American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (NYSE: AEO) is -5.25% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $15.92 and a high of $26.44 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The AEO stock was last observed hovering at around $20.33 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.28%.
Currently trading at $20.05, the stock is -3.42% and -2.87% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.29 million and changing -1.38% at the moment leaves the stock -8.13% off its SMA200. AEO registered 15.30% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -17.35%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $20.6418 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $21.82315.
The stock witnessed a -10.45% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.07%, and is 1.57% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.64% over the week and 3.13% over the month.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (AEO) has around 43100 employees, a market worth around $3.85B and $5.41B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 16.08 and Fwd P/E is 10.34. Profit margin for the company is 4.58%. Distance from 52-week low is 25.94% and -24.17% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (9.15%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 18.05% this year.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (AEO) Top Institutional Holders
495.0 institutions hold shares in American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (AEO), with institutional investors hold 114.75% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 196.94M, and float is at 176.52M with Short Float at 9.25%. Institutions hold 107.75% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 28.93 million shares valued at $577.45 million. The investor’s holdings represent 14.7281% of the AEO Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 20.9 million shares valued at $417.21 million to account for 10.6413 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 20.41 million shares representing 10.3894% and valued at over $407.34 million, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 5.1497 of the shares totaling 10.12 million with a market value of $201.9 million.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (AEO) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by MCMILLAN CARY D, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that MCMILLAN CARY D sold 2,283 shares of the company’s common stock on Oct 16 ’24 at a price of $21.49 per share for a total of $49057.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Oct 01 ’24, Foyle Jennifer M. (Global Brand President-aerie) disposed off 30,000 shares at an average price of $21.79 for $0.65 million. The insider now directly holds 200,427 shares of American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (AEO).
