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American Eagle Outfitters Inc. AEO

18 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only

Revenue

$5.5B

▲ 4.1% YoY

Net income

$192.0M

▼ 41.7% YoY

Free cash flow

$195.4M

▼ 23.2% YoY

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In brief

What this company does

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. operates and licenses retail stores worldwide, and sells online in the U.S. and internationally. As of February 1, 2026, it employed approximately 45,000 associates throughout the world, including the U.S. It ended Fiscal 2025 with 1,168 Company-owned stores and 357 licensed store locations. It has identified two operating segments, the American Eagle brand and the Aerie brand, which also represent its reportable segments. Its Todd Snyder and Unsubscribed brands have also been identified as separate operating segments, presented under the Other caption because they do not meet the quantitative thresholds for separate disclosure. Since 1977, American Eagle has offered an assortment of specialty apparel and accessories.

Written from the business description in AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 30 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 5.5B

Revenue, FY2025 · full 18-year series below

Revenue $B Net income $B

FY2025 · Revenue 5.5 · Net income 0.2

2B4B

2008201120142017202020232025

Compound annual growth

Revenue

+3.6%

+8.1%

+4.6%

+4.3%

Net income

+15.3%

−1.3%

+2.1%

EPS, diluted

+19.4%

−0.2%

+3.0%

Dividend / share

+11.6%

+29.5%

+0.0%

−4.1%

Returned to shareholders

+22.4%

+27.4%

−8.3%

−7.0%

3 yrs

5 yrs

10 yrs

15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +8.1% a year over the five years to FY2025.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

3 cents

of every revenue dollar became profit

Operating margin Net margin

FY2025 · Operating 4.1% · Net 3.3%

5%10%-2%-4%-6%

200820162025

ROE

FY2025 · ROE 11.1%

10%20%30%-5%-10%-15%

200820162025

Three returns, three denominators.

Return on equity11.1%

Return on assets4.7%

Return on capital employed7.4%

Gross margin36.5%

Operating margin4.1%

Net margin3.3%

EBITDAUSD 448.4M

Each USD of equity produced 11 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders

USD 132.9M

returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks

Free cash flow $M

FY2025 · FCF 195.4

150M300M-20M-40M

200820162025

Net buybacks $M Dividends $M

FY2025 · Dividends 85.3 · Net buybacks 47.6

200M400MDividendsNet buybacks

2008201120142017202020232025

Dividends paidUSD 85.3M

Net buybacksUSD 47.6M

Share of profit69.2%

Consecutive raises·

USD 85.3M in dividends and USD 47.6M in buybacks — 69% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 4.0B

EquityUSD 1.7B

CashUSD 238.9M

Gross debtUSD 0.00

Net debtUSD -238.9M

Current ratio1.51×

The company holds more cash than debt.

The 18-year record

18 fiscal years

Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD

row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data

AEO, 18-year financial record
Metric	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008
Revenue $B	5.5	5.3	5.3	5.0	5.0	3.8	4.3	4.0	3.8	3.6	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.5	3.1	2.9	2.9	2.9
Operating income $B	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.6	−0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
EBITDA $B	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.8	−0.1	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5
Income tax $B	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	−0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Net income $B	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.4	−0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2
Free cash flow $B	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	−0.0	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.1
EPS, diluted $	1.09	1.68	0.86	0.64	2.03	−1.26	1.12	1.47	1.13	1.16	1.11	0.42	0.43	1.16	0.77	0.70	0.81	0.86
Dividend / sh $	0.50	0.50	0.42	0.36	0.68	0.14	0.55	0.55	0.50	0.55	0.50	0.50	0.38	2.05	0.44	0.93	0.40	0.40
Payout %	44	29	49	52	27	−11	49	37	43	43	45	121	87	174	56	130	49	46
ROE %	11.1	18.8	10.2	8.3	33.4	−17.9	15.1	20.7	16.7	18.8	19.9	7.0	7.0	17.6	11.0	9.6	11.3	12.7
Shares out B	0.17	0.19	0.20	0.20	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.21	0.21

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 83 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 18 of the 18 fiscal years we could check. Six checks were skipped: cost of revenue is not tagged before 2013. Four checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2009. One check was skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2008.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures

ActivityRetail-Family Clothing Stores

Listed onNYSE

Incorporated inDelaware

Fiscal year endsJanuary 30

Data on record since2008

American Eagle Outfitters Inc. AEO

What this company does

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The 18-year record

This company against its peers

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Company facts, as filed

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