American Eagle Outfitters

Name: American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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American Eagle Outfitters has retired 27.1% of its shares since 2005, from 229,865,643 to 167,573,333.

27.1%retired since 2005

0.6%last 5 years

1.0%last 12 months

168Mshares today

At $17.98 a share, a market value of $3.0B. P/E 8.9, trailing twelve months to August 2026.

Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 208,462,1042026-09-10, 167,573,333

A share bought in 1999

1.2× more of American Eagle Outfitters today, without buying another share. It was one of 208,462,104 shares then. It is one of 167,573,333 now.

Every filing we read28 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	1999-04-15	208,462,104	10-K405	cover page
2000	2000-04-01	211,547,223	10-K405	cover page
2001	2001-04-23	212,621,364	10-K	cover page
2002	2002-04-15	216,181,908	10-K	cover page
2003	2003-03-14	213,174,411	10-K	cover page
2004	2004-03-15	214,680,855	10-K	cover page
2005	2005-03-31	229,865,643	10-K	cover page
2006	2006-03-15	223,130,566	10-K	cover page
2007	2007-03-15	220,145,869	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-03-14	204,899,265	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-01-31	205,281,000	10-K
2010	2010-01-30	206,832,000	10-K
2011	2011-03-07	194,690,703	10-K
2012	2012-03-12	194,539,858	10-K
2013	2013-03-06	194,100,506	10-K
2014	2014-03-10	193,824,031	10-K
2015	2015-03-09	195,022,073	10-K
2016	2016-03-07	180,659,762	10-K
2017	2017-03-06	182,221,528	10-K
2018	2018-03-12	177,607,606	10-K
2019	2019-03-11	172,584,549	10-K
2020	2020-03-09	167,203,263	10-K
2021	2021-03-08	166,700,832	10-K
2022	2022-03-10	168,842,420	10-K
2023	2023-03-08	195,556,065	10-K
2024	2024-03-11	197,156,524	10-K
2025	2025-03-19	172,514,102	10-K
2026	2026-03-30	166,674,664	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of American Eagle Outfitters on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

American Eagle Outfitters buybacks, answered

Is American Eagle Outfitters buying back its stock?

Yes. American Eagle Outfitters has 1.0% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 167,573,333 as of September 10, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 0.6%.

How many shares has American Eagle Outfitters bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, American Eagle Outfitters has 62.3 million fewer shares than at its 2005 peak. That is 27.1% of the company.

How many shares does American Eagle Outfitters have outstanding?

167,573,333 shares, as of September 10, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2005 peak it had 229,865,643.

What do American Eagle Outfitters' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held American Eagle Outfitters stock in 2005 owns 1.4 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does American Eagle Outfitters compare with other cannibal stocks?

American Eagle Outfitters ranks No. 307 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Exponent (27.3%), Virtus Investment Partners (27.3%), Perdoceo Education (27.1%), ConocoPhillips (26.9%).

Every answer is computed from American Eagle Outfitters' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.