American Eagle Outfitters (AEO)

• Market cap: $1.9B
• 1 day: 2.80%
• 5 days: 4.06%
• 1 month: -13.29%
• 3 months: -35.80%
• 6 months: -44.12%
• Year to date: -35.61%
• 1 year: -51.02%
• 5 years: 63.89%
• 10 years: -34.85%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Apparel Retail

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 majority of its revenue from the United States.

Employees: 44,000

Fund manager confidence

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

7% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 119 | Existing positions reduced: 111

6% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 72 | Existing positions closed: 77

2% less funds holding

Funds holding: 349 [Q3] → 341 (-8) [Q4]

3.84% less ownership

Funds ownership: 96.73% [Q3] → 92.89% (-3.84%) [Q4]

28% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $4.16B [Q3] → $2.98B (-$1.18B) [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

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

• Low target: $10 9% downside
• Avg. target: $14.13 28% upside
• High target: $28 154% upside

8 analyst ratings

• positive: 1 13%
• neutral: 6 75%
• negative: 1 13%

JP Morgan Matthew Boss 38% 1-year accuracy 31 / 81 met price target	9% downside $10	Neutral Maintained	14 Apr 2025
B of A Securities Christopher Nardone 13% 1-year accuracy 1 / 8 met price target	18% upside $13	Neutral Maintained	14 Mar 2025
Morgan Stanley Adrienne Yih 24% 1-year accuracy 23 / 97 met price target	9% upside $12	Equal-Weight Maintained	13 Mar 2025
UBS Jay Sole 27% 1-year accuracy 16 / 59 met price target	154% upside $28	Buy Maintained	13 Mar 2025
BMO Capital Simeon Siegel 23% 1-year accuracy 5 / 22 met price target	36% upside $15	Market Perform Maintained	13 Mar 2025