American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is a global specialty retailer. Co. offers clothing, accessories and personal care products under its American Eagle and Aerie brands. Co. operates through two segments: American Eagle and Aerie. American Eagle is an American jeans and apparel brand. Aerie is a lifestyle brand offering intimates, apparel, activewear, and swim collections. OFFLINE by Aerie offers a complete collection of activewear and accessories. Co. sells its products directly to consumers through its retail channel, which includes its stores and concession-based shops-within-shops. It operates stores in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Hong Kong. We show 60 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our AEO shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute AEO market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing AEO market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing AEO's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of AEO versus a peer is one thing; comparing
AEO market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like AEO can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching AEO by allowing them to research the AEO market cap history. |
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