With 8.7 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 6.96 million shares. The 52-week range on AEO shows that it touched its highest point at $25.15 and its lowest point at $9.44 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $12.10. With its current market cap of 2.19 billion, AEO has annualized dividend of $0.50 while the current yield stands at 3.93%. 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 up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 15.32%, but this was up by 19.55% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.15% while six-month performance fell -33.37%. The stock lost -48.15% in the past year, while it has lost -23.70% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AEO yields 1.68 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.40. For the next quarter, that number is 0.10. This implies an EPS growth rate of -16.94% for this year and -2.84% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -6.21% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 8.42%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 188.62 million AEO shares are outstanding with a float of 158.27 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.
