Canonical URL: https://giftcard.news/research-trends/american-eagle-unredeemed-gift-card-certificate-quarterly-balance/ --- description: The September 9 results disclosure identifies an USD62.837 million liability for gift cards and certificates at August 1, compared with USD57.376 million a year earlier. title: American Eagle reports USD62.8 million of unredeemed gift cards image: https://giftcard.news/images/social/v1/american-eagle-reports-usd62-8-million-unredeemed-gift-cards-5ecf819042c68a516ad6574c6565d158.jpg --- 1. [Home](https://giftcard.news/) 2. [Research & Trends](https://giftcard.news/research-trends/) # American Eagle reports USD62.8 million of unredeemed gift cards The September 9 results disclosure identifies an USD62.837 million liability for gift cards and certificates at August 1, compared with USD57.376 million a year earlier. By [Maya Bennett](https://giftcard.news/author/maya-bennett/) September 9, 2026 2 min read [ Google News ](https://google.com/preferences/source?q=giftcard.news&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news) Share [ ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fresearch-trends%2Famerican-eagle-unredeemed-gift-card-certificate-quarterly-balance%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dx%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=American+Eagle+reports+USD62.8+million+of+unredeemed+gift+cards&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "X") [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fresearch-trends%2Famerican-eagle-unredeemed-gift-card-certificate-quarterly-balance%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=American+Eagle+reports+USD62.8+million+of+unredeemed+gift+cards+https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fresearch-trends%2Famerican-eagle-unredeemed-gift-card-certificate-quarterly-balance%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "WhatsApp") ![Customer hands holding a blue card at a retail payment terminal](https://giftcard.news/images/variants/v1/american-eagle-reports-usd62-8-million-unredeemed-gift-cards-customer-hands-holding-w1280.webp) Illustrative retail card photograph. It does not depict a card, merchant or provider involved in this report. Photo: SpotOn / Unsplash [American Eagle Outfitters](https://giftcard.news/company/american-eagle-outfitters/) reported USD62.837 million of unredeemed gift cards and gift certificates at August 1, compared with USD57.376 million at August 2, 2025\. Its September 9 quarterly results disclosure lists the amount as a separate current-liability line. The data behind the story ### American Eagle outstanding gift cards and certificates Consolidated unredeemed gift-card and gift-certificate liability at corresponding quarter ends. Unredeemed gift cards and certificates USD million Tap or hover for details. All values are also available in the data table. Source aeo original SEC disclosure Point-in-time issuer liability, not new card sales, redemptions or breakage. These are corresponding annual quarter ends, not sequential months. The release does not identify the drivers of the change. Show data tableHide data table Scroll left or right to see all columns __American Eagle outstanding gift cards and certificates (USD million)__ | Category | Unredeemed gift cards and certificates | | -------------- | -------------------------------------- | | August 2, 2025 | 57.376 USD million | | August 1, 2026 | 62.837 USD million | The balance describes an obligation associated with outstanding stored value. It is not the amount of new cards sold in the quarter or a measure of gift-card redemption revenue. A higher outstanding balance alone cannot establish whether issuance increased, redemption slowed or another accounting movement contributed. The comparison uses the corresponding prior-year reporting date, rather than treating the two amounts as sequential monthly observations. The figures are reported in thousands of US dollars and converted here to millions. The issuer's September 10 quarterly filing repeats the current balance, but the original published results already contained the gift-card line on September 9. The disclosure provides a specific view of the apparel retailer's outstanding gift value. 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