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American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

AEO · Consumer Cyclical

Major red flags

Revenue
$5.5B
2026
Net Income
$192M
2026
Gross Margin
36.5%
Free Cash Flow
$195M
01

Screening Summary

15
Passed
1
Watch
1
Failed
-2.72
M-Score

管理层信号

最近 SEC 8-K 文件中未发现 CEO、CFO、董事会或审计负责人变动信号。
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 17 days, change -1 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth -1.4% vs revenue growth 4.1%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 4.1%, CFFO -4.3%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 10.3% vs COGS 8.7%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 17.2% vs revenue 4.1%. Normal

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B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 73.3%, exceeds 70%

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 36.5%, change -2.7pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 2.38. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.2B, FCF/NI = 1.02

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -6.6%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.2B covers only 14% of debt $1.7B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.3B = 16% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 3.1x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 17.9% vs revenue 4.1%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -2% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.72 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.72
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
0.947
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
1.074
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.021
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.041
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1.076
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.997
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0659
TATA
Accruals level
0.939
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

4.12
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.1114
Liquidity
0.6366
Cumulative profit
0.0818
Operating efficiency
0.7304
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25