Zacks Research Issues Pessimistic Estimate for AEO Earnings

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) – Analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q2 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of American Eagle Outfitters in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, June 12th. Zacks Research analyst R. Lohia now anticipates that the apparel retailer will earn $0.20 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.28. The consensus estimate for American Eagle Outfitters’ current full-year earnings is $1.70 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for American Eagle Outfitters’ Q3 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.28 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.46 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $1.59 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Telsey Advisory Group lifted their target price on shares of American Eagle Outfitters to $12.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, May 30th. Cfra Research cut American Eagle Outfitters from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, June 6th. UBS Group decreased their price objective on American Eagle Outfitters from $32.00 to $28.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, March 13th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on American Eagle Outfitters from $15.00 to $11.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 14th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on American Eagle Outfitters from $10.00 to $9.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 14th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $14.70.

American Eagle Outfitters Stock Performance

Shares of AEO opened at $9.32 on Monday. American Eagle Outfitters has a fifty-two week low of $9.27 and a fifty-two week high of $22.83. The firm has a market cap of $1.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.96, a PEG ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 1.51. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $10.90 and a 200-day moving average price of $13.53.

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 29th. The apparel retailer reported ($0.29) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.25) by ($0.04). American Eagle Outfitters had a return on equity of 20.75% and a net margin of 4.28%. The firm had revenue of $1.09 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.08 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.34 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year.

American Eagle Outfitters Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 25th. Investors of record on Friday, July 11th will be paid a $0.125 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 11th. This represents a $0.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.37%. American Eagle Outfitters’s payout ratio is presently 51.02%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. HighTower Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of American Eagle Outfitters in the 4th quarter worth approximately $267,000. Rhumbline Advisers lifted its stake in American Eagle Outfitters by 0.7% in the first quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 528,510 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock worth $6,141,000 after acquiring an additional 3,631 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in American Eagle Outfitters by 137.5% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 3,358 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $55,000 after acquiring an additional 1,944 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE increased its position in American Eagle Outfitters by 1,673.7% during the 4th quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 62,134 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $1,036,000 after purchasing an additional 58,631 shares during the period. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG increased its position in American Eagle Outfitters by 58.4% during the 4th quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 172,981 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $2,884,000 after purchasing an additional 63,794 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 97.33% of the company’s stock.

About American Eagle Outfitters

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc operates as a multi-brand specialty retailer in the United States and internationally. The company provides jeans, apparel and accessories, and personal care products for women and men under the American Eagle brand; and intimates, apparel, activewear, and swim collections under the Aerie and OFFLINE by Aerie brands.