---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001018840-26-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ANF"
cik: "0001018840"
company_name: "ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:45:44.071891+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Abercrombie & Fitch narrows FY2025 EPS guidance to $10.30-$10.40, Q4 net sales growth ~5%

## Summary
- Record QTD net sales through December; Hollister Brands mid-teens growth; Abercrombie low-single-digit Q4 growth.
- Full-year net sales growth at least 6% (previously 6%-7%); operating margin ~13% (prev. 13%-13.5%).
- Q4 EPS guided $3.50-$3.60 (prev. $3.40-$3.70); full-year EPS $10.30-$10.40.
- Includes $39M pre-tax benefit from litigation settlement; tariff expense ~$90M or 170 bps of sales.
- Share repurchases unchanged: ~$450M for FY2025, ~$100M in Q4.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001018840-26-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ANF
- cik: 0001018840
- company_name: ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884026000003/0001018840-26-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884026000003/anf-20260112.htm

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