Growth Metrics

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

American Eagle Outfitters' Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.15% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 4.0% year-over-year to 0.15%; the TTM value through Aug 2025 reached 0.15%, up 4.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.06%, 4.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q3 2025 was 0.15% at American Eagle Outfitters, up from 0.12% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.23% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.18% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.12% (2023), against an average of 0.1%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital crashed -32bps in 2021 before it rose 4bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.18% in 2021, then soared by 231bps to 0.23% in 2022, then plummeted by -50bps to 0.12% in 2023, then fell by -6bps to 0.11% in 2024, then soared by 35bps to 0.15% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AEO's Return on Invested Capital are 0.15% (Q3 2025), 0.12% (Q2 2025), and 0.11% (Q3 2024).