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American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

American Eagle Outfitters' Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.08% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 2.0% year-over-year to 0.08%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 0.08%, down 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.15%, 7.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.08% at American Eagle Outfitters, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.17% in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 0.1% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.1% (2024), against an average of 0.1%.
  • The largest YoY upside for Return on Capital Employed was 28bps in 2021 against a maximum downside of -19bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.17% in 2021, then tumbled by -51bps to 0.09% in 2022, then grew by 27bps to 0.11% in 2023, then fell by -3bps to 0.11% in 2024, then decreased by -21bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AEO's Return on Capital Employed are 0.08% (Q4 2025), 0.09% (Q3 2025), and 0.09% (Q2 2025).