AAL vs. VIK, BIP, PAA, PAC, MMYT, ZTO, ASR, NCLH, TFII, and DINO
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 Pacífico (PAC), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. (ASR), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), TFI International (TFII), and HF Sinclair (DINO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
American Airlines Group vs.
Viking (NYSE:VIK) and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
American Airlines Group received 895 more outperform votes than Viking when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.35% of users gave Viking an outperform vote while only 65.03% of users gave American Airlines Group an outperform vote.
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.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Viking had 17 more articles in the media than American Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Viking and 3 mentions for American Airlines Group. Viking's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.08 indicating that Viking is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Airlines Group has a net margin of 1.56% compared to Viking's net margin of -10.97%. Viking's return on equity of 0.00% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.
Viking currently has a consensus price target of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.12%. American Airlines Group has a consensus price target of $15.68, indicating a potential upside of 33.37%. Given American Airlines Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than Viking.
Summary
Viking beats American Airlines Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AAL) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
