American Eagle Outfitters Inc Dividends
The next dividend date for American Eagle Outfitters Inc has not yet been scheduled.
What is a Dividend Date
When we talk about a dividend date, we’re referring specifically to the ex-dividend date.
This is the date on which all stockholders will earn a dividend. Technically, a person needs to be the owner of a share of stock as of the night before the ex-dividend date in order to earn the dividend.
The ex-dividend date is different than the date when the dividend is issued. Although you earn a dividend on the ex-dividend date, that dividend is typically not disbursed to your account until several weeks later.
Most brokerages will automatically credit the dividend to your account once it’s issued.
Historical Dividends for American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO)
More About American Eagle Outfitters Inc
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. operates as a multi-brand specialty retailer in the United States and internationally. The company provides jeans, apparel and accessories, and personal care products for women and men under the American Eagle brand; and intimates, apparel, activewear, and swim collections under the Aerie and OFFLINE by Aerie brands. It also offers menswear products under the Todd Snyder New York brand; and fashion clothing and accessories under the Unsubscribed brand. The company sells its products through its own and licensed retail stores, concession-based shops-within-shops, wholesale markets, and online marketplaces; and digital channels, such as www.ae.com, www.aerie.com, www.toddsnyder.com, and www.unsubscribed.com. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Owning American Eagle Outfitters Inc Stock on the Dividend Date
If you own American Eagle Outfitters Inc stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.
Theoretically, the price of American Eagle Outfitters Inc stock should go down by the amount of the dividend (in addition to any other pressures that market forces have on the price of American Eagle Outfitters Inc stock).
Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying American Eagle Outfitters Inc stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the American Eagle Outfitters Inc dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.
Owning American Eagle Outfitters Inc Options on the Dividend Date
Unlike the stock price, which will normally have an abrupt decrease by the amount of the dividend on the ex-dividend date, option prices typically do not reflect the same phenomenon.
The reason is that in the time leading up to the ex-dividend date, that projected drop in American Eagle Outfitters Inc stock price from the dividend is already baked into American Eagle Outfitters Inc option prices.
That means the prices of call options that overlap the American Eagle Outfitters Inc ex-dividend date typically go down in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
The prices of put options that overlap the American Eagle Outfitters Inc ex-dividend date typically go up in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
Owners of American Eagle Outfitters Inc call options do not receive the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date. Owners of American Eagle Outfitters Inc put options are not responsible to pay the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date.
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