Valuation
26% of the score
100median 56
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is valued at 6.5x its operating profit, including debt: cheap enough for full points.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
6.5x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
AEOAmerican Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
$17.31-3.6% 1Y
$17.31
$14.1552 weeks$27.87
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 79 out of 100, Strong
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Strong. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. scores higher than 91% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on new capital, held back by return on capital.
Consumer Cyclical median 67 · all companies 57
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time46
57
78
60
77
78
79
202020212022202320242025today
The biggest move was up 21 points from 2021 to 2022, mostly return on new capital.
Return on capital
18% of the score
41median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 7.5% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
7.5%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 6.1%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
100median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 12 cents. New capital earned 25%, and 50% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
12%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
69median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 1.1% a year over 5 years: new shares
485%
-3%
1.1%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 3.1% a year, sales 8.1%
10012%
-2%
-5%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
50median 62
Today's operating margin of 7.8% is 1.18x its normal 6.6%: above its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.2x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 7.8%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
100median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDAMore cash than debt
100Interest coverNo interest to pay
100Earnings quality
6% of the score
93median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.19x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
2.2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 6.7% of assets
948%
0%
-8%
-6.7%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.71
85-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.71
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-08-01, latest annual report FY2025.