NYSE:AEOAmerican Eagle Outfitters Stock Price, Forecast & News

American Eagle Outfitters' stock was trading at $9.66 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AEO shares have increased by 22.2% and is now trading at $11.80. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Eagle Outfitters in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for American Eagle Outfitters.

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June, 3rd. The apparel retailer reported ($0.84) EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.30) by $0.54. The apparel retailer had revenue of $551.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $636.12 million. American Eagle Outfitters had a net margin of 4.44% and a return on equity of 20.31%. American Eagle Outfitters's quarterly revenue was down 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.24 earnings per share. View American Eagle Outfitters' earnings history.

American Eagle Outfitters announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.1375 per share on Friday, April 23rd. This represents a $0.55 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 8th. View American Eagle Outfitters' dividend history.

17 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for American Eagle Outfitters' stock. Their forecasts range from $7.00 to $17.00. On average, they expect American Eagle Outfitters' share price to reach $12.41 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for American Eagle Outfitters.

News headlines about AEO stock have trended very negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Eagle Outfitters earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the apparel retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutAmerican Eagle Outfitters.

American Eagle Outfitters saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 25,170,000 shares, an increase of 145.3% from the April 30th total of 10,260,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,840,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.7 days. Approximately 16.8% 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 TJX Companies (TJX), Ross Stores (ROST), GAP (GPS), Foot Locker (FL), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Buckle (BKE), Guess? (GES), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Childrens Place (PLCE), Designer Brands (DBI), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Caleres (CAL), Genesco (GCO) and Cato (CATO). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other American Eagle Outfitters investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Intelsat (I), Fossil Group (FOSL), Ciena (CIEN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Associated British Foods (ABF), Chaarat Gold (CGH), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Apollo Global Management (APO).

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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.76%), State Street Corp (3.39%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.04%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.53%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.53%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (1.51%). 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 Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Wellington Management Group LLP, Emerald Advisers LLC, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, and Scout Investments Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for American Eagle Outfitters.

AEO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Franklin Resources Inc., Prentice Capital Management LP, Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd., S&T Bank PA, NWQ Investment Management Company LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, State Street Corp, and Two Sigma Advisers LP. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of AEO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.80.

American Eagle Outfitters has a market capitalization of $1.95 billion and generates $4.31 billion in revenue each year. The apparel retailer earns $191.26 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.48 on an earnings per share basis. American Eagle Outfitters employs 46,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for American Eagle Outfitters is 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.