ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO ANF
CL A · Common Stock · CUSIP 002896207 · ISIN US0028962076
American fashion retailer
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryRetail-Family Clothing Stores
- HeadquartersNew Albany, OH
- Founded1892
- Websiteabercrombie.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($12.7m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 50.1m as of 2023-06-02, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $37.67. Options: 20 managers hold calls ($86.0m notional), 21 hold puts ($74.5m).
Trends to Q2 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 205 |
| Q4 2022 | 202 |
| Q1 2023 | 214 |
| Q2 2023 | 238 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 88 | 100 |
| Q1 2023 | 99 | 101 |
| Q2 2023 | 122 | 107 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $11.3m | $14.9m | 1.32 |
| Q4 2022 | $44.7m | $29.9m | 0.67 |
| Q1 2023 | $44.3m | $37.0m | 0.84 |
| Q2 2023 | $86.0m | $74.5m | 0.87 |
Biggest buyers
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Added | +806.6k |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP | Added | +679.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +531.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Added | +465.3k |
| No Street GP LP | New | +380.0k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Added | +348.4k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +300.0k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP | Added | +294.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +286.4k |
| Cinctive Capital Management LP | Added | +197.8k |
Biggest sellers
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -973.3k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -773.4k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC | Reduced | -515.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -347.1k |
| Paradice Investment Management LLC | Reduced | -337.5k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -303.8k |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. | Reduced | -287.8k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | Sold out | -272.3k |
| Cambria Investment Management, L.P. | Sold out | -261.6k |
| BML Capital Management, LLC | Reduced | -178.3k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $16.2m430.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $16.1m428.0k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | New | $14.3m378.3k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $7.4m197.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $7.1m188.4k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $5.9m157.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $4.4m117.2k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $3.7m98.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $3.6m95.9k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.7m45.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $19.1m506.9k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $10.0m265.3k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $8.6m227.8k shares |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. | New | $5.9m156.3k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $4.7m124.0k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | New | $3.9m103.8k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $3.9m103.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $2.9m76.7k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $2.7m70.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $2.6m70.2k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-30 | 12.1% |
| FMR LLC 13G · institution +5.2 pts · filed 2026-08-06 | 8.2% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-28 | 5.5% |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution -2.2 pts · filed 2026-08-13 | 5.5% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.3% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 2 | $651.7k | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $27.3k | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $962.9k | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $2.0m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q2 2023.
Holders, Q2 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.3m $313.5m | Added +19.3k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.0m $227.8m | Added +164.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.4m $127.6m | Added +114.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1m $79.4m | Reduced -13.0k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.9m $70.1m | Added +300.0k |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP 1.99% of their portfolio | 1.6m $58.9m | Added +679.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.4m $51.0m | Added +531.8k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.2m $46.8m | Reduced -303.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $38.8m | Added +53.3k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.0m $38.5m | Reduced -22.0k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. 0.65% of their portfolio | 955.1k $36.0m | Reduced -440 |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 954.8k $36.0m | Added +22.9k |
| Paradice Investment Management LLC 2.65% of their portfolio | 945.6k $35.6m | Reduced -337.5k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.10% of their portfolio | 924.1k $34.8m | Added +806.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 921.9k $34.7m | Added +177.2k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 897.1k $33.8m | Added +465.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 854.1k $32.2m | Added +147.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 793.0k $29.9m | Added +286.4k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 769.1k $29.0m | Added +32.6k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.10% of their portfolio | 730.3k $27.5m | Reduced -773.4k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 706.9k $26.6m | Added +348.4k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.04% of their portfolio | 551.5k $20.8m | Added +34.4k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 545.3k $20.5m | Added +24.4k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 513.1k $19.3m | Added +12.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 500.1k $18.8m | Added +6.8k |
| SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.59% of their portfolio | 496.1k $18.7m | Reduced -12.5k |
| Divisar Capital Management LLC 3.89% of their portfolio | 490.3k $18.5m | Reduced -130.0k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 458.7k $17.3m | Added +2.1k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 438.6k $16.5m | Reduced -753 |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 433.9k $16.3m | Added +294.6k |
| Cinctive Capital Management LP 0.62% of their portfolio | 418.4k $15.8m | Added +197.8k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 398.1k $15.0m | Reduced -11.3k |
| No Street GP LP 1.69% of their portfolio | 380.0k $14.3m | New |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 363.8k $13.7m | Added +18.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 324.0k $12.2m | Reduced -53.5k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.05% of their portfolio | 317.9k $12.0m | Added +157.7k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.03% of their portfolio | 288.5k $10.9m | Reduced -413 |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 284.7k $10.7m | Reduced -11.3k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 274.0k $10.3m | Reduced -515.7k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 269.3k $10.1m | Added +179.6k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 258.1k $9.8m | Added +64.9k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 244.3k $9.2m | Added +193.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 216.6k $8.2m | Reduced -72.4k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 199.1k $7.5m | Added +139.0k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 178.5k $6.7m | Added +158.4k |
| GMT Capital Corp 0.25% of their portfolio | 174.0k $6.6m | New |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 172.8k $6.5m | First filing |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 162.8k $6.1m | Added +84.6k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 162.8k $6.1m | Reduced -42.0k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 158.8k $6.0m | Reduced -5.9k |
| North Growth Management Ltd. 1.21% of their portfolio | 156.0k $5.9m | Reduced -42.0k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 150.7k $5.7m | Added +999 |
| Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd. 0.28% of their portfolio | 147.2k $5.5m | New |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp 0.05% of their portfolio | 146.0k $5.5m | Reduced -46.7k |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 144.2k $5.4m | New |
| EA Series Trust 0.19% of their portfolio | 144.2k $5.4m | First filing |
| SAMLYN CAPITAL, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 141.1k $5.3m | New |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 128.8k $4.9m | Reduced -347.1k |
| Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC 0.65% of their portfolio | 125.4k $4.7m | New |
| Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP 1.35% of their portfolio | 120.0k $4.5m | New |
| BML Capital Management, LLC 3.98% of their portfolio | 117.5k $4.4m | Reduced -178.3k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 114.9k $4.3m | New |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 109.9k $4.1m | New |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.07% of their portfolio | 108.5k $4.1m | Added +68.3k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 107.1k $4.0m | Added +400 |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 102.4k $3.9m | Reduced -33.4k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 99.9k $3.8m | Added +50.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 89.0k $3.4m | Added +2.4k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.02% of their portfolio | 88.8k $3.3m | Added +2.7k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP 0.18% of their portfolio | 83.1k $3.1m | Added +42.7k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.9k $2.1m | Unchanged |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.8k $2.7m | Reduced -40.3k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 70.2k $2.6m | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.7k $2.6m | New |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 68.5k $2.6m | New |
| Ergoteles LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 63.9k $2.4m | Added +17.2k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.8k $2.3m | Added +13.7k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.6k $2.2m | Reduced -2.0k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.0k $2.2m | Reduced -3.7k |
| Kiwi Wealth Investments Limited Partnership 0.13% of their portfolio | 57.1k $2.1m | Unchanged |
| COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLS RETRMT SYS 0.02% of their portfolio | 56.6k $2.1m | Added +4.7k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 56.2k $2.1m | Added +244 |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.8k $2.1m | Reduced -53.7k |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 54.2k $2.0m | Added +30.2k |
| Brookfield Corp /ON/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 50.8k $1.9m | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.1k $1.9m | Reduced -973.3k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.9k $1.8m | Reduced -678 |
| TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 44.1k $1.7m | Added +128 |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 43.0k $1.6m | Reduced -122.6k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.4k $1.6m | Added +38.1k |
| SummerHaven Investment Management, LLC 0.99% of their portfolio | 41.4k $1.6m | Reduced -5.1k |
| Bayesian Capital Management, LP 0.17% of their portfolio | 41.0k $1.5m | New |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 39.3k $1.5m | Reduced -1.5k |
| AXA S.A. 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.4k $1.4m | Reduced -4.4k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.1k $1.4m | Added +14.5k |
| Peregrine Asset Advisers, Inc. 1.07% of their portfolio | 37.0k $1.4m | Added +15.8k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.3k $1.4m | New |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.01% of their portfolio | 36.0k $1.4m | Added +18.0k |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 34.5k $1.3m | New |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 34.2k $1.3m | Added +20.5k |