Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. American Eagle Outfitters Inc shares valued at $49,932 were sold by MCMILLAN CARY D on Oct 03 ’25. At $16.95 per share, MCMILLAN CARY D sold 2,945 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 0 shares worth approximately $0.0 following the completion of this transaction.
Also, MCMILLAN CARY D purchased 2,945 shares, netting a total of over 49,932 in proceeds.
Before that, Keefer James H JR had sold 12,337 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $243,660, the SVP, Controller & CAO traded American Eagle Outfitters Inc shares for $19.75 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 12,337 shares, worth approximately $0.26 million.
As published in their initiating research note from BTIG Research on September 18, 2025, American Eagle Outfitters Inc [AEO] has been a Neutral. Analysts at Telsey Advisory Group resumed the stock at ‘”a Market perform”‘ outlook in a report released in early September. As of August 25, 2025, BofA Securities has decreased its “Neutral” rating to a “an Underperform” for AEO. Earlier on July 28, 2025, JP Morgan downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Underweight” for AEO stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing AEO Stock Performance
On last trading session, American Eagle Outfitters Inc [NYSE: AEO] plunged -3.91% to $15.23. The stock’s lowest price that day was $15.23, but it reached a high of $16.005 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.18%. Over the course of the year, American Eagle Outfitters Inc shares have dropped approximately -25.89%.
Is American Eagle Outfitters Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of American Eagle Outfitters Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-09-30 dropping by -2.67 million shares to 25.11 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-29 was 27.78 million shares. A decline of -10.62% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.45 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.45.
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In terms of American Eagle Outfitters Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 15.5 in the next 12 months, down nearly -2.21% from the previous closing price of $15.85. Analysts anticipate American Eagle Outfitters Inc stock to reach 17 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 14. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked American Eagle Outfitters Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On March 13, 2025, Telsey Advisory Group assigned a price target of “a Market perform” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $12.