NASDAQ:AAL - American Airlines Group Stock Price, News, & Analysis

American Airlines Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AAL."

American Airlines Group announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Tuesday, August 21st. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 6th. View American Airlines Group's Dividend History.

American Airlines Group announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Saturday, April 8th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 8.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 26th. The airline reported $1.63 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.59 by $0.04. The airline had revenue of $11.64 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.67 billion. American Airlines Group had a net margin of 3.75% and a return on equity of 151.06%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.92 earnings per share. View American Airlines Group's Earnings History.

American Airlines Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for American Airlines Group.

14 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for American Airlines Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect American Airlines Group's share price to reach $57.7857 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 44.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for American Airlines Group.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Airlines Group in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for American Airlines Group.

American Airlines Group saw a drop in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 29,612,624 shares, a drop of 9.8% from the July 13th total of 32,835,765 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,907,825 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.3 days. Currently, 6.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View American Airlines Group's Current Options Chain.

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Media headlines about AAL stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, Accern reports. Accern rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. American Airlines Group earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the airline an impact score of 45.59 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for American Airlines Group.

American Airlines Group's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.14%), FMR LLC (2.70%), Lansdowne Partners UK LLP (1.30%), LSV Asset Management (0.88%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.60%) and Morgan Stanley (0.42%). Company insiders that own American Airlines Group stock include Alberto Ibarguen, Andrew P Nocella, Beverly K Goulet, David Sidoo, Derek J Kerr, Devinder Randhawa, Elise R Eberwein, James F Albaugh, Matthew J Hart, Maya Leibman, Ray M Robinson, Richard C Kraemer, Robert D Isom Jr and W Douglas Parker. View Institutional Ownership Trends for American Airlines Group.

AAL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, BlackRock Inc., TD Asset Management Inc., Highland Capital Management LP, Bank of Montreal Can, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Retirement Systems of Alabama and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have sold American Airlines Group company stock in the last year include Alberto Ibarguen, Derek J Kerr, Matthew J Hart, Ray M Robinson, Richard C Kraemer, Robert D Isom Jr and W Douglas Parker. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Airlines Group.

AAL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lansdowne Partners UK LLP, Millennium Management LLC, Gendell Jeffrey L, Morgan Stanley, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, First Trust Advisors LP and WINTON GROUP Ltd. Company insiders that have bought American Airlines Group stock in the last two years include David Sidoo, Devinder Randhawa and James F Albaugh. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Airlines Group.

Shares of AAL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AAL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $39.99.

American Airlines Group has a market capitalization of $17.16 billion and generates $42.21 billion in revenue each year. The airline earns $1.92 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.88 on an earnings per share basis. American Airlines Group employs 103,100 workers across the globe.

American Airlines Group's mailing address is 4333 AMON CARTER BLVD, FORT WORTH TX, 75261. The airline can be reached via phone at 817-963-1234 or via email at [email protected]