---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001018840-22-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ANF"
cik: "0001018840"
company_name: "ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T01:50:01.374394+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Abercrombie & Fitch posts Q4 adj. EPS $1.14, full-year operating margin highest in over a decade

## Summary
- Q4 adj. EPS $1.14 (reported $1.12); full-year adj. EPS $4.35 (reported $4.20).
- Operating margin (adj.) 8.6% in Q4, 9.6% for FY, highest in over a decade.
- Repurchased $142M (4.1M shares) in Q4, $377M (10.2M shares) FY, reducing shares outstanding 15% YoY.
- Full-year net sales $3.71B, up 18.8% YoY; net income attributable $263M vs loss in prior year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001018840-22-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ANF
- cik: 0001018840
- company_name: ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884022000005/0001018840-22-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884022000005/anf-20220302.htm

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