American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE: AEO) on Tuesday, plunged -2.21% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $27.2. Within the past 52 weeks, AEO’s price has moved between $9.27 and $28.15.
During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Cyclical Sector giant was 8.42%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -22.89%. With a float of $153.97 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $169.51 million.
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American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) Insider Activity
Observing investor behavior towards Apparel Retail industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of American Eagle Outfitters Inc is 9.17%, while institutional ownership is 99.39%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 09 ’25, was worth 134,869. In this transaction SVP, Controller & CAO of this company sold 5,742 shares at a rate of $23.49, taking the stock ownership to the 11,154 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 08 ’25, when Company’s EVP – CHRO sold 61,319 for $22.41, making the entire transaction worth $1,374,159. This insider now owns 23,364 shares in total.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) Earnings and Forecasts
As on 1/31/2025, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the period topping the consensus outlook (set at 0.51) by 0.03. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.05 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -22.89% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 1.92% during the next five years compared to 8.42% growth over the previous five years of trading.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE: AEO) Trading Performance Indicators
American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.59 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.84. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 28.73.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.16, a number that is poised to hit 0.67 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.63 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO)
Looking closely at American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE: AEO), its last 5-days average volume was 8.31 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 9.11 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 78.55%.
During the past 100 days, American Eagle Outfitters Inc’s (AEO) raw stochastic average was set at 90.87%, which indicates a significant increase from 74.30% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 1.13 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 0.83 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $19.79, while its 200-day Moving Average is $14.25. However, in the short run, American Eagle Outfitters Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $27.35. Second resistance stands at $28.09. The third major resistance level sits at $28.63. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $26.07, it is likely to go to the next support level at $25.53. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $24.79.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE: AEO) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 4.51 billion based on 169,512K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 5,329 M and income totals 329,380 K. The company made 1,363 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 91,340 K in sales during its previous quarter.
