American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE: AEO) is -53.30% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $9.27 and a high of $22.83 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 $9.88 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 8259990.12%.
Currently trading at $8260000.0, the stock is -3.19% and -10.17% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.25 million and changing -2.63% at the moment leaves the stock -36.25% off its SMA200. AEO registered -42.29% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -41.73%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $10.7094 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $15.0894.
The stock witnessed a -13.95% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -15.76%, and is -0.82% 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 3.06% over the week and 3.90% over the month.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) has around 44000 employees, a market worth around $1.67B and $5.27B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 9.84 and Fwd P/E is 8.14. Profit margin for the company is 3.73%. Distance from 52-week low is 3.78% and -57.85% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.73%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -54.27% this year.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) Top Institutional Holders
461.0 institutions hold shares in American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO), with institutional investors hold 114.53% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 173.27M, and float is at 158.95M with Short Float at 10.96%. Institutions hold 106.71% 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 14.9386% 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).
