American Eagle Outfitters (AEO)

Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Retail
$18.17 +1.11% on the day Market cap $3.0B 52-week range $14.06 to $28.46 Prices as of Oct 11, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
2% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $3.0B, American Eagle Outfitters's free cash flow of $195M (fiscal 2026) would need to grow about 2% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is close to what the company has delivered over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from American Eagle Outfitters's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price1.5% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years-0.5% a year
Revenue, same period4.9% a year
Price to free cash flow15.4x

Fundamental grade

B

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from AEO's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation8
Profitability6
Growth7
Financial health4
Cash efficiency4

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from American Eagle Outfitters's 10-K filings. Ten years of the full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.

Fiscal year20222023202420252026
Revenue$5.0B$5.0B$5.3B$5.3B$5.5B
Net income$420M$125M$170M$329M$192M
Free cash flow$70M$146M$406M$254M$195M
EPS (diluted)$2.03$0.64$0.86$1.68$1.09
Operating margin11.8%5.0%4.2%8.0%4.1%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2026. Every breakdown, year by year.

American Eagle$3.4B64%
Aerie$1.9B36%

Superinvestors who own AEO

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 3 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $15M0.00%Q2 2026
Ric Dillon
Diamond Hill Capital Management
Added $3M0.02%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $1M0.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by American Eagle Outfitters's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of AEO in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does American Eagle Outfitters's stock price imply?

At a market value of $3.0B, American Eagle Outfitters would need its free cash flow to grow about 2% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew -0% a year.

Are American Eagle Outfitters insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of AEO in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own American Eagle Outfitters?

3 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold AEO in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Ric Dillon, Joel Greenblatt.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 11, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.