American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE: AEO) has experienced a decline in its stock price by -2.63 compared to its previous closing price of 9.88. However, the company has seen a fall of -0.82% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-06-19 that American Eagle (AEO) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.
Is It Worth Investing in American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE: AEO) Right Now?
American Eagle Outfitters Inc (NYSE: AEO) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 9.84x compared to its average ratio. AEO has 36-month beta value of 1.45. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 9 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for AEO is 158.95M, and currently, short sellers hold a 10.96% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of AEO on July 01, 2025 was 8.26M shares.
AEO’s Market Performance
The stock of American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) has seen a -0.82% decrease in the past week, with a -13.95% drop in the past month, and a -15.76% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.06%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 3.90% for AEO. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -3.19% for AEO’s stock, with a -36.25% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of AEO
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for AEO stocks, with Telsey Advisory Group repeating the rating for AEO by listing it as a “Market Perform.” The predicted price for AEO in the upcoming period, according to Telsey Advisory Group is $12 based on the research report published on March 13, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Barclays, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see AEO reach a price target of $10, previously predicting the price at $17. The rating they have provided for AEO stocks is “Underweight” according to the report published on March 13th, 2025.
Morgan Stanley gave a rating of “Equal-Weight” to AEO, setting the target price at $17 in the report published on February 05th of the current year.
AEO Trading at -10.17% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought AEO to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -57.85% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at AEO starting from MCMILLAN CARY D, who sale 2,999 shares at the price of $16.02 back on Jan 16 ’25. After this action, MCMILLAN CARY D now owns 0 shares of American Eagle Outfitters Inc, valued at $48,044 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for AEO
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.05 for the present operating margin
- 0.37 for the gross margin
The net margin for American Eagle Outfitters Inc stands at 0.04. The total capital return value is set at 0.09. Equity return is now at value 12.19, with 5.37 for asset returns.
Based on American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO), the company’s capital structure generated 0.55 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.26.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 665.39 million with net debt to EBITDA at 3.24. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.63. The receivables turnover for the company is 23.08for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.4. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.38.
Conclusion
To put it simply, American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
