Abercrombie & Fitch Co vs Ross Stores Inc

Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF) is undervalued and Ross Stores Inc (ROST) is overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, ANF trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +43%, against -73% for ROST.

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

Ross Stores Inc (ROST)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.4% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $134.75; the price of $232.51 is 73% above that value, and 75% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 76/100 on 9 of 12 signals

MetricANFROST
VerdictUndervaluedOvervalued
Price$136.21$232.51
Intrinsic value$238.74$134.75
Margin of safety+43%-73%
Leak Score100/100 (3/12)76/100 (9/12)
Market cap$5.8B$74.3B
Revenue growth, 5 years11.0%12.7%
Operating margin13.9%12.7%
Net margin10.0%10.8%
Return on equity40.5%42.6%
Debt to equity0.950.70
P/E11.7x28.1x
Forward P/E10.5x25.7x
P/B4.3x11.0x
Dividend yield0.8%

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