Zacks Research Brokers Reduce Earnings Estimates for AEO

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q2 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of American Eagle Outfitters in a report released on Thursday, June 12th. Zacks Research analyst R. Lohia now expects that the apparel retailer will post earnings of $0.20 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.28. The consensus estimate for American Eagle Outfitters’ current full-year earnings is $1.70 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for American Eagle Outfitters’ Q3 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.28 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.46 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $1.59 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on AEO. Morgan Stanley set a $10.00 price objective on American Eagle Outfitters and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, June 2nd. UBS Group lowered their price target on shares of American Eagle Outfitters from $32.00 to $28.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, March 13th. Cfra Research cut shares of American Eagle Outfitters from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, June 6th. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price objective on shares of American Eagle Outfitters from $15.00 to $11.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 14th. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group boosted their target price on shares of American Eagle Outfitters to $12.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, May 30th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $14.70.

American Eagle Outfitters Price Performance

Shares of NYSE AEO opened at $9.32 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.61 billion, a PE ratio of 7.96, a P/E/G ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 1.51. American Eagle Outfitters has a one year low of $9.27 and a one year high of $22.83. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $10.90 and its 200-day moving average price is $13.53.

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 29th. The apparel retailer reported ($0.29) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.25) by ($0.04). The company had revenue of $1.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.08 billion. American Eagle Outfitters had a return on equity of 20.75% and a net margin of 4.28%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.34 EPS.

American Eagle Outfitters Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 11th will be issued a $0.125 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 11th. This represents a $0.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.37%. American Eagle Outfitters’s payout ratio is currently 51.02%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On American Eagle Outfitters

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. MetLife Investment Management LLC raised its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 724 shares in the last quarter. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC raised its stake in American Eagle Outfitters by 5.2% in the fourth quarter. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC now owns 15,740 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $262,000 after purchasing an additional 783 shares in the last quarter. TCM Advisors LLC lifted its position in American Eagle Outfitters by 2.1% during the fourth quarter. TCM Advisors LLC now owns 39,400 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $657,000 after purchasing an additional 800 shares during the last quarter. NFJ Investment Group LLC lifted its position in American Eagle Outfitters by 0.7% during the first quarter. NFJ Investment Group LLC now owns 119,074 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $1,384,000 after purchasing an additional 845 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in American Eagle Outfitters by 95.7% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,916 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 937 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 97.33% of the company’s stock.

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.