American Eagle Outfitters AEO Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 38.2%+1.3pp | 36.5%-2.7pp | 37%-2.0pp | 37%-2.2pp | 36.9%-2.1pp | |
| Operating margin | 6%+1.0pp | 4.1%-3.9pp | 5.1%-0.3pp | 5.1%-0.7pp | 5%-0.2pp | |
| Net margin | 5%+1.2pp | 3.5%-2.7pp | 3.9%-0.4pp | 3.7%-0.8pp | 3.7%-0.4pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 9.9%+0.7pp | 8.1%-4.1pp | 9.3%-0.3pp | 9.3%-0.7pp | 9.2%-0.4pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.3%-0.8pp | 3.5%-1.2pp | 2.9%-0.6pp | 2.9%-2.5pp | 4%-3.2pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 18%+5.8pp | 11.1%-7.7pp | 12.4%-0.9pp | 12.2%-2.6pp | 12.2%-0.8pp | |
| Return on assets | 7.1%+1.8pp | 4.9%-4.0pp | 5.3%-1.1pp | 5.2%-1.9pp | 5.4%-1.0pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 7.8%+1.4pp | 5.5%-6.1pp | 6.1%-1.6pp | 6.1%-2.2pp | 6.4%-0.9pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 1.4×0.0× | 1.4×0.0× | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.4×-0.2× | 1.4×-0.1× | |
| Inventory turnover | 4.8×-0.2× | 5.3×+0.2× | 4×-0.2× | 4.8×-0.3× | 5×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.5×+0.2× | 1.5×0.0× | 1.6×+0.1× | 1.6×+0.1× | 1.4×-0.3× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.5×0.0× | 0.7×-0.1× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.6×-0.3× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×0.0× | 0.3×-0.1× | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.2×-0.1× | 0.1×-0.3× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1.1×-0.1× | 1×+0.2× | 1.2×+0.4× | 1.3×+0.5× | 1.2×+0.5× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.5×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.5×+0.1× | 0.5×+0.1× | 0.5×+0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.2×-0.3× | 3.4×+1.5× | 3.7×+1.4× | 3.8×+1.7× | 3.5×+1.5× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $9.54+16.5% | $9.61+7.1% | $9.40+5.4% | $9.00+5.0% | $8.19-5.9% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $2.9B+49.9% | $3.95B+27.4% | $2.83B-25.4% | $1.87B-56.8% | $1.94B-59.6% | |
| Enterprise value | $4.67B+29.3% | $5.45B+27.7% | $4.69B-6.7% | $3.74B-31.5% | $3.62B-37.6% | |
| Price / earnings | 10.4×+0.5× | 20.6×+11.2× | 13.6×-2.8× | 9.5×-8.0× | 9.8×-12.0× | |
| Price / sales | 0.5×+0.1× | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.5×-0.2× | 0.4×-0.4× | 0.4×-0.5× | |
| Price / book | 1.8×+0.4× | 2.3×+0.6× | 1.7×-0.4× | 1.2×-1.3× | 1.3×-1.4× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.4×+0.9× | 12.2×+5.6× | 9.4×-0.3× | 7.6×-2.4× | 7.5×-3.9× | |
| EV / sales | 0.8×+0.1× | 1×+0.2× | 0.9×-0.1× | 0.7×-0.3× | 0.7×-0.4× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 6.4%-4.6pp | 4.9%-3.3pp | 5.5%+0.5pp | 8.1%+1.3pp | 11%+2.9pp | |
| Earnings yield | 9.7%-0.5pp | 4.9%-5.8pp | 7.4%+1.3pp | 10.5%+4.8pp | 10.2%+5.6pp | |
| Dividend yield | 2.9%-1.9pp | 2.2%-1.0pp | 3.1%+0.5pp | 4.8%+2.7pp | 4.8%+3.0pp | |
| 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.
