AAL vs. VIK, BIP, PAA, PAC, ZTO, MMYT, ASR, NCLH, DINO, and TFII
Should you be buying American Airlines Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Airlines Group include Viking (VIK), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (PAC), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASR), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), HF Sinclair (DINO), and TFI International (TFII). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
American Airlines Group vs. Its Competitors
Viking (NYSE:VIK) and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
98.8% of Viking shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Viking had 5 more articles in the media than American Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Viking and 18 mentions for American Airlines Group. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Viking's score of 0.37 indicating that American Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Viking presently has a consensus target price of $49.87, suggesting a potential downside of 5.65%. American Airlines Group has a consensus target price of $15.68, suggesting a potential upside of 39.11%. Given American Airlines Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than Viking.
Viking has a net margin of 9.60% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.26%. American Airlines Group's return on equity of -26.59% beat Viking's return on equity.
American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than Viking. American Airlines Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viking, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Viking beats American Airlines Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AAL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:AAL) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
