American Eagle Outfitters vs Ross Stores
AEO and ROST side by side, both in family clothing stores. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AEO and ROST compare
Ross Stores is the larger company, worth 22 times as much as American Eagle Outfitters ($72.9B against $3.3B).
On earnings, American Eagle Outfitters is cheaper: it trades at 10.0× trailing earnings, against 27.6× for Ross Stores.
Ross Stores grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (14.0% versus 9.2% for American Eagle Outfitters).
Ross Stores keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.8% compared with 5.9% at American Eagle Outfitters.
Both pay dividends: American Eagle Outfitters yields 2.5% and Ross Stores 0.76%.
American Eagle Outfitters scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 18 for Ross Stores), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AEO | ROST |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.3B | $72.9B |
| Share price | $19.61 | $228.28 |
| Change, 1 year | 15.5% | 44.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −26.2% | 90.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.18 | 0.90 |
| Employees | 45K | 111K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 20 (better) | 18 |
| Valuation score | 6 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.0× (better) | 27.6× |
| P/S | 0.6× (better) | 3.0× |
| P/B | 1.9× (better) | 10.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | 4.8× (better) | 17.8× |
| P/FCF | 9.6× (better) | 26.1× |
| PEG | 0.52 (better) | 1.88 |
| FCF yield | 10.5% (better) | 3.8% |
| Fair value | $25.47 | $120.77 |
| Margin of safety | 23.0% (better) | −89.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.2% | 14.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.1% | 12.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 70.9% (better) | 28.9% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 86.7% (better) | 31.3% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 94.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 40.5% (better) | 29.7% |
| Operating margin | 7.8% | 13.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 10.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 6.0% | 11.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | 20.4% | 42.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 20.5% | 74.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.03 (better) | 0.15 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.14 | −0.84 |
| Current ratio | 1.59 | 1.61 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.49 | 7.66 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.5% (better) | 0.76% |
| Payout ratio | 25.0% | 20.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 29.5% | 41.6% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 2.4% (better) | 1.6% |
| Shareholder yield | 5.0% (better) | 2.4% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 100% | 94.0% |
| Held by insiders | 9.0% | 2.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$39.1M | −$23.0M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 11.0% | 3.3% |
Go deeper
- AEO stock overview
- AEO income statement
- AEO valuation and score
- ROST stock overview
- ROST income statement
- ROST valuation and score
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