---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001018840-23-000074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ANF"
cik: "0001018840"
company_name: "ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-08-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T03:50:55.145691+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Abercrombie & Fitch Q2 net sales $935M (+16% YoY), adjusted EPS $1.10, guidance raised

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $935M vs $805M last year, +16%; Abercrombie brands +26%, Hollister +8%.
- Operating margin 9.6%, vs ~break-even prior year; net income $56.9M (diluted EPS $1.10).
- Inventory down 30% YoY; company raises FY sales guidance to 8-10% growth (prev. 4-6%).
- FY operating margin guidance raised to 5.5-6.5% (prev. 4-5%); management cites strong demand and cost control.
- APAC comparable sales +25%, Americas +9%, EMEA +2% on constant currency basis.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001018840-23-000074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ANF
- cik: 0001018840
- company_name: ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-08-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1018840/000101884023000074/0001018840-23-000074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884023000074/anf-20230823.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001018840-23-000074.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/ reported financial results for the second quarter ended July 29, 2023.
  - Period: the second quarter ended July 29, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On August 23, 2023, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (the “Company”) issued a news release (the “Release”) reporting the Company’s unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended July 29, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884023000074/0001018840-23-000074-index.htm

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