American Eagle (AEO) Reports Earnings Tomorrow: What To Expect

Young adult apparel retailer American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) will be reporting earnings tomorrow after market hours. Here’s what investors should know.

American Eagle missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.29 billion, flat year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a slight miss of analysts’ gross margin estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting American Eagle’s revenue to decline 4.5% year on year to $1.60 billion, a reversal from the 12.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.51 per share.

American Eagle (AEO) Reports Earnings Tomorrow: What To Expect

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. American Eagle has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates six times over the last two years.

Looking at American Eagle’s peers in the apparel retailer segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Victoria's Secret delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 1.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 1%, and Gap reported a revenue decline of 3.5%, topping estimates by 1.9%. Victoria's Secret traded down 8.1% following the results while Gap was up 18.6%.

Read our full analysis of Victoria's Secret’s results here and Gap’s results here .


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