In the last trading session, 6.91 million American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE:AEO) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.53. With the company’s per share price at $11.04 changed hands at -$0.16 or -1.43% during last session, the market valuation stood at $1.90B. AEO’s last price was a discount, traded about -127.81% off its 52-week high of $25.15. The share price had its 52-week low at $9.44, which suggests the last value was 14.49% up since then. When we look at American Eagle Outfitters Inc’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 6.06 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 6.55 million.
Analysts gave the American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, calculated at a mean rating of 2.77. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 1 out of 8 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 4 recommended AEO as a Hold, 3 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. American Eagle Outfitters Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.11.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE:AEO) trade information
Instantly AEO was in red as seen at the end of in last trading. With action 2.89%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -33.77%, with the 5-day performance at 2.89% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE:AEO) is -7.30% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 19.55 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 2.18 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 16.5, meaning bulls need an upside of 33.09% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, AEO’s forecast low is 13 with 20 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -81.16% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -17.75% for it to hit the projected low.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -2.15% down from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 8 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 1.08B. 8 analysts are of the opinion that American Eagle Outfitters Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 1.24B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 1.14B and 1.29B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -5.28%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -3.85%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 8.42%. The 2025 estimates are for American Eagle Outfitters Inc earnings to decrease by -20.39%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at -5.13% per year.
AEO Dividends
American Eagle Outfitters Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Mar-11. The 4.53% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.50. It is important to note, however, that the 4.53% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 2.8 per year.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE:AEO)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 6.93% of American Eagle Outfitters Inc shares while 108.21% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 116.27%. There are 108.21% institutions holding the American Eagle Outfitters Inc stock share, with BLACKROCK INC. the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 14.9386% of the shares, roughly 28.93 million AEO shares worth $577.45 million.
VANGUARD GROUP INC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 10.7934% or 20.9 million shares worth $417.21 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . With 10.81 shares estimated at $119.33 million under it, the former controlled 6.27% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held about 3.21% of the shares, roughly 5.54 shares worth around $61.21 million.
