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American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AEO)

Consumer Cyclical | Apparel Retail | Pittsburgh, United States | NYSE
19.42 USD +0.25 (1.304%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4:01 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 19.84 +0.42 (2.163%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 1:26 p.m. EDT

AEO has shown some recent price recovery but remains volatile. The dividend yield is decent, but the stock's fundamentals are mixed with earnings growth concerns. The options activity suggests both bullish and bearish sentiment, making it a risky short-term play. For long-term investors, the stock may offer value if fundamentals improve, but the current outlook is uncertain.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.174180
AutoTheta0.174274
AutoARIMA0.174482
MSTL0.175726

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 81.05
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.069
Excess Kurtosis -1.68
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2026-04-09
Last Dividend Date 2026-04-09
Debt to Equity Ratio 102.996
Revenue per Share 32.22
Market Cap 3,236,822,016
Trailing P/E 17.82
Forward P/E 9.82
Beta 1.48
Profit Margins 3.46%
Website https://www.aeo-inc.com

As of April 11, 2026, 1:26 p.m. EDT: The options data indicates mixed signals. The calls show a concentration of open interest (OI) around the ATM strike of 18.5, suggesting potential support at this level. However, there are spikes in IV and OI for strikes far out of the money, indicating possible speculation or hedging. Puts show significant OI for strikes above the current price, suggesting some bearish sentiment. The overall volatility and positioning suggest a cautious approach, with potential for short-term movements but not clear directional bias.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.68% 3.32% 3.12% 3.02%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-04-10 0.125000 0.682314
2026-01-09 0.125000 0.469234
2025-10-10 0.125000 0.883424
2025-07-11 0.125000 1.287572
2025-04-11 0.125000 1.213006
2025-01-10 0.125000 0.804635
2024-10-11 0.125000 0.640331
2024-07-12 0.125000 0.625419
2024-04-11 0.125000 0.564348
2024-01-04 0.125000 0.655399
2023-10-12 0.100000 0.632552
2023-07-06 0.100000 0.911028
2023-04-05 0.100000 0.795641
2022-07-07 0.180000 1.687030
2022-03-10 0.180000 1.111190
2021-12-09 0.180000 0.754015
2021-10-07 0.180000 0.814840
2021-07-08 0.180000 0.590226
2021-03-11 0.138000 0.540351
2020-12-15 0.138000 0.826364
2020-01-02 0.138000 1.128512
2019-10-10 0.138000 1.124216
2019-07-11 0.138000 0.985561
2019-04-11 0.138000 0.765468
2018-12-13 0.138000 0.896522
2018-10-11 0.138000 0.806378
2018-07-12 0.138000 0.732643
2018-04-12 0.138000 0.790467
2017-12-14 0.125000 0.897145
2017-10-05 0.125000 1.124061
2017-07-05 0.125000 1.305056
2017-04-05 0.125000 1.213624
2016-12-14 0.125000 0.954488
2016-10-05 0.125000 0.941818
2016-07-01 0.125000 1.008217
2016-04-06 0.125000 1.018717
2015-12-16 0.125000 1.061685
2015-10-05 0.125000 1.053288
2015-07-01 0.125000 0.965826
2015-04-06 0.125000 0.979652
2014-12-17 0.125000 1.262705
2014-09-29 0.125000 1.161251
2014-06-30 0.125000 1.545982
2014-03-31 0.125000 1.432656
2013-12-18 0.125000 1.244937
2013-09-30 0.125000 1.277532
2013-06-27 0.125000 0.993385
2012-12-17 0.220000 1.540712
2012-09-24 1.610000 11.030138
2012-06-25 0.110000 0.907706
2012-03-22 0.110000 1.017127
2011-12-19 0.110000 1.235495
2011-09-22 0.110000 1.594792
2011-07-06 0.110000 1.361707
2011-03-24 0.110000 1.158180
2010-12-09 0.610000 6.540100
2010-09-23 0.110000 1.304943
2010-06-24 0.110000 1.568705
2010-03-25 0.100000 0.902252
2009-12-23 0.100000 1.070285
2009-10-07 0.100000 1.059356
2009-07-01 0.100000 1.245051
2009-03-26 0.100000 1.393657
2008-12-24 0.100000 1.959932
2008-09-25 0.100000 1.163944
2008-07-08 0.100000 1.344301
2008-03-26 0.100000 1.015237
2007-12-26 0.100000 0.892320
2007-09-26 0.100000 0.706644
2007-06-28 0.100000 0.735637
2007-03-28 0.075000 0.465358
2006-12-19 0.050000 0.299836
2006-09-20 0.075333 0.481165
2006-06-22 0.075333 0.646376
2006-03-22 0.050000 0.506261
2005-12-21 0.050000 0.680279
2005-09-21 0.050000 0.703747
2005-06-23 0.050000 0.450665
2005-03-22 0.033333 0.348987
2004-12-21 0.020000 0.253930
2004-09-22 0.020000 0.315761
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.5
dividendYield 2.57
exDividendDate 2026-04-10
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.5
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.02608242
lastDividendValue 0.125
lastDividendDate 2026-04-10
dividendDate 2026-04-24

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.8098788
Address1 77 Hot Metal Street
All Time High 38.99
All Time Low 0.271605
Ask 19.43
Ask Size 200
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 3.0 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 5,526,190
Average Daily Volume3 Month 5,700,753
Average Volume 5,700,753
Average Volume10Days 5,526,190
Beta 1.476
Bid 19.35
Bid Size 400
Board Risk 4
Book Value 10.021
City Pittsburgh
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,735,603,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 19.42
Current Ratio 1.515
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 19.9
Day Low 19.355
Debt To Equity 102.996
Display Name American Eagle Outfitters
Dividend Date 1,776,988,800
Dividend Rate 0.5
Dividend Yield 2.57
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,748,550,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,748,550,600
Earnings Growth -0.065
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.158
Earnings Timestamp 1,772,658,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,779,998,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,779,998,400
Ebitda 550,004,992
Ebitda Margins 0.09915
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.615
Enterprise To Revenue 0.854
Enterprise Value 4,738,288,128
Eps Current Year 1.76212
Eps Forward 1.97779
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.09
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,775,779,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 20.084
Fifty Day Average Change -0.66399956
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.03306112
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 80.987885
Fifty Two Week High 28.46
Fifty Two Week High Change -9.039999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.31763875
Fifty Two Week Low 9.27
Fifty Two Week Low Change 10.15
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.0949298
Fifty Two Week Range 9.27 - 28.46
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 766,330,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.97
Float Shares 151,597,274
Forward Eps 1.97779
Forward P E 9.81904
Free Cashflow 97,716,128
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 10,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.3651
Gross Profits 2,025,320,960
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.07102
Held Percent Institutions 0.98807997
Implied Shares Outstanding 166,674,665
Industry Apparel Retail
Industry Disp Apparel Retail
Industry Key apparel-retail
Ir Website http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=81256&p=irol-homeprofile
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,775,779,200
Last Dividend Value 0.125
Last Fiscal Year End 1,769,817,600
Last Split Date 1,166,486,400
Last Split Factor 3:2
Long Business Summary American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. operates as a multi-brand specialty retailer in the United States and internationally. It 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. The company also offers menswear products under the Todd Snyder New York brand; and fashion clothing and accessories under the Unsubscribed brand. It sells its products through its own and licensed retail stores, concession-based shops-within-shops, wholesale markets, and online marketplaces; and digital channels, such as www.ae.com, www.aerie.com, www.toddsnyder.com, and www.unsubscribed.com. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Long Name American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 3,236,822,016
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_332273
Most Recent Quarter 1,769,817,600
Net Income To Common 191,983,008
Next Fiscal Year End 1,801,353,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 3,236,821,974
Number Of Analyst Opinions 9
Open 19.58
Operating Cashflow 456,182,016
Operating Margins 0.1021
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.4587
Peg Ratio 3.34
Phone 412 432 3300
Post Market Change 0.42000008
Post Market Change Percent 2.1627192
Post Market Price 19.84
Post Market Time 1,776,470,368
Previous Close 19.17
Price Eps Current Year 11.020816
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.9379303
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.58350176
Profit Margins 0.03461
Quick Ratio 0.573
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.0
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.25
Regular Market Change Percent 1.30412
Regular Market Day High 19.9
Regular Market Day Low 19.355
Regular Market Day Range 19.355 - 19.9
Regular Market Open 19.58
Regular Market Previous Close 19.17
Regular Market Price 19.42
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,101
Regular Market Volume 3,418,500
Return On Assets 0.05301
Return On Equity 0.10729
Revenue Growth 0.129
Revenue Per Share 32.22
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 166,674,664
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.09819999
Shares Short 16,360,430
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 16,526,500
Short Name American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1555
Short Ratio 2.42
Source Interval 15
State PA
Symbol AEO
Target High Price 35.0
Target Low Price 19.0
Target Mean Price 23.88889
Target Median Price 24.0
Total Cash 238,923,008
Total Cash Per Share 1.433
Total Debt 1,742,108,032
Total Revenue 5,547,235,840
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.5
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.02608242
Trailing Eps 1.09
Trailing P E 17.816513
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 18.5894
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.83060074
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.04468142
Type Disp Equity
Volume 3,418,500
Website https://www.aeo-inc.com
Zip 15,203-2329