Two Sigma Advisers LP Has $2.55 Million Stock Position in American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO)

Two Sigma Advisers LP lessened its holdings in American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO - Free Report) by 21.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 153,200 shares of the apparel retailer's stock after selling 41,900 shares during the period. Two Sigma Advisers LP owned about 0.08% of American Eagle Outfitters worth $2,554,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Tidal Investments LLC grew its holdings in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 22.7% during the 4th quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 130,587 shares of the apparel retailer's stock valued at $2,177,000 after purchasing an additional 24,199 shares during the last quarter. State of Wyoming bought a new stake in shares of American Eagle Outfitters during the fourth quarter worth $49,000. Systematic Financial Management LP grew its stake in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. Systematic Financial Management LP now owns 1,435,128 shares of the apparel retailer's stock worth $23,924,000 after buying an additional 40,961 shares during the last quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 8.5% during the fourth quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 23,515 shares of the apparel retailer's stock worth $392,000 after buying an additional 1,834 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. bought a new position in shares of American Eagle Outfitters in the 4th quarter valued at $322,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 97.33% of the company's stock.

American Eagle Outfitters Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE AEO traded down $0.23 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $10.95. The stock had a trading volume of 19,084,569 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,643,819. The company's 50 day moving average price is $11.15 and its 200 day moving average price is $14.18. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. has a twelve month low of $9.45 and a twelve month high of $23.40. The firm has a market cap of $1.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 1.56.

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

American Eagle Outfitters Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 25th. Investors of record on Friday, April 11th were paid a dividend of $0.125 per share. This represents a $0.50 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.57%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, April 11th. American Eagle Outfitters's dividend payout ratio is presently 29.76%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price objective on American Eagle Outfitters from $15.00 to $11.00 and set a "market perform" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 14th. Telsey Advisory Group reaffirmed a "market perform" rating and issued a $12.00 price objective on shares of American Eagle Outfitters in a research note on Friday. UBS Group dropped their price objective on shares of American Eagle Outfitters from $32.00 to $28.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, March 13th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of American Eagle Outfitters from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Finally, Bank of America decreased their price target on shares of American Eagle Outfitters from $18.00 to $13.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, March 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $14.80.

American Eagle Outfitters 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.