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$14.95 +0.05 (+0.36%)
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AEO vs. CASY, COST, FIVE, LULU, URBN, BBY, BOOT, BURL, DECK, and DKS

Should you be buying American Eagle Outfitters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Eagle Outfitters include Casey's General Stores (CASY), Costco Wholesale (COST), Five Below (FIVE), lululemon athletica (LULU), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Best Buy (BBY), Boot Barn (BOOT), Burlington Stores (BURL), Deckers Outdoor (DECK), and DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS).

American Eagle Outfitters vs. Its Competitors

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) and Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Casey's General Stores had 19 more articles in the media than American Eagle Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Casey's General Stores and 7 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.71 indicating that Casey's General Stores is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Eagle Outfitters
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Casey's General Stores
15 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Casey's General Stores pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 48.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Casey's General Stores pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. American Eagle Outfitters has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Casey's General Stores has increased its dividend for 24 consecutive years.

American Eagle Outfitters has a net margin of 3.74% compared to Casey's General Stores' net margin of 3.54%. Casey's General Stores' return on equity of 16.73% beat American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Eagle Outfitters3.74% 13.67% 5.80%
Casey's General Stores 3.54%16.73%7.15%

Casey's General Stores has higher revenue and earnings than American Eagle Outfitters. American Eagle Outfitters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Casey's General Stores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Eagle Outfitters$5.33B0.48$329.38M$1.0414.38
Casey's General Stores$15.94B1.32$546.52M$15.5836.40

American Eagle Outfitters currently has a consensus price target of $14.72, indicating a potential downside of 1.54%. Casey's General Stores has a consensus price target of $536.10, indicating a potential downside of 5.46%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe American Eagle Outfitters is more favorable than Casey's General Stores.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Eagle Outfitters
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.86
Casey's General Stores
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Casey's General Stores has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Casey's General Stores beats American Eagle Outfitters on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AEO vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Eagle OutfittersRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.53B$8.35B$27.14B$21.83B
Dividend Yield3.34%2.94%172.47%3.62%
P/E Ratio14.3823.3419.6832.43
Price / Sales0.481.289.2560.11
Price / Cash5.0519.4662.2424.21
Price / Book1.633.775.104.59
Net Income$329.38M$368.88M$911.72M$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.38%3.91%2.07%1.31%
1 Month Performance-20.76%-2.94%-3.68%-0.93%
1 Year Performance-29.50%-4.04%5.53%9.51%

American Eagle Outfitters Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
3.5293 of 5 stars
$14.95
+0.4%
$14.72
-1.5%
-29.5%$2.53B$5.33B14.3844,000
CASY
Casey's General Stores
4.4602 of 5 stars
$565.62
+1.6%
$533.10
-5.7%
+45.3%$21.03B$16.41B36.3049,272Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.6217 of 5 stars
$935.56
+0.6%
$1,066.23
+14.0%
+5.3%$414.62B$275.24B51.38341,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FIVE
Five Below
2.5242 of 5 stars
$151.18
+9.2%
$150.21
-0.6%
+62.5%$8.34B$3.88B30.6023,200Trending News
LULU
lululemon athletica
4.3431 of 5 stars
$169.85
+1.4%
$232.29
+36.8%
-42.6%$20.14B$10.90B11.5539,000Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.3842 of 5 stars
$69.02
+1.0%
$81.91
+18.7%
+79.1%$6.19B$5.83B13.4829,000Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
BBY
Best Buy
4.1167 of 5 stars
$77.32
+9.8%
$81.69
+5.7%
-17.1%$16.24B$41.60B21.3685,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
BOOT
Boot Barn
3.4065 of 5 stars
$177.30
+8.2%
$182.54
+3.0%
+11.6%$5.42B$1.99B27.9710,400Positive News
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.4198 of 5 stars
$276.14
+8.5%
$344.29
+24.7%
+6.6%$17.41B$10.63B32.6077,532News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
DECK
Deckers Outdoor
4.8408 of 5 stars
$98.47
+3.6%
$136.26
+38.4%
-38.3%$14.61B$5.12B15.105,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
DKS
DICK'S Sporting Goods
4.7891 of 5 stars
$230.02
+8.7%
$232.05
+0.9%
+4.5%$18.42B$13.44B16.0656,100News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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