Analysts await Aeropostale Inc (NASDAQ:ARO) to report earnings on Mar, 17 for the fiscal quarter ending Jan 2016.

They expect $-0.14 EPS, down 107.14% or $0.15 from last year’s $0.01 per share.

At the moment 12 analysts are watching Aeropostale Inc (NASDAQ:ARO), 0 rate it “Buy”, 0 “Outperform”, 11 “Underperform”, 0 “Sell”, while 1 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Apr-16, 5 analysts have a mean sales target of 290.41 million. For the quarter ending Jul-16, 5 analysts have a mean sales target of 301.19 million whilst for the year ending Jan-16, 12 analysts have a mean target of 1,529.94 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 5 analysts have a -0.41 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Apr-16, for the quarter ending Jul-16, 5 analysts have a -0.41 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Jul-16 there are 12 estimates of -1.56 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Aeropostale Inc include Sycamore Partners Management, L.L.C. which owns 6 million shares in the company valued at $1.75 million. Susquehanna Securities is the second biggest holder with 6 million shares currently valued at 1.70 million whilst Susquehanna Financial Group, LLLP has 4 million shares valued at 2.86 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 28,119,216 with a reported 329,122 bought and 10,490,259 sold. These holdings make up 35.3% of the company’s outstanding shares.

Currently insiders hold 3,278,914 shares in the business which makes up 4.10% of shares. The biggest holder currently is Thomas P. Johnson who owns 511,698 shares (0.64% of those outstanding), whilst Julian R. Geiger holds 281,129 (0.35% of shares outstanding) and John S. Mills holds 275,921 (0.34% of shares outstanding).

The stock increased 4.48% or $0.02 during the last trading session, hitting $0.59. Aeropostale Inc (NASDAQ:ARO) has fallen 35.59% over the past 6 months and is downtrending.