American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE: AEO) is -25.85% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $9.44 and a high of $24.26 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 $11.98 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.38%.
Currently trading at $12.36, the stock is 9.32% and 8.65% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.09 million and changing 3.17% at the moment leaves the stock -25.60% off its SMA200. AEO registered -49.88% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -31.10%.
The stock witnessed a 20.23% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -13.93%, and is 10.95% 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 5.71% over the week and 4.32% over the month.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) has around 44000 employees, a market worth around $2.13B and $5.33B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 7.38 and Fwd P/E is 9.30. Profit margin for the company is 6.18%. Distance from 52-week low is 30.86% and -49.05% 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 -46.28% this year.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 188.62M, and float is at 158.26M 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).
