What does impairment charges mean?

Write-downs of long-lived assets (excluding goodwill) when their carrying value exceeds fair value, including property, equipment, right-of-use assets, and other tangible assets.

American Eagle Outfitters AEO Impairment Charges

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '15

Impairment Charges at other companies

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$3.3M—

Segments

By segment

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Corporate And Stores$21.3M—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.2B+9.7%

Gross profit$456.2M+41.5%

Operating income$28.2M+133%

Net income$23.5M+136%

EPS (diluted)$0.14+139%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$103.3M+17.6%

Total debt$1.9B+6.1%

Total equity$1.6B+11.8%

Total assets$4.1B+8.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$65.2M-19.3%

CapEx$61.4M-0.3%

Free cash flow-$126.6M-8.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$2.97B+49.9%

Enterprise value$4.74B+29.3%

P/E10.6×+0.5×

P/S0.5×+0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin38.2%+1.3pp

Operating margin6%+1.0pp

Net margin5%+1.2pp

FCF margin3.3%-0.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity18%+5.8pp

Debt / equity1.1×-0.1×

Current ratio1.5×+0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by American Eagle Outfitters in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:AssetImpairmentCharges.

The official record: American Eagle Outfitters’s 10-K, filed March 10, 2016, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does impairment charges mean?: Write-downs of long-lived assets (excluding goodwill) when their carrying value exceeds fair value, including property, equipment, right-of-use assets, and other tangible assets.