AAL vs. ALGT, JBLU, SKYW, UAL, ULCC, ALK, DAL, LUV, WAB, and RYAAY
Should you be buying American Airlines Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Airlines Group include Allegiant Travel (ALGT), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), SkyWest (SKYW), United Airlines (UAL), Frontier Group (ULCC), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Wabtec (WAB), and Ryanair (RYAAY). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
American Airlines Group vs. Its Competitors
Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ:ALGT) and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
Allegiant Travel presently has a consensus target price of $64.33, indicating a potential upside of 2.92%. American Airlines Group has a consensus target price of $16.59, indicating a potential upside of 31.86%. Given American Airlines Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than Allegiant Travel.
85.8% of Allegiant Travel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.7% of Allegiant Travel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 12 more articles in the media than Allegiant Travel. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for American Airlines Group and 4 mentions for Allegiant Travel. Allegiant Travel's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.99 indicating that Allegiant Travel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Allegiant Travel has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than Allegiant Travel. Allegiant Travel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Airlines Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Airlines Group has a net margin of 1.05% compared to Allegiant Travel's net margin of -11.10%. Allegiant Travel's return on equity of 5.00% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.
Summary
American Airlines Group beats Allegiant Travel on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:AAL) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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