secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC (AEO)
CIK:        0000919012
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-11-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-22-025577
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919012/000095017022025577/0000950170-22-025577-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919012/000095017022025577/aeo-20221122.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-025577

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