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American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

American Eagle Outfitters' FCF Payout Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 8.43 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio fell 174.54% year-over-year to 8.43; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 0.56, up 10.53%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.38, 83.86% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 was 8.43 at American Eagle Outfitters, down from 0.49 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 1.37 in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 8.43 in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.18 (2021), against an average of 0.67.
  • The largest YoY upside for FCF Payout Ratio was 53453.07% in 2021 against a maximum downside of 1869.22% in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.65 in 2021, then increased by 17.03% to 0.54 in 2022, then surged by 138.9% to 0.21 in 2023, then crashed by 1553.92% to 3.07 in 2024, then plummeted by 174.54% to 8.43 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AEO's FCF Payout Ratio are 8.43 (Q4 2025), 0.49 (Q3 2025), and 0.19 (Q2 2025).