NYSE:AEOAmerican Eagle Outfitters Stock Price, Forecast & News

American Eagle Outfitters' stock was trading at $9.66 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AEO stock has increased by 14.1% and is now trading at $11.02. 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 1 sell rating, 9 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 is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, September 2nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for American Eagle Outfitters.

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, June, 3rd. The apparel retailer reported ($0.84) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.30) by $0.54. The apparel retailer earned $551.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $636.12 million. American Eagle Outfitters had a negative net margin of 2.68% and a positive return on equity of 5.92%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.24 earnings per share. View American Eagle Outfitters' earnings history.

American Eagle Outfitters declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 9th will be given a dividend of $0.1375 per share on Friday, April 23rd. This represents a $0.55 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 8th. View American Eagle Outfitters' dividend history.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for American Eagle Outfitters' shares. Their forecasts range from $7.00 to $17.00. On average, they anticipate American Eagle Outfitters' stock price to reach $13.18 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for American Eagle Outfitters.

News articles about AEO stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Eagle Outfitters earned a daily sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the apparel retailer a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about American Eagle Outfitters.

American Eagle Outfitters saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 27,760,000 shares, an increase of 8.1% from the May 31st total of 25,670,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,160,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.4 days. Currently, 18.5% of the company's shares are sold short. View American Eagle Outfitters' Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of AEO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.02.

American Eagle Outfitters has a market capitalization of $1.82 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.