American Eagle Outfitters
AEO · Apparel Retail
$17.91
0.1%Deckers Brands
DECK · Footwear
$81.09
4.9%The short version
- American Eagle Outfitters is the larger business, with $5.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $5.5B for Deckers Brands.
- Deckers Brands grew revenue faster (9.8%, against 4.1%).
- Deckers Brands kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (23.1% operating margin, against 4.1% operating margin).
- Deckers Brands turned more of its sales into free cash flow (20.1% FCF margin, against 3.5% FCF margin).
- Deckers Brands earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (160.4%, against 11.5%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Deckers Brands’s earnings: a P/E of 11.5x against 9.1x for American Eagle Outfitters.
| Latest fiscal year | AEO · FY25 | DECK · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $3.0B | $11.2B |
| Revenue | $5.5B | $5.5B |
| Free cash flow | $195M | $1.1B |
| Net income | $192M | $1.0B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 4.1% | 9.8% |
| 5-year growth | 8.1% | 16.5% |
| Share count change | −10.3% | −4.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 36.5% | 57.7% |
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 23.1% |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 18.7% |
| FCF margin | 3.5% | 20.1% |
| Return on capital | 11.5% | 160.4% |
| Return on equity | 11.1% | 40.9% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$197M | −$1.9B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.4x | −1.4x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $142M | $1.1B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 9.1x | 11.5x |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 4 |
FY17
AEO $3.8B
DECK $1.8B
FY18
AEO $4.0B
DECK $1.9B
FY19
AEO $4.3B
DECK $2.0B
FY20
AEO $3.8B
DECK $2.1B
FY21
AEO $5.0B
DECK $2.5B
FY22
AEO $5.0B
DECK $3.2B
FY23
AEO $5.3B
DECK $3.6B
FY24
AEO $5.3B
DECK $4.3B
FY25
AEO $5.5B
DECK $5.0B
FY26
AEO —
DECK $5.5B
AEO
DECK
FY17
AEO 8.0%
DECK −0.1%
FY18
AEO 8.4%
DECK 11.7%
FY19
AEO 5.4%
DECK 16.2%
FY20
AEO −7.2%
DECK 15.9%
FY21
AEO 11.8%
DECK 19.8%
FY22
AEO 5.0%
DECK 17.9%
FY23
AEO 4.2%
DECK 18.0%
FY24
AEO 8.0%
DECK 21.6%
FY25
AEO 4.1%
DECK 23.7%
FY26
AEO —
DECK 23.1%
AEO
DECK
FY17
AEO $225M
DECK $155M
FY18
AEO $268M
DECK $293M
FY19
AEO $205M
DECK $330M
FY20
AEO $74.5M
DECK $254M
FY21
AEO $69.8M
DECK $564M
FY22
AEO $146M
DECK $121M
FY23
AEO $406M
DECK $456M
FY24
AEO $254M
DECK $944M
FY25
AEO $195M
DECK $958M
FY26
AEO —
DECK $1.1B
AEO
DECK
FY17
AEO 26.0%
DECK −0.2%
FY18
AEO 30.2%
DECK 18.6%
FY19
AEO 21.5%
DECK 51.1%
FY20
AEO −30.8%
DECK 54.3%
FY21
AEO 46.9%
DECK 87.8%
FY22
AEO 12.6%
DECK 86.1%
FY23
AEO 11.6%
DECK 68.5%
FY24
AEO 23.3%
DECK 103.6%
FY25
AEO 11.5%
DECK 149.1%
FY26
AEO —
DECK 160.4%
AEO
DECK
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