With 8.1 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 8.31 million shares. The 52-week range on AEO shows that it touched its highest point at $22.85 and its lowest point at $9.44 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $11.40. With its current market cap of 1.80 billion, AEO has annualized dividend of $0.50 while the current yield stands at 4.81%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.49.
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 -6.31%, but this was down by -6.31% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -13.26% while six-month performance fell -44.03%. The stock lost -53.22% in the past year, while it has lost -37.61% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AEO yields 0.98 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.20. For the next quarter, that number is 0.20. This implies an EPS growth rate of -54.27% for this year and 50.33% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -7.60% 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, 173.26 million AEO shares are outstanding with a float of 158.95 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.
