American Eagle Outfitters (AEO)

• Market cap: $2.65B
• 1 day: -4.31%
• 5 days: -4.31%
• 1 month: -20.13%
• 3 months: -20.03%
• 6 months: -36.78%
• Year to date: -19.61%
• 1 year: -38.66%
• 5 years: -6.96%
• 10 years: -5.88%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Family Clothing Stores

About: American Eagle Outfitters Inc is a specialty retailer. The company is engaged in the retail of apparel and accessories with company stores in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Hong Kong. The Company leases all store premises, regional distribution facilities, some of its office space, and certain information technology and office equipment. American Eagle also has its online business. It operates in two segments: American Eagle and Aerie. The majority of its revenue comes from its primary brand, American Eagle, which offers an assortment of specialty apparel, accessories, and personal care products for women and men. Geographically, it generates the vast majority of its revenue from the United States.

Employees: 43,100

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

10% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 120 | Existing positions reduced: 109

4.1% less ownership

Funds ownership: 96.75% [Q3] → 92.66% (-4.1%) [Q4]

4% less funds holding

Funds holding: 349 [Q3] → 334 (-15) [Q4]

11% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 67 | Existing positions closed: 75

29% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $4.16B [Q3] → $2.97B (-$1.19B) [Q4]

45% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $46.6M | Put options by funds: $84.8M

100% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q3] → 0 (-2) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $16 16% upside
• Avg. target: $20 46% upside
• High target: $32 132% upside

7 analyst ratings

• positive: 1 14%
• neutral: 6 86%
• negative: 0 0%

Barclays Adrienne Yih 41% 1-year accuracy 42 / 103 met price target	23% upside $17	Equal-Weight Downgraded	5 Feb 2025
Morgan Stanley Alex Straton 63% 1-year accuracy 20 / 32 met price target	16% upside $16	Equal-Weight Upgraded	21 Jan 2025
B of A Securities Christopher Nardone 43% 1-year accuracy 3 / 7 met price target	31% upside $18	Neutral Maintained	15 Jan 2025
Telsey Advisory Group Dana Telsey 49% 1-year accuracy 94 / 190 met price target	31% upside $18	Market Perform Maintained	14 Jan 2025
JP Morgan Matthew Boss 52% 1-year accuracy 40 / 77 met price target	45% upside $20	Neutral Maintained	8 Jan 2025