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American Eagle Outfitters vs Ross Stores: revenue, profit, margins and growth compared

American Eagle Outfitters brought in $5.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025, Ross Stores $22.8B in fiscal 2025. Revenue changed by +4.1% at American Eagle Outfitters and +7.7% at Ross Stores on the year before, so Ross Stores grew faster. American Eagle Outfitters kept 3.5% of its revenue as net profit, Ross Stores 9.4%. Free cash flow was $195.4M at American Eagle Outfitters and $2.2B at Ross Stores.

Side by side, latest fiscal year

AEOROST
Fiscal year endedFY2025 (January 31, 2026)FY2025 (January 31, 2026)
Revenue$5.5B$22.8B
Revenue growth+4.1%+7.7%
Net income$192M$2.1B
Net margin3.5%9.4%
Free cash flow$195.4M$2.2B
Free cash flow margin3.5%9.7%
Earnings per share (diluted)$1.09$6.61
Cash$238.9M$4.6B
Debt$0$1.5B
Price to earnings15.235.7
Market value$2.8B$75.7B
Dividend yield3.02%0.69%
Rank by revenue in sector#185 of 778 · Consumer discretionary#51 of 778 · Consumer discretionary

Over the years

Revenue
AEO FY2019: $4BAEO FY2019: $4.3BAEO FY2020: $3.8BAEO FY2021: $5BAEO FY2022: $5BAEO FY2023: $5.3BAEO FY2024: $5.3BAEO FY2025: $5.5BROST FY2018: $15BROST FY2019: $16BROST FY2020: $12.5BROST FY2021: $18.9BROST FY2022: $18.7BROST FY2023: $20.4BROST FY2024: $21.1BROST FY2025: $22.8BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
AEO $5.5BROST $22.8B
Net income
AEO FY2019: $261.9MAEO FY2019: $191.3MAEO FY2020: -$209.3MAEO FY2021: $419.6MAEO FY2022: $125.1MAEO FY2023: $170MAEO FY2024: $329.4MAEO FY2025: $192MROST FY2018: $1.6BROST FY2019: $1.7BROST FY2020: $85.4MROST FY2021: $1.7BROST FY2022: $1.5BROST FY2023: $1.9BROST FY2024: $2.1BROST FY2025: $2.1BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
AEO $192MROST $2.1B
Net margin
AEO FY2019: 6.5%AEO FY2019: 4.4%AEO FY2020: -5.6%AEO FY2021: 8.4%AEO FY2022: 2.5%AEO FY2023: 3.2%AEO FY2024: 6.2%AEO FY2025: 3.5%ROST FY2018: 10.6%ROST FY2019: 10.4%ROST FY2020: 0.7%ROST FY2021: 9.1%ROST FY2022: 8.1%ROST FY2023: 9.2%ROST FY2024: 9.9%ROST FY2025: 9.4%FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
AEO 3.5%ROST 9.4%
Revenue growth
AEO FY2019: +6.8%AEO FY2020: -12.7%AEO FY2021: +33.3%AEO FY2022: -0.4%AEO FY2023: +5.4%AEO FY2024: +1.3%AEO FY2025: +4.1%ROST FY2019: +7.0%ROST FY2020: -21.9%ROST FY2021: +50.9%ROST FY2022: -1.2%ROST FY2023: +9.0%ROST FY2024: +3.7%ROST FY2025: +7.7%FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
AEO +4.1%ROST +7.7%
Free cash flow
AEO FY2019: $267.6MAEO FY2019: $205.1MAEO FY2020: $74.5MAEO FY2021: $69.8MAEO FY2022: $145.9MAEO FY2023: $406.3MAEO FY2024: $254.3MAEO FY2025: $195.4MROST FY2018: $1.7BROST FY2019: $1.6BROST FY2020: $1.8BROST FY2021: $1.2BROST FY2022: $1BROST FY2023: $1.8BROST FY2024: $1.6BROST FY2025: $2.2BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
AEO $195.4MROST $2.2B

Fiscal years as each company reports them; the two may end in different months.

Questions about American Eagle Outfitters and Ross Stores

Which is bigger by revenue, American Eagle Outfitters or Ross Stores?

Ross Stores is bigger by revenue: $22.8B in fiscal 2025, against $5.5B for American Eagle Outfitters in fiscal 2025.

Which keeps more of its revenue as profit, American Eagle Outfitters or Ross Stores?

American Eagle Outfitters had a net margin of 3.5% in fiscal 2025; Ross Stores had 9.4% in fiscal 2025.

Which grew revenue faster, American Eagle Outfitters or Ross Stores?

In their latest fiscal years revenue changed by +4.1% at American Eagle Outfitters and +7.7% at Ross Stores.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the annual reports each company files with the SEC (10-K, or 20-F and 40-F for foreign companies), read from their XBRL data. Margins and growth are simple arithmetic on those figures. Nothing here is a recommendation.

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