Abercrombie & Fitch Co.'s (ANF) fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped 95%, topping expectations, as the teen retailer reported sharply higher international and direct-to-consumer revenue.

Sales at the high-priced teen-apparel retailer began to recover in 2010 from poor year-earlier results, partly driven by international sales. In the fourth quarter, sales abroad rose 61%, while domestic sales increased 16%.

Abercrombie has also been gaining market share since it lowered prices, but the company reported a worse-than-expected same-store sales decline in January. Abercrombie reported monthly sales figures for the last time this month, joining other retailers that have ended the practice, supposedly to remove volatility from investors' decisions.

For the quarter ended Jan. 29, Abercrombie & Fitch posted a profit of $92.6 million, or $1.03 share, up from $47.5 million, or 53 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding store asset impairment and other charges, adjusted earnings were $1.38 a share, up from 91 cents.

Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters most recently predicted per-share earnings of $1.32.

Gross margin edged up to 63.6% from 63.5%.

The company said earlier this month that net sales jumped 23% to $1.15 billion, following last year's 4.6% drop. Same-store sales rose 13%, while direct-to-consumer revenue, which includes Internet and catalog sales, increased 43%.

Shares closed Monday at $53.41 and were inactive premarket. The stock has gained 52% over the past year but slipped 7% year-to-date.

 
   -By Drew FitzGerald, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2909; Andrew.FitzGerald@dowjones.com; 
 
 
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