Abercrombie & Fitch stocks upward thrust regardless of store trimming holiday-quarter outlook

Consumers go out an Abercrombie & Fitch retailer in San Francisco, California.

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Abercrombie & Fitch stated Monday that it noticed sturdy call for from customers over the vacations however that it did not have sufficient stock to promote, specifically at its Hollister and Gilly Hicks strains.

Stocks rose just about 7% in prolonged buying and selling following the discharge, regardless of Abercrombie reducing its steerage for fourth-quarter gross sales. The inventory had closed the day down 2.5% at $32.35.

“We imagine that, if we had the stock on-hand, we might have delivered gross sales inside of our earlier outlook vary,” stated Leader Government Fran Horowitz, in a press unlock. “Submit-holiday, as stock has landed, we’ve got skilled an acceleration in gross sales pattern.”

Abercrombie stated it sees fourth-quarter earnings up 4% to six% from 2020 ranges, or flat to down 2% when compared with 2019. Up to now, it was once calling for gross sales within the vacation quarter to be up 3% to five% as opposed to 2019. It did not supply an profits determine.

The corporate reported gross sales of $1.12 billion in 2020 and $1.19 billion in 2019.

Analysts were calling for fourth-quarter profits of $1.59 consistent with proportion, with gross sales up 10.7% yr over yr, in line with Refinitiv estimates.

The attire store stated it has confronted heightened Covid-related affects and restrictions, with out detailing precisely what the ones are. Previous within the day, Lululemon stated its fourth-quarter gross sales are anticipated to return in at the low finish of earlier steerage because of staffing shortages and shortened retailer hours which have been exacerbated in fresh weeks by means of omicron.

For the yr, Abercrombie sees gross sales up 19% to twenty% from year-ago ranges. Analysts were on the lookout for a 21.2% build up.

The corporate additionally stated it is trimming its deliberate capital expenditures for the yr to a variety of $90 million to $95 million, down from $100 million.

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