American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO - Get Free Report) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of "Reduce" from the twelve ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, nine have assigned a hold recommendation and one has given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $14.70.
Several equities analysts have recently commented on the company. Wall Street Zen downgraded American Eagle Outfitters from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Saturday, June 7th. Cfra Research lowered shares of American Eagle Outfitters from a "moderate buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, June 6th. Telsey Advisory Group boosted their target price on shares of American Eagle Outfitters to $12.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, May 30th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on shares of American Eagle Outfitters from $15.00 to $11.00 and set a "market perform" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 14th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $10.00 price target on American Eagle Outfitters and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Monday, June 2nd.
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Institutional Investors Weigh In On American Eagle Outfitters
A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 3.4% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 10,570,088 shares of the apparel retailer's stock valued at $122,820,000 after acquiring an additional 346,135 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its holdings in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 9,933,628 shares of the apparel retailer's stock valued at $165,594,000 after acquiring an additional 184,067 shares during the period. Cooke & Bieler LP increased its holdings in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 29.9% in the 1st quarter. Cooke & Bieler LP now owns 7,791,193 shares of the apparel retailer's stock valued at $90,534,000 after acquiring an additional 1,794,203 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. increased its holdings in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 9.3% in the 1st quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 6,017,034 shares of the apparel retailer's stock valued at $69,918,000 after acquiring an additional 511,694 shares during the period. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 22.2% in the 1st quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 5,305,889 shares of the apparel retailer's stock valued at $61,654,000 after acquiring an additional 962,730 shares during the period. 97.33% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
American Eagle Outfitters Stock Performance
AEO traded down $0.06 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $10.74. The company had a trading volume of 13,303,455 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,431,720. The company has a quick ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 1.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. The business has a 50-day moving average of $10.30 and a two-hundred day moving average of $11.90. The company has a market cap of $1.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.96 and a beta of 1.51. American Eagle Outfitters has a 1 year low of $9.27 and a 1 year high of $22.83.
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 29th. The apparel retailer reported ($0.29) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.25) by ($0.04). The company had revenue of $1.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.08 billion. American Eagle Outfitters had a return on equity of 13.34% and a net margin of 3.73%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.34 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that American Eagle Outfitters will post 1.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
American Eagle Outfitters Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 25th. Investors of record on Friday, July 11th were paid a dividend of $0.125 per share. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 11th. American Eagle Outfitters's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 51.02%.
American Eagle Outfitters Company Profile
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Get Free ReportAmerican Eagle Outfitters, Inc operates as a multi-brand specialty retailer in the United States and internationally. The company provides jeans, apparel and accessories, and personal care products for women and men under the American Eagle brand; and intimates, apparel, activewear, and swim collections under the Aerie and OFFLINE by Aerie brands.
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