EntryPoint Capital LLC Sells 7,860 Shares of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. $AEO

EntryPoint Capital LLC lessened its stake in American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) by 17.7% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 36,454 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock after selling 7,860 shares during the period. EntryPoint Capital LLC’s holdings in American Eagle Outfitters were worth $424,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. MetLife Investment Management LLC grew its position in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC now owns 105,949 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $1,766,000 after buying an additional 724 shares during the last quarter. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 5.2% in the 4th quarter. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC now owns 15,740 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $262,000 after buying an additional 783 shares during the last quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. grew its position in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 38.7% in the 1st quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 4,173 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $48,000 after buying an additional 1,165 shares during the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its position in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 101,127 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $1,686,000 after buying an additional 1,282 shares during the last quarter. Finally, ABLE Financial Group LLC grew its position in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 7.0% in the 4th quarter. ABLE Financial Group LLC now owns 24,221 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $404,000 after buying an additional 1,587 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 97.33% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AEO has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Telsey Advisory Group boosted their price objective on American Eagle Outfitters to $12.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, May 30th. Wall Street Zen downgraded American Eagle Outfitters from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, June 7th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price objective on American Eagle Outfitters from $15.00 to $11.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 14th. Cfra Research downgraded American Eagle Outfitters from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, June 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued an “underweight” rating and issued a $9.00 price objective on shares of American Eagle Outfitters in a research note on Monday, July 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $14.70.

American Eagle Outfitters Stock Down 2.8%

AEO stock opened at $12.2760 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $10.86 and its 200 day simple moving average is $11.55. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $9.27 and a fifty-two week high of $22.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a current ratio of 1.38. The company has a market cap of $2.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.53 and a beta of 1.51.

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 29th. The apparel retailer reported ($0.29) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.25) by ($0.04). The company had revenue of $1.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.08 billion. American Eagle Outfitters had a return on equity of 13.34% and a net margin of 3.73%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.34 earnings per share. American Eagle Outfitters has set its Q2 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, research analysts expect that American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. will post 1.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

American Eagle Outfitters Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 11th were paid a $0.125 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 11th. This represents a $0.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.1%. American Eagle Outfitters’s dividend payout ratio is 51.02%.

American Eagle Outfitters Profile

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.