American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) Competitors

$24.47
+0.77 (+3.25%)
(As of 05/2/2024 ET)

AEO vs. URBN, ANF, FL, GPS, BKE, JWN, ZGN, M, SHAK, and AAP

Should you be buying American Eagle Outfitters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Eagle Outfitters include Urban Outfitters (URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Foot Locker (FL), GAP (GPS), Buckle (BKE), Nordstrom (JWN), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Macy's (M), Shake Shack (SHAK), and Advance Auto Parts (AAP). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

American Eagle Outfitters vs.

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) and Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

In the previous week, American Eagle Outfitters had 9 more articles in the media than Urban Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters and 2 mentions for Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.57 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Eagle Outfitters
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Urban Outfitters
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Urban Outfitters has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Eagle Outfitters. Urban Outfitters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Eagle Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Eagle Outfitters$5.26B0.92$170.04M$0.8628.45
Urban Outfitters$5.15B0.71$287.67M$3.0412.96

American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

American Eagle Outfitters presently has a consensus target price of $22.18, suggesting a potential downside of 9.35%. Urban Outfitters has a consensus target price of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.68%. Given Urban Outfitters' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Urban Outfitters is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Eagle Outfitters
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Urban Outfitters
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18

Urban Outfitters has a net margin of 5.58% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 3.23%. American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity of 17.76% beat Urban Outfitters' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Eagle Outfitters3.23% 17.76% 8.66%
Urban Outfitters 5.58%15.32%7.65%

Urban Outfitters received 125 more outperform votes than American Eagle Outfitters when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.36% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 59.90% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American Eagle OutfittersOutperform Votes
1143
64.36%
Underperform Votes
633
35.64%
Urban OutfittersOutperform Votes
1268
59.90%
Underperform Votes
849
40.10%

Summary

American Eagle Outfitters beats Urban Outfitters on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AEO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AEO vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Eagle OutfittersFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.82B$7.16B$20.87B$17.35B
Dividend Yield2.06%2.77%181.41%3.58%
P/E Ratio28.4515.6425.6125.30
Price / Sales0.920.821.5710.31
Price / Cash8.967.5917.1117.44
Price / Book2.783.464.974.91
Net Income$170.04M$341.23M$722.90M$964.63M
7 Day Performance0.31%1.54%0.73%0.99%
1 Month Performance-2.51%-3.86%-3.33%-2.66%
1 Year Performance92.22%80.16%8.88%99.12%

American Eagle Outfitters Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.275 of 5 stars
$38.96
-2.9%
$39.67
+1.8%
+43.0%$3.63B$5.15B12.8228,000Positive News
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
2.3581 of 5 stars
$121.55
-3.1%
$122.71
+1.0%
+441.6%$6.20B$4.28B19.5431,700Short Interest ↑
FL
Foot Locker
3.8427 of 5 stars
$20.85
-2.4%
$24.94
+19.6%
-47.5%$1.97B$8.17B-5.9646,846Analyst Downgrade
GPS
GAP
4.005 of 5 stars
$20.53
-3.4%
$18.95
-7.7%
+133.3%$7.67B$14.89B15.3285,000Short Interest ↓
BKE
Buckle
1.7816 of 5 stars
$37.37
-0.7%
$34.00
-9.0%
+14.1%$1.90B$1.26B8.478,000Positive News
JWN
Nordstrom
2.5272 of 5 stars
$19.01
-2.2%
$16.54
-13.0%
+34.3%$3.10B$14.69B23.7654,000Gap Up
ZGN
Ermenegildo Zegna
1.1632 of 5 stars
$12.30
flat
$15.60
+26.8%
-1.5%$4.99B$2.06B18.097,201
M
Macy's
3.5974 of 5 stars
$18.43
-0.7%
$17.45
-5.3%
+21.9%$5.07B$23.09B49.8185,581Analyst Report
SHAK
Shake Shack
3.4147 of 5 stars
$105.86
+0.1%
$88.67
-16.2%
+92.8%$4.48B$1.09B230.1312,196Analyst Report
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Gap Up
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
3.8861 of 5 stars
$72.97
-3.2%
$64.56
-11.5%
-39.6%$4.35B$11.29B98.6169,000Short Interest ↑
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This page (NYSE:AEO) was last updated on 5/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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