---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001018840-23-000086"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ANF"
cik: "0001018840"
company_name: "ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-11-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T22:02:59.615361+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Abercrombie & Fitch Q3 net sales up 20% YoY, operating margin expands 1,110 bps; raises FY outlook

## Summary
- Net sales $1.056B, +20% YoY; comparable sales +16% (Abercrombie +21%, Hollister +2%).
- Diluted EPS $1.83 vs $(0.04) loss in Q3 2022; net income $96.2M attributable to A&F.
- Operating margin 13.1% vs 2.0% last year, driven by gross profit rate expansion and expense leverage.
- Company raises full-year outlook for both net sales growth and operating margin expansion.
- Year-to-date Q3 net sales $2.827B, net income $169.7M, diluted EPS $3.25.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001018840-23-000086
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ANF
- cik: 0001018840
- company_name: ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-11-22T23:59:59+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/1018840/000101884023000086/0001018840-23-000086-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884023000086/anf-20231121.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/ updated its the third quarter ended October 28, 2023 guidance (raised).
  - Period: the third quarter ended October 28, 2023
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On November 21, 2023, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (the “Company”) issued a news release (the “Release”) reporting the Company’s unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended October 28, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884023000086/0001018840-23-000086-index.htm

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