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While looking at the Stock's Performance, American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. now shows a Weekly Performance of -3.6%, where Monthly Performance is 9.71%, Quarterly performance is 18.42%, 6 Months performance is 56.57% and yearly performance percentage is 34.94%.

Rhumbline Advisers lowered its stake in shares of American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) by 1.3% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. During the past three months the stock gain 18.42%, however six months performance of the stock remained at 56.57%. The overall volume in the last trading session was 8.95 million shares. The company has 168.48 Million shares outstanding and 166.9 Million shares were floated in market. Meadow Creek Investment Management LLC now owns 25,466 shares of the apparel retailer's stock worth $479,000 after purchasing an additional 3,638 shares during the period. (NYSE:AEO), stock is trading $20.83 above the 52-week high and has displayed a high EPS growth of 5.30% in last 5 years. Stock's distance from 52 week High is -6.19% and the distance from 52 week Low is 91.01%. The volume of the company in the last trading session was 9.49 Million. The relative volume of the stock is 2.12. Stock value has moved between $10.23 - 20.79 in last one year. Stock has got OUTPERFORM rating from 6 analyst (s) whereas last month 6 analyst (s) have given outperform rating. Its weekly performance showed downward trend of -3.6 percent. Net profit margin of the company was recorded at 4.5 percent, operating profit margin was 7.2 percent, while gross profit margin stands at 36.4 percent. Institutional investors own 86.08% of the company's stock. For the most recent quarter, quick ratio was 0.7, current ratio was 1.7, LT Debt/Equity ratio was 0 and Total Debt/Equity ratio stands at 0, while Payout ratio is 0.546. The stock is now has its Return on Assets (ROA) value of 10.2 Percent.

Moving averages are used as a strong indicator for technical stock analysis and it helps investors in figuring out where the stock has been and also helps in determining where it may be possibly heading. Analysts have a mean recommendation of 2.20 on this stock (A rating of less than 2 means buy, "hold" within the 3 range, "sell" within the 4 range, and "strong sell" within the 5 range). Telsey Advisory Group lifted their price target on shares of American Eagle Outfitters from $16.00 to $19.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, December 7th. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.39 EPS. The low EPS estimate is $0.19, while the high EPS estimate is $0.23. While for the next 5 years, the growth estimate is 5.6%.

Annual Sales Growth in the past 5 years was 3 percent.

Quarterly Earnings Growth on year-over-year basis stands at -13.3 percent. BMO Capital Markets set a $21.00 target price on American Eagle Outfitters and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 19th.

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Some buy side analysts are also providing their Analysis on American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., where 1 analysts have rated the stock as Strong buy, 0 analysts have given a Buy signal, 2 said it's a HOLD, and 0 analysts rated the stock as Sell. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank increased its stake in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 35.1% in the fourth quarter. (AEO), Week Volatility is 5.31%, whereas Month Volatility is at 4.42%. The Company offers a range of apparel and accessories for men and women under the American Eagle Outfitters Brand (AEO Brand), and intimates, apparel and personal care products for women under the Aerie brand.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on AEO.

The Stock had a 2.33 Consensus Analyst Recommendation 30 Days Ago, whereas 60 days ago and 90 days ago the analyst recommendations were 2.5 and 2.46 respectively.

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.'s insider ownership stands at 0.1 percent, while its insider transaction is -7.42 percent.

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