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American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

American Eagle Outfitters' Return on Equity history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.18% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity rose 5.0% year-over-year to 0.18%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 0.18%, up 5.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.24%, 19.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.18% at American Eagle Outfitters, up from 0.17% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.31% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.19% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.12% (2023), against an average of 0.14%.
  • The largest YoY upside for Return on Equity was 49bps in 2021 against a maximum downside of -32bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.28% in 2021, then crashed by -64bps to 0.1% in 2022, then grew by 0bps to 0.1% in 2023, then grew by 22bps to 0.12% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 45bps to 0.18% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AEO's Return on Equity are 0.18% (Q4 2025), 0.17% (Q3 2025), and 0.16% (Q2 2025).