AEO Marked Recovery In The Four Quarter

American apparel retailers

Inc. (NYSE:AEO) achieved its first quarter revenue growth in the first quarter of two years, thanks to the hot selling of the new IPO series, and its quarterly revenue rose 2.9% to $1 billion 72 million a year.

Same store sales were flat compared with the same period a year ago, compared with a 7% decline in the same period last year.

Due to a reduction in the period

The gross profit margin of the fourth quarter increased by 560 basis points to 35.1%.

Operating profit increased by 31% to $112 million a year, with a profit margin of 10.5%, a 820 basis point improvement over 2.3% in the previous year.

Net profit climbed to $61 million 609 thousand from $10 million 510 thousand in the same period last year.

The EPS was $0.36, an increase of 33% over the adjusted EPS $0.27 in the same period of the previous year, and also exceeded the expected upper limit of $0.34 after the group's previous increase.

In the 2014 fiscal year ended February 1, 2015, American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) recorded EPS $0.63 in continuing operations, which was 15% less than adjusted EPS 0.74 in fiscal 2013.

Operating profit increased 10.64% to $156 million compared to the same period last year, and the operating profit margin improved by 40 basis points, gross margin increased by 150 basis points to 35.2%, 2013 in fiscal year 33.7%.

Annual revenue fell slightly to $3 billion 283 million, while same store sales fell year by year, 5%.

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) interim CEO Jay Schottenstein pointed out in the earnings report that after the difficult start of fiscal year 2014, the group has gradually begun to make achievements, and the fourth quarter performance has also surpassed the group's expectations.

Since the departure of the former CEO Robert Hanson in January 2014, Jay Schottenstein has been leading the group to carry out business recovery. The group said that no successor candidate for Jay Schottenstein has yet been found.

American Eagle Outfitters and Inc. (NYSE:AEO) also predict that the first quarter of fiscal year 2015 will be in the range of $0.02, including the negative impact of the US $0.02 on the west coast port strike, but still higher than the market expected $0.07, while EPS in the 2014 fiscal year was $0.02.

This stimulated American Eagle Outfitters and Inc. (NYSE:AEO) to rise by 7.69% on Wednesday, closing at $15.96 a day, further increasing 1.82% to 16.25 dollars later in the day, making its cumulative gain of more than 15% so far in 2015.

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