---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-079005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AEO"
cik: "0000919012"
company_name: "AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T07:19:53.364038+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AEO Q1 operating loss of $85M; gross margin collapses to 29.6%; Q2 guidance weak

## Summary
- Net revenue $1.1B (-5% YoY); total comparable sales -3% (Aerie -4%, AE -2%).
- GAAP operating loss $(85)M; adjusted operating loss $(68)M; diluted EPS $(0.36), adjusted $(0.29).
- Gross margin 29.6% vs 40.6% a year ago; merchandise margins down 960 bps due to writedowns and markdowns.
- Q2 FY2025 outlook: revenue -5%, operating income $40-45M; full-year fiscal 2025 guidance withdrawn.
- Closed $31M in open-market buybacks; on track to complete $200M ASR in Q2; dividend $0.125/share.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-079005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AEO
- cik: 0000919012
- company_name: AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919012/000095017025079005/0000950170-25-079005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919012/000095017025079005/aeo-20250529.htm

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