Currently, there are 188.62M common shares owned by the public and among those 158.27M shares have been available to trade.
The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of 0.85% and -33.06% over the past three months. AEO shares are trading -35.63% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance down to -52.03% lower. It has a 12-month low price of $9.44 and touched a high of $25.15 over the same period. AEO has an average intraday trading volume of 6.48 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -3.97%, -12.65%, and -38.70% respectively.
Institutional ownership of American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE: AEO) shares accounts for 102.71% of the company’s 188.62M shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $1.85B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 1.49. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 6.41, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $1.68. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 5.38% over the week and 7.71% over the month.
Analysts forecast that American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) will achieve an EPS of 0.11 for the current quarter, 0.27 for the next quarter and 1.56 for current fiscal year. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is 0.08 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of 0.08. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was 0.34 a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to decrease by -20.39%, and 7.52% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of -5.13% over the next five years, compared to 8.42% over the past 5-year period.
Looking at the support for the AEO, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. Telsey Advisory Group stated their Market Perform rating for the stock in a research note on March 13, 2025, with the firm’s price target at $18-$12. Barclays coverage for the American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) stock in a research note released on March 13, 2025 offered a Underweight rating with a price target of $10. Morgan Stanley was of a view on February 05, 2025 that the stock is Equal-Weight, while Morgan Stanley gave the stock Equal-Weight rating on January 21, 2025, issuing a price target of $15- $16. Telsey Advisory Group on their part issued Market Perform rating on January 14, 2025.
