 74% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 14/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricANFBURL
VerdictUndervaluedOvervalued
Price$136.21$256.85
Intrinsic value$238.74$183.28
Margin of safety+43%-40%
Leak Score100/100 (3/12)14/100 (3/12)
Market cap$5.8B$16.1B
Revenue growth, 5 years11.0%14.9%
Operating margin13.9%8.2%
Net margin10.0%5.8%
Return on equity40.5%41.4%
Debt to equity0.952.95
P/E11.7x23.0x
Forward P/E10.5x18.8x
P/B4.3x8.1x

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