American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.04 EPS

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO - Get Free Report) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The apparel retailer reported ($0.29) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.25) by ($0.04), Zacks reports. American Eagle Outfitters had a net margin of 4.28% and a return on equity of 20.75%. The firm had revenue of $1.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.08 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.34 EPS. American Eagle Outfitters's revenue for the quarter was down 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year. American Eagle Outfitters updated its Q2 2025 guidance to EPS.

American Eagle Outfitters Stock Performance

Shares of AEO traded down $0.23 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $10.95. The stock had a trading volume of 19,084,569 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,618,586. American Eagle Outfitters has a 12 month low of $9.45 and a 12 month high of $22.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.90 billion, a PE ratio of 9.36, a PEG ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 1.56. The company's 50-day moving average is $11.13 and its two-hundred day moving average is $14.13.

American Eagle Outfitters Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 11th were paid a $0.125 dividend. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, April 11th. American Eagle Outfitters's payout ratio is 29.76%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Empowered Funds LLC lifted its stake in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 9.6% in the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 15,937 shares of the apparel retailer's stock valued at $185,000 after acquiring an additional 1,398 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its stake in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 1,238.2% in the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 52,551 shares of the apparel retailer's stock valued at $611,000 after acquiring an additional 48,624 shares during the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 4.5% in the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 105,726 shares of the apparel retailer's stock valued at $1,229,000 after acquiring an additional 4,599 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised its position in American Eagle Outfitters by 24.8% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 162,243 shares of the apparel retailer's stock worth $1,885,000 after purchasing an additional 32,191 shares during the last quarter. 97.33% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently commented on AEO shares. Bank of America decreased their target price on American Eagle Outfitters from $18.00 to $13.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, March 14th. Citigroup reaffirmed a "neutral" rating on shares of American Eagle Outfitters in a research report on Friday, May 23rd. Barclays reduced their price target on American Eagle Outfitters from $10.00 to $9.00 and set an "underweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 12th. Telsey Advisory Group reissued a "market perform" rating and set a $12.00 price target on shares of American Eagle Outfitters in a research report on Friday. Finally, UBS Group reduced their price target on American Eagle Outfitters from $32.00 to $28.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, March 13th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, American Eagle Outfitters currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $14.80.

American Eagle Outfitters Company Profile

American 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.