American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AEO) To Go Ex-Dividend on January 9th

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th will be given a dividend of 0.125 per share by the apparel retailer on Friday, January 23rd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.1%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 9th.

American Eagle Outfitters has decreased its dividend by an average of 0.0%per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 2 years. American Eagle Outfitters has a payout ratio of 38.2% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities analysts expect American Eagle Outfitters to earn $1.80 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.50 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 27.8%.

American Eagle Outfitters Trading Up 1.2%

Shares of NYSE:AEO opened at $24.25 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.63, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.11 billion, a PE ratio of 20.91 and a beta of 1.44. American Eagle Outfitters has a 1 year low of $9.27 and a 1 year high of $24.66. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $17.40 and a 200 day moving average price of $14.14.

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The apparel retailer reported $0.53 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.43 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $1.36 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.32 billion. American Eagle Outfitters had a return on equity of 13.82% and a net margin of 3.90%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.48 earnings per share. Analysts expect that American Eagle Outfitters will post 1.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

American Eagle Outfitters Company 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.