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American Eagle Outfitters - AEO Competitors

$13.33
+0.20 (+1.52%)
(As of 03/30/2023 10:39 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$13.22
$13.44
50-Day Range
$12.67
$17.04
52-Week Range
$9.46
$18.49
Volume
354,326 shs
Average Volume
3.86 million shs
Market Capitalization
$2.61 billion
P/E Ratio
21.50
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$14.92

AEO vs. URBN, BKE, GPS, ANF, JWN, VVNT, PZZA, CBRL, TRIP, and KSS

Should you be buying American Eagle Outfitters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Eagle Outfitters include Urban Outfitters (URBN), Buckle (BKE), GAP (GPS), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Nordstrom (JWN), Vivint Smart Home (VVNT), Papa John's International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Tripadvisor (TRIP), and Kohl's (KSS). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

American Eagle Outfitters vs.

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

77.3% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.9% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Urban Outfitters presently has a consensus target price of $27.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.05%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus target price of $14.62, indicating a potential upside of 11.31%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Eagle Outfitters is more favorable than Urban Outfitters.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Urban Outfitters
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.09
American Eagle Outfitters
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.92

Urban Outfitters received 119 more outperform votes than American Eagle Outfitters when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.53% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 60.50% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Urban OutfittersOutperform Votes
1250
60.50%
Underperform Votes
816
39.50%
American Eagle OutfittersOutperform Votes
1131
65.53%
Underperform Votes
595
34.47%

In the previous week, Urban Outfitters had 2 more articles in the media than American Eagle Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 12 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.07 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Urban Outfitters
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
American Eagle Outfitters
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Urban Outfitters has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Eagle Outfitters. Urban Outfitters 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
Urban Outfitters$4.80 billion0.50$159.70 million$1.7115.32
American Eagle Outfitters$4.99 billion0.51$125.14 million$0.6221.18

Urban Outfitters has a net margin of 3.33% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 2.51%. American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity of 13.27% beat Urban Outfitters' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Urban Outfitters 3.33% 9.46% 4.46%
American Eagle Outfitters 2.51% 13.27% 5.35%

Summary

Urban Outfitters and American Eagle Outfitters tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AEO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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 OutfittersFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.54B$12.41B$16.05B$14.22B
Dividend YieldN/A3.71%169.69%3.88%
P/E Ratio21.1849.3431.6218.87
Price / Sales0.510.7111.8210.83
Price / Cash6.008.6435.7924.48
Price / Book1.613.874.796.74
Net Income$125.14M$515.53M$543.87M$866.28M
7 Day Performance3.63%3.71%1.30%2.93%
1 Month Performance-8.63%-7.73%-4.96%-5.27%
1 Year Performance-23.84%-13.78%-13.72%-13.85%

American Eagle Outfitters Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
URBN
Urban Outfitters
2.4339 of 5 stars
$26.19
-2.1%
$27.25
+4.0%
-2.5%$2.41B$4.80B15.3223,000Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
BKE
Buckle
2.049 of 5 stars
$35.04
+1.7%
N/A-4.2%$1.76B$1.35B6.838,300
GPS
GAP
2.2556 of 5 stars
$9.27
+2.0%
$11.50
+24.1%
-38.6%$3.39B$15.62B-16.8595,000Analyst Revision
Gap Up
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
1.6958 of 5 stars
$26.16
+1.7%
$28.14
+7.6%
-24.0%$1.28B$3.70B436.0731,500
JWN
Nordstrom
2.7896 of 5 stars
$15.62
+0.6%
$19.61
+25.6%
-44.9%$2.50B$15.53B10.3460,000Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
VVNT
Vivint Smart Home
0.7377 of 5 stars
$12.00
flat
$10.25
-14.6%
+61.3%$2.58B$1.68B-50.0011,000High Trading Volume
PZZA
Papa John's International
2.6086 of 5 stars
$75.07
-1.4%
$99.33
+32.3%
-29.3%$2.60B$2.10B39.9312,000
CBRL
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
1.9793 of 5 stars
$112.96
+0.1%
$110.00
-2.6%
-7.0%$2.50B$3.27B23.5373,000Short Interest ↑
TRIP
Tripadvisor
2.3164 of 5 stars
$18.86
+0.9%
$26.13
+38.6%
-31.8%$2.66B$1.49B157.173,100Short Interest ↓
KSS
Kohl's
2.6798 of 5 stars
$22.05
+1.3%
$29.25
+32.7%
-64.5%$2.44B$18.10B-49.0097,000Analyst Report
Insider Buying
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
This page (NYSE:AEO) was last updated on 3/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff