---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001018840-22-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ANF"
cik: "0001018840"
company_name: "ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T07:02:43.327972+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Abercrombie & Fitch Q1 net sales $812.8M but posts operating loss on higher freight costs

## Summary
- Net sales $812.8M (highest Q1 since 2014); diluted EPS loss of $0.32.
- Operating loss of $9.7M vs. operating income of $57.4M in Q1 last year.
- Repurchased 3.3M shares, reducing outstanding share count by 6% from FY-end 2021.
- Results below expectations due to higher-than-expected freight and product costs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001018840-22-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ANF
- cik: 0001018840
- company_name: ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-05-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884022000024/0001018840-22-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884022000024/anf-20220524.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001018840-22-000024.txt

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