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

12 Wall Street equities 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 equities 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 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for American Eagle Outfitters' shares. Their AEO share price forecasts range from $9.00 to $19.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $13.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.1% 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 20.8% and is now trading at $11.05.
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American Eagle Outfitters saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,410,000 shares, a decrease of 12.6% from the April 30th total of 14,200,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,970,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.1 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, September 6th 2023.
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American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 24th. The apparel retailer reported $0.17 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.17. The apparel retailer had revenue of $1.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.07 billion. American Eagle Outfitters had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.89% and a net margin of 2.23%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.16 earnings per share.

American Eagle Outfitters declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 6th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, April 21st. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.62%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 5th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary ETF (PSCD), American Customer Satisfaction ETF (ACSI), Ballast Small/Mid Cap ETF (MGMT), SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT), Direxion Daily Retail Bull 3X Shares (RETL), Distillate Small/Mid Cash Flow ETF (DSMC), SPDR S&P 600 Small CapValue ETF (SLYV) 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 3.89%. The dividend payout ratio is 72.73%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AEO will have a dividend payout ratio of 37.04% 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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.45%), FMR LLC (14.30%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.68%), Cooke & Bieler LP (4.09%), State Street Corp (3.42%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.59%). 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 $11.05.

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) has a market capitalization of $2.18 billion and generates $4.99 billion in revenue each year. The apparel retailer earns $125.14 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.55 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.