American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) Shares Sold by Leeward Investments LLC MA

Leeward Investments LLC MA lowered its position in American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) by 6.9% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 147,850 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock after selling 11,033 shares during the quarter. Leeward Investments LLC MA’s holdings in American Eagle Outfitters were worth $2,465,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Investors Research Corp grew its holdings in American Eagle Outfitters by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 46,239 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock worth $1,035,000 after buying an additional 650 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its position in American Eagle Outfitters by 95.7% during the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,916 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 937 shares during the period. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC grew its stake in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 2.1% in the third quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC now owns 49,669 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock worth $1,112,000 after purchasing an additional 1,033 shares in the last quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 7.5% during the third quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 20,840 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $467,000 after purchasing an additional 1,446 shares during the period. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of American Eagle Outfitters by 171.1% during the third quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,548 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $57,000 after purchasing an additional 1,608 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 97.33% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Bank of America decreased their target price on shares of American Eagle Outfitters from $21.00 to $18.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. StockNews.com lowered shares of American Eagle Outfitters from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Barclays restated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $17.00 target price (down from $19.00) on shares of American Eagle Outfitters in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. UBS Group lowered their price target on American Eagle Outfitters from $34.00 to $32.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group dropped their price objective on American Eagle Outfitters from $20.00 to $18.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $21.00.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Cary D. Mcmillan sold 2,999 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $16.02, for a total value of $48,043.98. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Company insiders own 7.30% of the company’s stock.

American Eagle Outfitters Stock Down 4.4 %

Shares of NYSE AEO opened at $13.76 on Monday. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. has a 52-week low of $13.64 and a 52-week high of $26.44. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.76, a PEG ratio of 0.85 and a beta of 1.53. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $16.07 and its 200 day simple moving average is $18.55.

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 4th. The apparel retailer reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.02. American Eagle Outfitters had a return on equity of 20.75% and a net margin of 4.28%. The firm had revenue of $1.29 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.30 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.49 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down .9% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts anticipate that American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. will post 1.7 earnings per share for the current year.

American Eagle Outfitters Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 24th. Investors of record on Friday, January 10th were given a $0.125 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 10th. This represents a $0.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.64%. American Eagle Outfitters’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 42.74%.

American Eagle Outfitters 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.