AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC (AEO) Form 10-Q — Sep 10, 2026
American Eagle Outfitters reported Q2 fiscal 2026 revenue of $1.380 billion, up 8% year over year, with operating income up 105% to $211.4 million and diluted EPS of $0.79 versus $0.45 a year ago. Total comparable sales rose 6%, led by Aerie. The quarter was supercharged by a one-time windfall: after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down IEEPA tariffs, AEO received $196 million of refunds including interest, worth $161 million net of a $35 million incentive expense, or about $0.52 of the quarter's $0.79 EPS.
Key figures
- Eps
- 0.79
- Revenue
- 1380375000
- Net Income
- 134084000
- Total Debt
- 55000000
- Revenue Yoy
- 8% (13 weeks); 9% (26 weeks)
- Total Assets
- 4278821000
- Cash Position
- 147954000
- Shares Outstanding
- 167573333
- Period
- 13 and 26 weeks ended August 1, 2026
- Ytd revenue
- 2575660000
- Current ratio
- 1.59
- Aerie comps q2
- +19%
- Q2 gross margin
- 48.7% (+980 bps)
- Revolver expiry
- June 2031
- Working capital
- 497295000
- Ytd diluted eps
- 0.92
- Revolver capacity
- 700000000
- Q2 comparable sales
- +6%
- Q2 operating income
- 211405000
- Effective tax rate q2
- 24.9%
- Merchandise inventory
- 817910000
- Net tariff refunds q2
- 161000000
- Q2 prior year revenue
- 1283675000
- Americaneagle comps q2
- -1%
- Aerie revenue growth q2
- +25%
- Q2 operating income yoy
- 105%
- Ytd operating cash flow
- 116325000
- Q2 prior year diluted eps
- 0.45
- Acon fund investment balance
- 53800000
- Q2 eps tariff refund benefit
- 0.52
- Quarterly dividend per share
- 0.125
- Ieepa tariffs originally paid
- 192000000
- Q2 accretion expense interest
- 44700000
- Q2 prior year operating income
- 103085000
- Ytd net income attributable aeo
- 157607000
- Payment to participation buyer q2
- 70800000
- Participation agreement claims sold
- 68900000
- Participation agreement cash received
- 18600000
- Tariff refunds received incl interest
- 195700000
Price after filing
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