Growth Metrics

American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

American Eagle Outfitters' FCF Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.18% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Margin rose 42.0% year-over-year to 0.18%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 2.94%, down 62.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 4.77%, 295.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q4 2025 was 0.18% at American Eagle Outfitters, up from 3.36% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 28.87% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 15.79% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 0.18% (2025), against an average of 3.27%.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Margin crashed -2223bps in 2022 before it skyrocketed 2353bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 3.64% in 2021, then fell by -24bps to 4.52% in 2022, then surged by 259bps to 7.19% in 2023, then plummeted by -108bps to 0.61% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 70bps to 0.18% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AEO's FCF Margin are 0.18% (Q4 2025), 3.36% (Q3 2025), and 10.67% (Q2 2025).