American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO)’s Pretax Margin and Net Margin Explained

American Eagle Outfitters Inc [AEO] stock is trading at $13.17, down -0.38%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The AEO shares have gain 7.42% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 16.86%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

American Eagle Outfitters Inc [NYSE: AEO] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on August 25, 2025, when BofA Securities downgraded its rating to a Underperform but kept the price target unchanged to $10 for it. Previously, JP Morgan downgraded its rating to Underweight on July 28, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $9. On March 13, 2025, Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Market Perform rating and revised its price target to $12 on the stock. Barclays downgraded its rating to a Underweight and decreased its price target to $10 on March 13, 2025. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight and reduced its price target to $17 on February 05, 2025. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to Equal-Weight for this stock on January 21, 2025, and upped its price target to $16. In a note dated January 14, 2025, Telsey Advisory Group reiterated an Market Perform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $20 to $18.

American Eagle Outfitters Inc [AEO] stock has fluctuated between $9.27 and $22.63 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $11.5 within the next 12 months. American Eagle Outfitters Inc [NYSE: AEO] shares were valued at $13.17 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -12.68% based on the average AEO price forecast.

Analyzing the AEO fundamentals

American Eagle Outfitters Inc [NYSE:AEO] reported sales of 5.27B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -4.74%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.37% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.05%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.05%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.04%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.12 and Total Capital is 0.09. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.2.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 12.84 points at the first support level, and at 12.52 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 13.57, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 13.97.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, American Eagle Outfitters Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.38. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.56 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.11. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.43, the price to book ratio is 1.55 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 13.48.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved MCMILLAN CARY D, Director, that happened on Jan 16 ’25 when 2999.0 shares were sold. Director, MCMILLAN CARY D completed a deal on Jan 16 ’25 to buy 2999.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director MCMILLAN CARY D sold 2283.0 shares on Oct 16 ’24.

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