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4. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO)

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American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) has created quite a buzz lately, both in the media and on Wall Street, after its advertisement with Sydney Sweeney. Its shares have gained 5.8% year-to-date, all on the back of an absolutely massive 38% jump in September. This jump allowed American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) to reverse its fortune in an otherwise struggling retail market. The firm’s shares rose after the firm remarked that the new advertisement led to strong performance in the second quarter. Here is what Cramer said about American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO):

“When you have a very controversial ad, in terms of what was really meant by jeans versus genes, it didn’t matter and people were going to the stores. The, American Eagle has disappointed for so long, that I was thinking that you ought to call American cavalry.

“[On whether the stock has exited the meme category] I think that you get people into the stores, maybe they like the stores, for a while but it’s episodic. We don’t want episodic. We want, we want something that has staying power. I mean not that they’re ever going to be TJX or anything.”

Earlier, the CNBC TV host discussed American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) in June:

“This is not my first rodeo with American Eagle. My charitable trust took a very big hit in the stock a few years ago when they held on. We held on way too long because they promised one good quarter after another and they could not deliver. It was a nightmare. I am not inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt again. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.”