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Why The Fall In American Eagle’s Stock Is Warranted Despite Strong Q2 Results
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) recently reported strong top line and bottom line gains for the second quarter of fiscal 2015, comprehensively beating market expectations. Even the company’s guidance for Q3 EPS at $0.28-$0.31, was ahea...
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American Eagle Earnings Preview: Better Merchandise Can Help Counter Traffic Decline
Teen apparel retailer, American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) is scheduled to report its Q2 fiscal 2015 earnings on August 19th and we expect it to maintain its performance consistency after a promising Q1 fiscal 2015. (Fiscal years end with Janua...
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With The U.S. Market Saturating, American Eagle Outfitters Is Aggressively Inking International Licensing Deals
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) is aggressively signing licensing agreements in lucrative markets outside North America in order to compensate for its lack of growth in the U.S. The U.S. apparel market is highly saturated and fragmented wit...
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How Factory Channel Expansion Fits In American Eagle’s Omni-Channel Goals
With the entire U.S. apparel industry gradually adopting omni-channel retailing, even American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) is closing underperforming stores to align its domestic store fleet with its omni-channel goals. It is simultaneously rep...
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American Eagle Outfitters’ EBITDA Margins Will Be Slow To Bounce Back
American Eagle Outfitters ‘ (NYSE:AEO) EBITDA (earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortization) margin over the past five years has had its ups and downs. It increased from 24.8% in 2009 to 25.8% in 2010 with improving macro-eco...
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American Eagle Soars On Better-Than-Expected Earnings And Guidance
American Eagle Outfitters ‘ (NYSE:AEO) shares increased by more than 7% after it reported better-than-expected results for Q1 fiscal 2015, and guided its second quarter ahead of the consensus estimates. Backed by a recovery in store traffic...
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Earnings Preview: American Eagle’s Flight May See Some Headwinds
Teen apparel retailer, American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) is scheduled to report its Q1 fiscal 2015 earnings on May 20th and we expect it to maintain its performance consistency after a promising Q4 fiscal 2014. The retailer’s revenues h...
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American Eagle Outfitters Beginning To Get Things Right
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) is among those casual apparel retailers in the U.S. that have struggled over the past couple of years due to their over-reliance on basic logo merchandise and an industry-wide decline in foot traffic. There wa...
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American Eagle Expands Into Chile And Peru
Furthering its international expansion strategy, teen apparel retailer American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) recently unveiled plans to expand into Chile and Peru. The company announced that it will open a chain of licensed stores throughout thes...
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American Eagle Outfitters Rises On Better-Than-Expected Results; Shows Progress On Merchandise And Omni-Channel
American Eagle Outfitters ‘ (NYSE:AEO) stock rose by more than 7% after it reported better-than-expected results for its Q4 fiscal 2014 and guided its Q1 fiscal 2015 EPS ahead of the street estimates. The retailer’s net revenues for t...
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Why American Eagle Outfitters Seems A Little Overpriced
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) is one of the many casual apparel retailers in the U.S., who have struggled to drive store traffic over the last couple of years. The company’s comparable store sales declined 6% in 2013 as it made a few...
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Little Respite For American Eagle In The Holiday Season
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) released its holiday sales results earlier this month, reporting 1% increase in its revenues for the two month period of November and December. However, the company’s consolidated comparable store sales ...
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Who Is Losing In The Decelerating Apparel Market?
The U.S. apparel market stands big at close to $250 billion, but its growth has decelerated in recent years, as buyers have scaled back their discretionary spending in the aftermath of the economic downturn. The market grew by 5.2% in 2012, 3.4% ...
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American Eagle Outfitters Falls On Bleak Guidance, But Shows Some Bright Spots
American Eagle Outfitters ‘ (NYSE:AEO) shares have been down almost 10% since it reported its Q3 fiscal 2014 earnings and provided a bleak guidance for the fourth quarter. In anticipation of weak sales during the holiday season, and due to ...
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American Eagle’s Sales Decline To Slowdown In Q3; Margins Will Be Better
Pittsburgh-based specialty apparel retailer, American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO), is scheduled to release its Q3 fiscal 2014 earnings on December 4th. In a recent press release, the company reported that its revenues for the quarter declined sl...
