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American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) Competitors

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$17.61 +0.39 (+2.26%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

AEO vs. JWN, RVLV, ANF, URBN, BKE, FL, CAL, SCVL, GES, and ZUMZ

Should you be buying American Eagle Outfitters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Eagle Outfitters include Nordstrom (JWN), Revolve Group (RVLV), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), Caleres (CAL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Guess? (GES), and Zumiez (ZUMZ).

American Eagle Outfitters vs.

Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

88.7% of Nordstrom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Nordstrom shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

American Eagle Outfitters received 145 more outperform votes than Nordstrom when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.09% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 58.10% of users gave Nordstrom an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NordstromOutperform Votes
1001
58.10%
Underperform Votes
722
41.90%
American Eagle OutfittersOutperform Votes
1146
64.09%
Underperform Votes
642
35.91%

In the previous week, Nordstrom had 12 more articles in the media than American Eagle Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Nordstrom and 9 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters. Nordstrom's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.46 indicating that Nordstrom is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nordstrom
6 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Eagle Outfitters
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Nordstrom presently has a consensus price target of $20.58, indicating a potential downside of 11.43%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.96%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Eagle Outfitters is more favorable than Nordstrom.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nordstrom
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.77
American Eagle Outfitters
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22

American Eagle Outfitters has a net margin of 4.58% compared to Nordstrom's net margin of -1.44%. American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity of 20.98% beat Nordstrom's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nordstrom-1.44% -21.26% -2.07%
American Eagle Outfitters 4.58%20.98%10.25%

Nordstrom pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Nordstrom pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

American Eagle Outfitters has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nordstrom. Nordstrom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Eagle Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nordstrom$14.69B0.26$134M$1.7113.59
American Eagle Outfitters$5.26B0.64$170.04M$1.2514.09

Nordstrom has a beta of 2.59, indicating that its stock price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

American Eagle Outfitters beats Nordstrom on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AEO vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Eagle OutfittersFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.38B$19.70B$24.70B$20.16B
Dividend Yield2.87%2.39%171.30%3.50%
P/E Ratio14.0914.12122.4844.52
Price / Sales0.641.063.2117.75
Price / Cash6.4310.2019.9621.28
Price / Book2.005.707.174.71
Net Income$170.04M$702.99M$691.41M$986.85M
7 Day Performance-4.53%2.08%2.15%3.73%
1 Month Performance-10.79%4.59%0.89%3.70%
1 Year Performance4.92%33.63%18.84%27.73%

American Eagle Outfitters Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.9487 of 5 stars
$17.61
+2.3%
$25.00
+42.0%
+4.9%$3.38B$5.26B14.0943,100Gap Up
JWN
Nordstrom
3.7405 of 5 stars
$22.37
+0.5%
$20.58
-8.0%
+63.4%$3.67B$14.69B13.0154,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
RVLV
Revolve Group
3.3859 of 5 stars
$34.87
+3.2%
$26.19
-24.9%
+138.8%$2.47B$1.07B62.271,478Insider Trade
Positive News
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
3.7559 of 5 stars
$141.57
+3.5%
$177.43
+25.3%
+108.8%$7.23B$4.28B15.0031,700Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Gap Up
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.1038 of 5 stars
$37.36
+1.2%
$42.27
+13.1%
+22.5%$3.45B$5.15B11.4328,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
BKE
Buckle
3.4646 of 5 stars
$47.65
+0.9%
$46.00
-3.5%
+28.7%$2.42B$1.26B11.628,000Earnings Report
News Coverage
FL
Foot Locker
4.7257 of 5 stars
$22.45
+0.0%
$26.53
+18.2%
+2.8%$2.13B$8.17B-5.8046,846Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
CAL
Caleres
3.972 of 5 stars
$30.46
+2.4%
$32.50
+6.7%
+10.0%$1.07B$2.82B6.449,200Positive News
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.2299 of 5 stars
$33.85
+1.1%
$42.00
+24.1%
+43.5%$919.70M$1.18B12.005,300Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
GES
Guess?
4.5907 of 5 stars
$16.63
+2.7%
$27.25
+63.9%
-18.0%$855.12M$2.78B6.5312,000News Coverage
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.3533 of 5 stars
$22.04
+2.7%
$22.00
-0.2%
+23.8%$421.85M$875.49M-8.018,900News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:AEO) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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