American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE: AEO) is -23.70% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $9.44 and a high of $25.15 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 $12.07 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.65%.
Currently trading at $12.72, the stock is 14.98% and 11.78% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 8.7 million and changing 5.39% at the moment leaves the stock -24.12% off its SMA200. AEO registered -48.15% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -33.37%.
The stock witnessed a 19.55% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.15%, and is 15.32% 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 4.77% over the week and 4.51% over the month.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) has around 44000 employees, a market worth around $2.19B and $5.33B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 7.59 and Fwd P/E is 9.06. Profit margin for the company is 6.18%. Distance from 52-week low is 34.67% and -49.42% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (11.36%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -16.94% this year.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 188.62M, and float is at 158.27M with Short Float at 11.17%.
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 14.9386% 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 10.7934 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).
