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Issuer:     ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO /DE/ (ANF)
CIK:        0001018840
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001018840-26-000003
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884026000003/0001018840-26-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018840/000101884026000003/anf-20260112.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001018840-26-000003

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