The American Eagle Outfitters investor website posted first-quarter 2022 earnings, which the company considers mixed but promising. As excerpted from their May 22 press release: "The first quarter proved challenging, with demand well below our expectations, pressuring operating profit. Comparisons from an extraordinary spring last year driven by stimulus payments and pent-up customer demand, were compounded by rising inflation, higher gas prices and a stronger than anticipated pivot to other discretionary categories. In hindsight, our plans entering the year were too optimistic.