American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Eagle Outfitters in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" AEO shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AEO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for American Eagle Outfitters' stock. Their AEO share price forecasts range from $10.00 to $22.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $16.41 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price.
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American Eagle Outfitters' stock was trading at $13.96 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AEO stock has increased by 9.5% and is now trading at $15.28.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 28th 2023.
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American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September, 6th. The apparel retailer reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.09. The apparel retailer had revenue of $1.20 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.20 billion. American Eagle Outfitters had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.92% and a net margin of 4.04%. American Eagle Outfitters's revenue was up .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.04 earnings per share.

American Eagle Outfitters announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, October 27th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.62%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 12th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) stock in their portfolio include American Customer Satisfaction ETF (ACSI), Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary ETF (PSCD), SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT), Ballast Small/Mid Cap ETF (MGMT), Direxion Daily Retail Bull 3X Shares (RETL), Distillate Small/Mid Cash Flow ETF (DSMC), Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF (SQLV) and iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (IJS).

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.71%. The dividend payout ratio is 38.46%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AEO will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.30% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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1,054 employees have rated American Eagle Outfitters Chief Executive Officer Jay Schottenstein on Glassdoor.com. Jay Schottenstein has an approval rating of 81% among the company's employees.

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American Eagle Outfitters trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AEO."

American Eagle Outfitters' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (15.05%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.34%), Cooke & Bieler LP (4.04%), State Street Corp (3.67%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.80%) and Barclays PLC (1.68%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew J Mclean, Andrew J Mclean, Charles F Kessler, David M Sable, James H Keefer Jr, Jennifer M Foyle, Michael R Rempell, Michael R Rempell, Noel Joseph Spiegel, Revathi Advaithi, Stacy Siegal, Steven A Davis and Thomas R Ketteler.
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Shares of AEO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AEO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.28.

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) has a market capitalization of $3.02 billion and generates $5.02 billion in revenue each year. The apparel retailer earns $125.14 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.04 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 40,000 workers across the globe.

American Eagle Outfitters' mailing address is 77 HOT METAL STREET, PITTSBURGH PA, 15203. The official website for the company is www.aeo-inc.com. The apparel retailer can be reached via phone at (412) 432-3300, via email at linemedia@ae.com, or via fax at 412-432-3955.