Analysts' Views: American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO)

Victory Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of American Eagle Outfitters during the first quarter valued at $439,000. Keeping an eye on the stock price relative to its moving averages may be useful when trying to figure out share movement in the future. Capital Fund Management S.A. increased its stake in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 413.1% in the third quarter. BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. now owns 5,258,918 shares of the apparel retailer's stock worth $93,924,000 after buying an additional 88,083 shares during the period. Companies may issue new shares and buy back their own shares.

Cubic Asset Management Llc holds 0.24% of its portfolio in Harvest Capital Credit Corp for 56,225 shares. The firm owned 17,317 shares of the apparel retailer's stock after selling 706 shares during the period.

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) traded up 3.37% during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $14.41. Meanwhile, due to an ongoing pressure which caused a decline of nearly -2.99% in the past five days, the stock price is now up 2.74% so far on the year - still in weak territory.

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. has a 50 day moving average of 13.84 and a 200 day moving average of 15.50. The stock appeared $19.08 above its 52-week highs and is up 1.86% for the last five trades. AEO's profit would be $29.28M giving it 20.66 P/E if the $0.17 EPS is correct. The apparel retailer reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.38 by $0.01. The difference between Actual EPS and Estimated EPS was 0.01 Percent. American Eagle Outfitters had a return on equity of 21.77% and a net margin of 6.62%.

01/11/2017 - American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. had its "buy" rating reiterated by analysts at Wunderlich. A higher current ratio is always more favorable than a lower current ratio because it shows the company can more easily make current debt payments. Narrowing in a bit closer, the 5 month price index is 0.84751, the 3 month is 0.94305, and the 1 month is now 1.07707.

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 7th were issued a $0.125 dividend.

On 3/9/2016 American Eagle Outfitters announced a quarterly dividend of $0.13 3.06% with an ex dividend date of 4/6/2016 which will be payable on 4/22/2016.

The stock now has its Annual Dividend of $0.5 and an annual Dividend Yield of 3.52 Percent.

03/02/2017 - American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. was downgraded to "neutral" by analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. If you are viewing this story on another site, it was stolen and republished in violation of US and worldwide trademark and copyright legislation. The legal version of this piece can be viewed at [[permalink]]. On Monday, November 14 the stock rating was downgraded by Wolfe Research to "Peer Perform". The scale runs from 1 to 5 with 1 recommending Strong Buy and 5 recommending a Strong Sell. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $20.00 target price on shares of American Eagle Outfitters in a research report on Thursday, January 5th. The company's market capitalization is $34.30 billion with the total outstanding shares of 2.29 billion. Janney Capital upgraded the stock to "Neutral" rating in Monday, June 20 report. The consensus recommendation for stock is 2.70. The stock now has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $17.56.

We also note that American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. The Company offers a range of apparel and accessories for men and women under the American Eagle Outfitters Brand (AEO Brand), and intimates, apparel and personal care products for women under the Aerie brand.