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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and media sentiment.
Allegiant Travel has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Airlines Group has a net margin of 1.05% compared to Allegiant Travel's net margin of -8.11%. Allegiant Travel's return on equity of 5.46% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Allegiant Travel currently has a consensus target price of $65.11, suggesting a potential upside of 35.31%. American Airlines Group has a consensus target price of $16.76, suggesting a potential upside of 51.99%. Given American Airlines Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than Allegiant Travel.
In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 24 more articles in the media than Allegiant Travel. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for American Airlines Group and 6 mentions for Allegiant Travel. Allegiant Travel's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Allegiant Travel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Allegiant Travel pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. American Airlines Group pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Allegiant Travel pays out -20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Airlines Group pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Allegiant Travel is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
American Airlines Group beats Allegiant Travel on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:AAL) was last updated on 8/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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