American Eagle Outfitters
AEO NYSE· Apparel Retail
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$19.42
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- American Eagle Outfitters had $5.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 4.1% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +8.1% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 4.1%, down 3.9 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 4 is left after running the business.
- American Eagle Outfitters made $192M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew −0.7% a year.
- Free cash flow was $195M in fiscal 2025, 3.5% of revenue.
- American Eagle Outfitters returned $142M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 73% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 10.3%.
- American Eagle Outfitters has $197M more cash than debt.
Market cap
$3.3B
P/E
9.9x
Revenue
$5.5B
Net income
$192M
Free cash flow
$195M
Operating margin
4.1%
American Eagle Outfitters in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+4.1%
Only a little. Sales grew 4.1% last year.
Does it make a profit?
3.5%
A little. It keeps 3.5% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
3.5%
Partly. 3.5% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
Net cash
Yes. It has more cash than debt.
How healthy are the accounts?
4 / 9
Mixed. It passes 4 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
9.9x
One share costs 9.9 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 17.9x.
What American Eagle Outfitters does
American Eagle Outfitters is a clothing retailer. Its main brands are American Eagle, which sells casual clothing and is known for jeans, and Aerie, which sells intimates, apparel, activewear and swimwear, including the OFFLINE by Aerie line. It also owns Todd Snyder, a menswear brand, and Unsubscribed, a brand of what it calls slow fashion. It sells online and through stores in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. At the end of fiscal 2025 it had 1,168 company-owned stores and 357 licensed store locations. Third parties run American Eagle and Aerie stores and online marketplace businesses under license in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. The company reports two segments, the American Eagle brand and the Aerie brand. Todd Snyder and Unsubscribed are small enough to be shown together as Other. Revenue comes from selling clothing to customers in its stores, online and in shops within other stores.
Biggest risks, in its own words
- Weaker discretionary spending, and not keeping up with changing fashion trends and customer preferences.
- Intense competition and pricing pressure from existing and new rivals.
- Trade matters, including tariffs and quotas, that could disrupt its supply chain and raise product costs.
- Its need to grow and manage its online and omni-channel business and the delivery networks behind it.
- Fiscal year ends
- January 31, 2026
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Mar 30, 2026
- Legal name
- American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
- CIK
- 0000919012
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $5.0B | $5.0B | $5.3B | $5.3B | $5.5B |
| Revenue growth | 33.3% | −0.4% | 5.5% | 1.3% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 39.8% | 35.0% | 38.5% | 39.2% | 36.5% |
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 5.0% | 4.2% | 8.0% | 4.1% |
| Net income | $420M | $125M | $170M | $329M | $192M |
| Net margin | 8.4% | 2.5% | 3.2% | 6.2% | 3.5% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.03 | $0.64 | $0.86 | $1.68 | $1.09 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $304M | $406M | $581M | $477M | $456M |
| Capital expenditure | $234M | $260M | $174M | $223M | $261M |
| Free cash flow | $69.8M | $146M | $406M | $254M | $195M |
| FCF margin | 1.4% | 2.9% | 7.7% | 4.8% | 3.5% |
| Dividends paid | $114M | $64.8M | $83.8M | $96.5M | $85.3M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $9.8M | $10.7M | $191M | $56.9M |
| Share count change | 24.1% | −0.6% | −4.1% | −0.2% | −10.3% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $435M | $170M | $454M | $359M | $239M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $341M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $34.5M | $41.8M |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.4B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $1.7B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.1x | −0.4x | −1.0x | −0.5x | −0.4x |
| Current ratio | 1.7x | 1.4x | 1.6x | 1.5x | 1.5x |
| Interest coverage | 67.7x | 16.0x | 89.3x | 268.4x | 31.1x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 46.9% | 12.6% | 11.6% | 23.3% | 11.5% |
| Return on equity | 33.4% | 8.3% | 10.2% | 18.8% | 11.1% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Altman Z'' | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$39.2M
8 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.1M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Eagle Outfitters AEO | $3.3B | 4.1% | 4.1% | 3.5% | 11.5% | 9.9x | 4 |
| Abercrombie & Fitch ANF | $7.3B | 6.4% | 13.3% | 7.2% | 91.0% | 14.2x | 5 |
| Urban Outfitters URBN | $7.9B | 11.1% | 9.8% | 5.1% | 23.7% | 14.2x | 8 |
| Victoria's Secret VSXY | $7.8B | 5.2% | 4.1% | 4.8% | 17.7% | 20.6x | 6 |
| Burlington Stores BURL | $15.0B | 8.8% | — | 1.5% | 28.1% | 21.1x | 7 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $19.42 a share, the company is worth $3.3B: 9.9 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
American Eagle Outfitters grew sales faster than 0 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 0 of 4.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000919012). Data updated October 10, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.