NYSE:AEO - American Eagle Outfitters Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

American Eagle Outfitters announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 6th. Investors of record on Friday, July 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.1375 per share on Friday, July 26th. This represents a $0.55 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 11th. View American Eagle Outfitters' Dividend History.

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June, 5th. The apparel retailer reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.03. The apparel retailer earned $886.29 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $855.55 million. American Eagle Outfitters had a return on equity of 20.80% and a net margin of 6.41%. The company's revenue was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.23 EPS. View American Eagle Outfitters' Earnings History.

American Eagle Outfitters is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, September 4th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for American Eagle Outfitters.

American Eagle Outfitters will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, September 4th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8774070789.

American Eagle Outfitters issued an update on its second quarter 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, June, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.30-0.32 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.35.

9 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for American Eagle Outfitters' shares. Their predictions range from $18.00 to $28.00. On average, they expect American Eagle Outfitters' stock price to reach $23.90 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 55.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for American Eagle Outfitters.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Eagle Outfitters in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for American Eagle Outfitters.

Headlines about AEO stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Eagle Outfitters earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the apparel retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for American Eagle Outfitters.

American Eagle Outfitters saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totalling 19,472,800 shares, an increase of 5.1% from the June 15th total of 18,522,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,530,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.3 days. Approximately 12.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View American Eagle Outfitters' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to American Eagle Outfitters include GAP (GPS), Nordstrom (JWN), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Childrens Place (PLCE), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Buckle (BKE), Lands' End (LE), Destination XL Group (DXLG), Stein Mart (SMRT) and Stage Stores (SSI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other American Eagle Outfitters investors own include Intelsat (I), Bank of America (BAC), Fossil Group (FOSL), Ciena (CIEN), Associated British Foods (ABF), Chaarat Gold (CGH), AMC Entertainment (AMC), First Data (FDC), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) and Air Canada (AC).

American Eagle Outfitters' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.81%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.99%), LSV Asset Management (3.11%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.59%), AQR Capital Management LLC (2.37%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.92%). Company insiders that own American Eagle Outfitters stock include Andrew J Mclean, Cary D Mcmillan, Charles F Kessler, James H Keefer Jr, Janice E Page, Jay L Schottenstein, Jennifer M Foyle, Michael R Rempell and Noel Joseph Spiegel. View Institutional Ownership Trends for American Eagle Outfitters.

AEO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., APG Asset Management N.V., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, LSV Asset Management, Prudential Financial Inc. and Foresters Investment Management Company Inc.. Company insiders that have sold American Eagle Outfitters company stock in the last year include Andrew J Mclean, Cary D Mcmillan, Charles F Kessler and Jennifer M Foyle. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Eagle Outfitters.

AEO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, BlackRock Inc., Kempen Capital Management N.V., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, A.R.T. Advisors LLC and Trexquant Investment LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Eagle Outfitters.

Shares of AEO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AEO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.40.

American Eagle Outfitters has a market capitalization of $2.65 billion and generates $4.04 billion in revenue each year. The apparel retailer earns $261.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.48 on an earnings per share basis. American Eagle Outfitters employs 45,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About American Eagle Outfitters.

The official website for American Eagle Outfitters is http://www.aeo-inc.com/.

American Eagle Outfitters' mailing address is 77 HOT METAL STREET, PITTSBURGH PA, 15203. The apparel retailer can be reached via phone at 412-432-3300.