American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE: AEO) is -13.38% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $14.07 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 $14.72 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.28%.
Currently trading at $14.44, the stock is -8.18% and -11.76% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.46 million and changing -1.90% at the moment leaves the stock -26.66% off its SMA200. AEO registered -35.71% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -33.21%.
The stock witnessed a -9.92% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -20.66%, and is -0.28% down 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 2.41% over the week and 3.03% over the month.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) has around 43100 employees, a market worth around $2.77B and $5.40B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 12.36 and Fwd P/E is 7.96. Profit margin for the company is 4.28%. Distance from 52-week low is 2.59% and -45.39% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.13%).
with sales reaching $1.6B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 12.26% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 1.34% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -4.63% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 192.10M, and float is at 176.36M with Short Float at 8.71%.
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 10.5378 and valued at over $407.34 million, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 5.2233 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 2,999 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 16 ’25 at a price of $16.02 per share for a total of $48044.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Oct 16 ’24, MCMILLAN CARY D (Director) disposed off 2,283 shares at an average price of $21.49 for $49057.0. The insider now directly holds 0 shares of American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO).
