American Eagle Outfitters Financial Ratios
NYSE: AEOConsumer DiscretionaryClothing/Shoe/Accessory StoresUSD
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American Eagle Outfitters ratio analysis
American Eagle Outfitters earned a net margin of 3.5% in FY 2025, down from 6.2% a year earlier. Gross margin was 36.5% compared with a median of 36.9% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 11.3%, meaning American Eagle Outfitters generated 0.11 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.00 versus 0.00 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.51. At the end of FY 2025, AEO traded at 21.4 times earnings; across the 9 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 9.6 to 24.5, with a median of 14.2. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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American Eagle Outfitters financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2019 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 21.39 | 9.61 | 24.15 | 24.47 | 11.03 | — | 12.86 | 14.24 | 15.54 | 12.65 |
| Price / sales | 0.72 | 0.58 | 0.77 | 0.57 | 0.75 | 1.00 | 0.57 | 0.92 | 0.82 | 0.74 |
| Price / book | 2.37 | 1.77 | 2.34 | 1.78 | 2.65 | 3.48 | 1.96 | 2.87 | 2.51 | 2.21 |
| Gross margin | 36.5% | 39.2% | 38.5% | 35.0% | 39.8% | 30.5% | 35.3% | 36.9% | 36.1% | 37.9% |
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 8.0% | 4.2% | 5.0% | 11.8% | -7.2% | 5.4% | 8.4% | 8.0% | 9.2% |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 6.2% | 3.2% | 2.5% | 8.4% | -5.6% | 4.4% | 6.5% | 5.4% | 5.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.5% | 4.8% | 7.7% | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 4.8% | 6.6% | 5.9% | 5.7% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 11.3% | 18.7% | 9.8% | 7.8% | 29.5% | -19.3% | 15.3% | 20.3% | 16.4% | 17.6% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 4.8% | 8.6% | 4.8% | 3.7% | 11.1% | -6.1% | 5.7% | 13.8% | 11.2% | 11.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.24 | 0.30 | — | — | — | — |
| Current ratio | 1.51 | 1.53 | 1.61 | 1.43 | 1.66 | 1.77 | 1.39 | 1.93 | 2.00 | 1.83 |
| Revenue growth | 4.1% | 1.3% | 5.4% | -0.4% | 33.3% | -12.7% | 6.8% | 6.3% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
| EPS growth | -35.1% | 95.3% | 34.4% | -68.5% | — | -212.5% | -23.8% | 30.1% | -2.6% | 4.5% |