---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-025577"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AEO"
cik: "0000919012"
company_name: "AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T14:42:32.326498+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AEO Q3 operating profit $118M beats expectations; rev down 3%; Q4 brand rev guided down mid-single digits

## Summary
- Q3 results exceeded expectations. GAAP diluted EPS $0.42; operating profit $118M (9.5% margin).
- Aerie revenue $350M (+11% YoY); American Eagle revenue $838M (-11% YoY); total revenue $1.2B (-3% YoY).
- Inventory $798M (+8% YoY, units +7%), improved from +36% last quarter; Q4 ending inventory expected down YoY.
- Q4 guidance: brand revenue down mid-single digits; gross margin 32%-33%; SG&A dollars flat YoY; dividend remains paused.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-025577
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AEO
- cik: 0000919012
- company_name: AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919012/000095017022025577/0000950170-22-025577-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919012/000095017022025577/aeo-20221122.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC reported the third quarter ended October 29, 2022 results: revenue $1.2 billion, EPS $0.42. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the third quarter ended October 29, 2022
  - Revenue: $1.2 billion
  - EPS: $0.42
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: look forward to delivering an exceptional customer experience across brands and channels this holiday season,” Jay continued Third Quarter 2022 Results: • Total net revenue of $1.2 billion was down 3% to the third quarter of 2021. Our supply chain business, Quiet Platforms, contributed approximately 2 percentage points to revenue growth. Brand revenue declined 5%,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919012/000095017022025577/0000950170-22-025577-index.htm

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