All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

AEO: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

AEO real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, AEO returned +41.32% over the past year and −32.87% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 14, 1994, AEO is up +1,641.32% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.24%/yr, and is currently −56.21% below its real total-return high on Apr. 23, 2021.

Data ending Fri Aug. 7, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 1994-04-14💬 to Fri 2026-08-07 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
AEO
×
+1,641.32%
+9.24%/yr
+8.26%/yr
R2=0.534
American Eagle Outfitters Inc NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 1994-04-14💬 to Fri 2026-08-07 Start
Value
End
Value
AEO
×
$10,000.00
1994-04-14
$174,132.05
2026-08-07

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-07

  YTD YoY
AEO
×
−32.87% +41.32%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
AEO
×
−56.21%
on 2026-08-07
from 2021-04-23 peak
−81.18%
on 1995-12-27
from 1994-10-17 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-07 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
AEO
×
+41.32% −10.30%
−5.29%/yr
+17.68%
+5.58%/yr
−51.02%
−13.30%/yr
−7.68%
−0.80%/yr

Annual Returns

Year AEO
2026 (YTD) −32.87%
2025 +60.39%
2024 −21.60%
2023 +49.85%
2022 −46.87%
2021 +21.23%
2020 +36.95%
2019 −23.84%
2018 +3.52%
2017 +25.82%
2016 −1.16%
2015 +14.30%
2014 −0.51%
2013 −29.11%
2012 +44.99%
2011 +4.93%
2010 −9.81%
2009 +81.53%
2008 −53.59%
2007 −35.09%
2006 +101.16%
2005 −4.61%
2004 +178.97%
2003 +16.82%
2002 −48.57%
2001 −8.51%
2000 −9.19%
1999 +31.55%
1998 +323.04%
1997 +335.43%
1996 +29.75%
1995 −56.76%
1994 −27.58%