American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) Competitors

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AEO vs. ANF, URBN, BKE, FL, SCVL, GES, CAL, GCO, ZUMZ, and DBI

Should you be buying American Eagle Outfitters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Eagle Outfitters include Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Guess? (GES), Caleres (CAL), Genesco (GCO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), and Designer Brands (DBI). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.

American Eagle Outfitters vs.

Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.

Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Abercrombie & Fitch has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Eagle Outfitters. Abercrombie & Fitch is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Eagle Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abercrombie & Fitch$4.28B1.32$328.12M$10.1111.10
American Eagle Outfitters$5.26B0.54$170.04M$1.1712.69

97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 1 more articles in the media than American Eagle Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 15 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.06 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Abercrombie & Fitch
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Eagle Outfitters
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Abercrombie & Fitch presently has a consensus price target of $182.25, suggesting a potential upside of 62.42%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.42%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Abercrombie & Fitch
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
American Eagle Outfitters
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.09

Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 11.16% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 4.28%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 46.50% beat American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Abercrombie & Fitch11.16% 46.50% 17.53%
American Eagle Outfitters 4.28%20.75%9.99%

Abercrombie & Fitch received 72 more outperform votes than American Eagle Outfitters when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.71% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 59.67% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Abercrombie & FitchOutperform Votes
1222
59.67%
Underperform Votes
826
40.33%
American Eagle OutfittersOutperform Votes
1150
63.71%
Underperform Votes
655
36.29%

Summary

Abercrombie & Fitch beats American Eagle Outfitters on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AEO vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Eagle OutfittersFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.08B$19.96B$26.37B$20.38B
Dividend Yield3.12%2.36%171.25%3.67%
P/E Ratio12.6912.15104.2637.19
Price / Sales0.541.003.2716.48
Price / Cash5.9210.5322.3320.33
Price / Book1.695.476.295.80
Net Income$170.04M$702.99M$674.69M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-5.93%-1.86%0.93%0.38%
1 Month Performance-8.68%-7.17%3.71%4.51%
1 Year Performance-33.95%3.74%11.31%17.87%

American Eagle Outfitters Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.7372 of 5 stars
$14.65
-2.0%
$21.00
+43.4%
-33.5%$2.82B$5.26B12.5343,100
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.5529 of 5 stars
$113.39
-1.2%
$182.25
+60.7%
+2.7%$5.71B$4.28B11.2131,700
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.3989 of 5 stars
$56.51
-0.2%
$53.64
-5.1%
+31.8%$5.20B$5.15B16.1528,000News Coverage
BKE
Buckle
2.9206 of 5 stars
$44.05
+0.1%
$46.00
+4.4%
+10.7%$2.23B$1.26B11.178,000
FL
Foot Locker
4.7012 of 5 stars
$18.94
+5.0%
$24.94
+31.7%
-35.1%$1.80B$8.17B-4.2046,846
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.0607 of 5 stars
$25.63
-0.4%
$42.00
+63.9%
-8.5%$696.09M$1.22B9.425,300
GES
Guess?
4.1602 of 5 stars
$12.18
-1.4%
$25.00
+105.3%
-48.2%$626.01M$2.78B10.2212,000
CAL
Caleres
4.5882 of 5 stars
$17.45
+4.6%
$30.00
+71.9%
-49.3%$586.57M$2.82B3.889,200
GCO
Genesco
3.3169 of 5 stars
$40.44
-0.1%
$31.00
-23.3%
+36.1%$453.28M$2.32B-16.6418,000Gap Down
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.398 of 5 stars
$15.76
+0.1%
$22.00
+39.6%
-13.9%$301.74M$875.49M-6.128,900
DBI
Designer Brands
3.8606 of 5 stars
$5.29
+4.9%
$5.75
+8.8%
-44.0%$253.26M$3.07B-176.0714,000

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This page (NYSE:AEO) was last updated on 2/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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