Telsey Advisory Group Reaffirms "Market Perform" Rating for American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO)

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "market perform" rating restated by equities researchers at Telsey Advisory Group in a research report issued on Friday,Benzinga reports. They presently have a $12.00 price target on the apparel retailer's stock. Telsey Advisory Group's price objective suggests a potential upside of 9.59% from the stock's current price. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for American Eagle Outfitters' Q2 2026 earnings at $0.20 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.91 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.24 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $0.59 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.20 EPS.

Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Barclays reduced their price objective on American Eagle Outfitters from $10.00 to $9.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, May 12th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on American Eagle Outfitters from $10.00 to $9.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 14th. Bank of America reduced their price objective on American Eagle Outfitters from $18.00 to $13.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, March 14th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on American Eagle Outfitters from $12.00 to $11.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 6th. Finally, UBS Group reduced their price objective on American Eagle Outfitters from $32.00 to $28.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 13th. One equities 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $14.80.

American Eagle Outfitters Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:AEO traded down $0.23 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $10.95. 19,084,569 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 5,607,432. American Eagle Outfitters has a 1 year low of $9.45 and a 1 year high of $22.85. The company has a market cap of $1.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.36, a PEG ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 1.56. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $11.13 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $14.10.

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 29th. The apparel retailer reported ($0.29) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.25) by ($0.04). American Eagle Outfitters had a net margin of 4.28% and a return on equity of 20.75%. The business had revenue of $1.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.08 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.34 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was down 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts forecast that American Eagle Outfitters will post 1.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of American Eagle Outfitters

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake 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 worth $122,820,000 after acquiring an additional 346,135 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its position in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 9,933,628 shares of the apparel retailer's stock worth $165,594,000 after purchasing an additional 184,067 shares during the last quarter. Cooke & Bieler LP increased its position in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 29.9% during the 1st quarter. Cooke & Bieler LP now owns 7,791,193 shares of the apparel retailer's stock worth $90,534,000 after purchasing an additional 1,794,203 shares during the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. increased its position in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 9.3% during the 1st quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 6,017,034 shares of the apparel retailer's stock worth $69,918,000 after purchasing an additional 511,694 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its position in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 22.2% during the 1st quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 5,305,889 shares of the apparel retailer's stock worth $61,654,000 after purchasing an additional 962,730 shares during the last quarter. 97.33% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.