American Eagle Outfitters AEO Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 38.2%+1.7pp | 36.5%-0.4pp | 37%0.0pp | 37%+0.1pp | 36.9%-2.3pp | |
| Operating margin | 6%+1.9pp | 4.1%-1.0pp | 5.1%+0.1pp | 5.1%0.0pp | 5%-3.0pp | |
| Net margin | 5%+1.5pp | 3.5%-0.4pp | 3.9%+0.2pp | 3.7%0.0pp | 3.7%-2.5pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 9.9%+1.8pp | 8.1%-1.2pp | 9.3%0.0pp | 9.3%+0.1pp | 9.2%-3.0pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.3%-0.2pp | 3.5%+0.6pp | 2.9%+0.1pp | 2.9%-1.1pp | 4%-0.7pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 18%+6.9pp | 11.1%-1.3pp | 12.4%+0.2pp | 12.2%0.0pp | 12.2%-6.6pp | |
| Return on assets | 7.1%+2.2pp | 4.9%-0.4pp | 5.3%+0.1pp | 5.2%-0.2pp | 5.4%-3.5pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 7.8%+2.3pp | 5.5%-0.6pp | 6.1%-0.1pp | 6.1%-0.2pp | 6.4%-5.2pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 1.4×0.0× | 1.4×+0.1× | 1.3×0.0× | 1.4×-0.1× | 1.4×0.0× | |
| Inventory turnover | 4.8×-0.5× | 5.3×+1.3× | 4×-0.8× | 4.8×-0.2× | 5×-0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.5×0.0× | 1.5×-0.1× | 1.6×0.0× | 1.6×+0.2× | 1.4×-0.2× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.5×-0.2× | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.6×-0.3× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.2×+0.1× | 0.1×-0.2× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1.1×+0.1× | 1×-0.2× | 1.2×-0.1× | 1.3×+0.1× | 1.2×+0.4× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.5×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×+0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.2×-0.2× | 3.4×-0.4× | 3.7×-0.1× | 3.8×+0.3× | 3.5×+1.7× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $9.54-0.7% | $9.61+2.2% | $9.40+4.5% | $9.00+9.8% | $8.19-8.7% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $2.9B-26.5% | $3.95B+39.6% | $2.83B+51.2% | $1.87B-3.4% | $1.94B-37.5% | |
| Enterprise value | $4.67B-14.3% | $5.45B+16.3% | $4.69B+25.3% | $3.74B+3.5% | $3.62B-15.4% | |
| Price / earnings | 10.4×-10.2× | 20.6×+7.0× | 13.6×+4.1× | 9.5×-0.4× | 9.8×+0.4× | |
| Price / sales | 0.5×-0.2× | 0.7×+0.2× | 0.5×+0.2× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×-0.2× | |
| Price / book | 1.8×-0.6× | 2.3×+0.6× | 1.7×+0.5× | 1.2×-0.1× | 1.3×-0.4× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.4×-3.8× | 12.2×+2.7× | 9.4×+1.8× | 7.6×+0.2× | 7.5×+0.9× | |
| EV / sales | 0.8×-0.2× | 1×+0.1× | 0.9×+0.2× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×-0.1× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 6.4%+1.4pp | 4.9%-0.6pp | 5.5%-2.6pp | 8.1%-2.9pp | 11%+2.8pp | |
| Earnings yield | 9.7%+4.8pp | 4.9%-2.5pp | 7.4%-3.2pp | 10.5%+0.4pp | 10.2%-0.5pp | |
| Dividend yield | 2.9%+0.8pp | 2.2%-0.9pp | 3.1%-1.7pp | 4.8%0.0pp | 4.8%+1.7pp | |
| PEG ratio | 0.2×— | —— | —— | —— | —— |
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- What are American Eagle Outfitters's profit margins?
- American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) runs a 38.2% gross margin and a 6.0% operating margin, with a 5.0% net margin.
- Where do American Eagle Outfitters's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from American Eagle Outfitters's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.