American Eagle Outfitters - AEO Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Eagle Outfitters in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 1 buy rating 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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12 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for American Eagle Outfitters' stock. Their AEO share price forecasts range from $8.00 to $23.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $14.92 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.6% from the stock's current price.
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American Eagle Outfitters' stock was trading at $13.96 at the start of the year. Since then, AEO shares have decreased by 8.3% and is now trading at $12.80.
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American Eagle Outfitters saw a decline in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 13,840,000 shares, a decline of 10.0% from the February 13th total of 15,380,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,030,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.4 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 25th 2023.
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American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March, 1st. The apparel retailer reported $0.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.30 by $0.07. The apparel retailer earned $1.50 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.47 billion. American Eagle Outfitters had a net margin of 2.51% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.27%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.35 EPS.

American Eagle Outfitters announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, April 21st. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 5th.
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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), Ballast Small/Mid Cap ETF (MGMT), SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT), Direxion Daily Retail Bull 3X Shares (RETL), VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (CSB), Distillate Small/Mid Cash Flow ETF (DSMC) 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 0.00%. The dividend payout ratio is 64.52%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AEO will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.78% 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 investors include Cooke & Bieler LP (4.43%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.91%), Morgan Stanley (2.68%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.60%), Susquehanna International Group LLP (0.00%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (1.04%). 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 $12.80.

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) has a market capitalization of $2.50 billion and generates $4.99 billion in revenue each year. The apparel retailer earns $125.14 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.62 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 40,800 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.