AEO
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Retail
$17.71
-1.45% today · +6.82% 1W
Oct 2 close or latest
PreviewWhy it's moving
Reddit attention is surging
- AEO −1.45% on the last session vs SPY +0.74%: −2.2 pts of stock-specific move.
- Aftermath, big gain (Sep 28): After its 64 big gains in the past 5 years, AEO typically gained 0.6% over the next day (median) and was higher 58% of the time; half the outcomes fell between -1.4% and +1.8%. An ordinary day: +0.1%. Among S&P 500 stocks after big gains, that ranks #91 of 500.
- 0 Reddit mentions in the past 24 hours, 90% positive over the week · today's pace is 1.6× its recent daily average.
- 1 analyst action in the past 10 days (1 positive, 0 negative); latest: BMO Capital maintained Market Perform, raised target $18.00 → $20.00.
- Market backdrop (Fri): Average Hourly Earnings m/m 0.1% vs 0.3% expected (cooler); Non-Farm Employment Change 29K vs 89K expected (weaker); S&P futures +0.41%, 10-year yield -5bp in the 30 minutes after.
Assembled from Wallsti's own signals.
Meta Analyst score · Hold (+0.04)
Every firm's latest rating in the past year, each weighted by its age (a 3-month-old call counts half as much as today's), blended with the consensus of 14 analysts (-0.07, counted like 1.5 fresh ratings). 11 firms, 6 with a call in the past 3 months.
| Firm | Latest rating | Date | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| BMO Capital | Market Perform | Sep 29, 2026 | 12% |
| Barclays | Equal-Weight | Sep 11, 2026 | 11% |
| UBS | Buy | Sep 10, 2026 | 10% |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Sep 10, 2026 | 10% |
| Telsey Advisory Group | Market Perform | Sep 10, 2026 | 10% |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Aug 18, 2026 | 9% |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Jun 1, 2026 | 5% |
| B of A Securities | Underperform | May 29, 2026 | 5% |
| TD Cowen | Hold | May 18, 2026 | 4% |
| Needham | Hold | Mar 26, 2026 | 3% |
| Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Dec 11, 2025 | 1% |
Mean target
$18.55
+4.7% upside
Median target
$18.00
+1.6% upside
Target range
15.00–27.00
low to high
Analysts
14
as of Oct 5
Price vs. targets
Low $15
Mean $19
High $27
Now $17.71
Consensus
Strong buy 0Buy 1Hold 12Sell 0Strong sell 1
Rating and target changes
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2026 | BMO Capital | Raised target | Market Perform | $18.00 → $20.00 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Barclays | Lowered target | Equal-Weight | $17.00 → $15.00 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | UBS | Lowered target | Buy | $31.00 → $27.00 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Lowered target | Equal-Weight | $18.00 → $17.00 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Telsey Advisory Group | Lowered target | Market Perform | $20.00 → $18.00 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | BMO Capital | Initiated | Market Perform | $18.00 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | JP Morgan | Raised target | Neutral | $19.00 → $21.00 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Citigroup | Lowered target | Neutral | $24.00 → $18.00 |
| May 29, 2026 | Barclays | Lowered target | Equal-Weight | $19.00 → $17.00 |
| May 29, 2026 | JP Morgan | Lowered target | Neutral | $25.00 → $19.00 |
| May 29, 2026 | B of A Securities | Lowered target | Underperform | $20.00 → $16.00 |
| May 29, 2026 | UBS | Lowered target | Buy | $35.00 → $31.00 |
| May 18, 2026 | TD Cowen | Lowered target | Hold | $19.00 → $18.00 |
| May 6, 2026 | Barclays | Upgrade | Underweight → Equal-Weight | $19.00 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Needham | Initiated | Hold | — |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Barclays | Lowered target | Underweight | $24.00 → $19.00 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | TD Cowen | Lowered target | Hold | $27.00 → $21.00 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Citigroup | Raised target | Neutral | $23.00 → $24.00 |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Telsey Advisory Group | Lowered target | Market Perform | $28.00 → $25.00 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Telsey Advisory Group | Reiterated | Market Perform | $28.00 |
| Jan 13, 2026 | Telsey Advisory Group | Raised target | Market Perform | $25.00 → $28.00 |
| Jan 8, 2026 | UBS | Raised target | Buy | $31.00 → $35.00 |
| Jan 6, 2026 | Barclays | Raised target | Underweight | $20.00 → $24.00 |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Goldman Sachs | Initiated | Neutral | $25.00 |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Barclays | Raised target | Underweight | $14.00 → $20.00 |
| Dec 3, 2025 | JP Morgan | Upgrade | Underweight → Neutral | $14.00 → $20.00 |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Telsey Advisory Group | Raised target | Market Perform | $18.00 → $25.00 |
| Dec 3, 2025 | B of A Securities | Raised target | Underperform | $11.00 → $18.00 |
| Dec 3, 2025 | UBS | Raised target | Buy | $22.00 → $31.00 |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Citigroup | Raised target | Neutral | $18.00 → $23.00 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Telsey Advisory Group | Reiterated | Market Perform | $18.00 |
| Nov 19, 2025 | UBS | Raised target | Buy | $21.50 → $22.00 |
| Nov 11, 2025 | Citigroup | Raised target | Neutral | $15.00 → $18.00 |
| Sep 18, 2025 | BTIG | Initiated | Neutral | — |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Morgan Stanley | Raised target | Equal-Weight | $10.00 → $17.00 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Telsey Advisory Group | Raised target | Market Perform | $12.00 → $18.00 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | UBS | Raised target | Buy | $19.00 → $21.50 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Barclays | Raised target | Underweight | $9.00 → $14.00 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Citigroup | Raised target | Neutral | $11.00 → $15.00 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Jefferies | Raised target | Hold | $11.00 → $17.00 |
Source: Yahoo Finance analyst data, collected daily.