American Eagle Outfitters Inc [NYSE: AEO] price surged by 5.93 percent to reach at $8279990.38.
A sum of 8579464 shares traded at recent session while its average daily volume was at 8.28M shares. American Eagle Outfitters Inc shares reached a high of $10.575 and dropped to a low of $9.56 until finishing in the latest session at $8279999.999999999.
The one-year AEO stock forecast points to a potential downside of -72631478.95. The average equity rating for AEO stock is currently 2.85, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
Guru’s Opinion on American Eagle Outfitters Inc [AEO]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for AEO shares is $11.40 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on AEO stock is a recommendation set at 2.85. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Telsey Advisory Group have made an estimate for American Eagle Outfitters Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Market Perform, with their previous recommendation back on March 13, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Barclays dropped their target price from $17 to $10. The new note on the price target was released on March 13, 2025, representing the official price target for American Eagle Outfitters Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $19 to $17, while Morgan Stanley kept a Equal-Weight rating on AEO stock. On January 21, 2025, analysts increased their price target for AEO shares from 15 to 16.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.20, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.51. Price to Free Cash Flow for AEO in the course of the last twelve months was 8.32 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.56.
AEO Stock Performance Analysis:
American Eagle Outfitters Inc [AEO] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 4.19. With this latest performance, AEO shares dropped by -7.03% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -38.43% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -38.87% in the past year of trading.
Insight into American Eagle Outfitters Inc Fundamentals:
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and American Eagle Outfitters Inc [AEO] shares currently have an operating margin of 5.67% and a Gross Margin at 32.92%. American Eagle Outfitters Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 3.73%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 5.37%, with Return on Assets sitting at 5.37%.
AEO Stock EPS
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for AEO. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for American Eagle Outfitters Inc go to -7.60%.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc [AEO] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $106.71%, or 114.53%% of AEO stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of AEO stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 28.93 million shares, which is approximately 14.9386%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 20.9 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$417.21 million in AEO stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$407.34 million in AEO stock with ownership which is approximately 10.5378%.
