A new trading data show Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF) is showing positive returns.

With 10.07 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.1 million shares. The 52-week range on ANF shows that it touched its highest point at $196.99 and its lowest point at $92.41 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $162.29. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.31.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of ANF was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -16.19%, but this was down by -24.51% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -41.73% while six-month performance fell -40.89%. The stock lost -33.60% in the past year, while it has lost -41.64% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ANF yields 10.10 with Next year EPS estimates of 12.02. For the next quarter, that number is 1.76. This implies an EPS growth rate of 5.50% for this year and 6.55% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 50.37 million ANF shares are outstanding with a float of 49.44 million shares on hand for trading.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for ANF since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $6.18567 being high and $6.00638 being low. For ANF, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.12591. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.55 and the low estimate is $2.55. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.55.

Summary of Insider Activity:

Insiders traded ANF stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has remained unchanged to 0 while that of sell transactions has remained unmoved to 0 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 0 while 0 shares were sold.