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

American Eagle Outfitters' Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.09% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.09%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 0.05%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.08%, 6.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.09% at American Eagle Outfitters, up from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.16% in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 0.06% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.05% (2023), against an average of 0.05%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales soared 48bps in 2021 before it dropped -17bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.16% in 2021, then plummeted by -43bps to 0.09% in 2022, then fell by -24bps to 0.07% in 2023, then grew by 22bps to 0.08% in 2024, then increased by 9bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AEO's Return on Sales are 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.06% (Q3 2025), and 0.06% (Q2 2025).