---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-038028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AEO"
cik: "0000919012"
company_name: "AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T23:03:44.542464+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.72
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.72
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AEO Q4 comps +3%, FY24 adjusted op income +19%; guides FY25 revenue down low-single digits

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $1.6B (-4% YoY due to one less week); comparable sales +3% (Aerie +6%, American Eagle +1%).
- FY24 revenue $5.3B (+1%); GAAP operating income $427M; adjusted operating income $445M (+19% YoY).
- Board authorized additional 50M shares for repurchase (total 68.5M remaining); FY24 repurchases: 9.5M shares for $191M.
- FY25 outlook: revenue down low-single digits; operating income $360-375M; gross margin down YoY.
- Q1 slower start: revenue mid-single digit decline; operating income $20-25M; proactive steps to reduce expenses.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-038028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AEO
- cik: 0000919012
- company_name: AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.72
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.72
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919012/000095017025038028/0000950170-25-038028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919012/000095017025038028/aeo-20250312.htm

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