With 3.88 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 4.99 million shares. The 52-week range on AEO shows that it touched its highest point at $26.44 and its lowest point at $13.16 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $19.30. With its current market cap of 2.51 billion, AEO has annualized dividend of $0.50 while the current yield stands at 3.82%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.54.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of AEO was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -9.03%, but this was down by -21.33% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -25.67% while six-month performance fell -41.77%. The stock lost -45.00% in the past year, while it has lost -21.48% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AEO yields 1.17 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.81. For the next quarter, that number is 0.51. This implies an EPS growth rate of 12.25% for this year and 6.07% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 9.38% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -10.10%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 192.10 million AEO shares are outstanding with a float of 176.57 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for AEO since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.43306 being high and $1.39298 being low. For AEO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.41302.
