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
Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
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.
In the previous week, Casey's General Stores had 20 more articles in the media than American Eagle Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Casey's General Stores and 5 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.47 indicating that Casey's General Stores is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Casey's General Stores pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Casey's General Stores pays out 13.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 51.0% 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. Casey's General Stores has raised its dividend for 24 consecutive years and American Eagle Outfitters has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Casey's General Stores presently has a consensus target price of $453.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.06%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus target price of $14.70, suggesting a potential upside of 45.19%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Eagle Outfitters is more favorable than Casey's General Stores.
85.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
American Eagle Outfitters has a net margin of 3.73% compared to Casey's General Stores' net margin of 3.43%. Casey's General Stores' return on equity of 16.28% beat American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity.
Casey's General Stores has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Casey's General Stores beats American Eagle Outfitters on 13 of the 19 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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This page (NYSE:AEO) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
