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NASDAQ:AAL

American Airlines Group - AAL Competitors

$13.94
+0.22 (+1.60%)
(As of 03/27/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$13.71
$14.06
50-Day Range
$13.63
$17.08
52-Week Range
$11.65
$21.42
Volume
17.11 million shs
Average Volume
25.48 million shs
Market Capitalization
$9.08 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$18.06

AAL vs. ALK, UAL, CPA, AZUL, JBLU, LUV, RYAAY, DAL, KNX, and PAC

Should you be buying American Airlines Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Airlines Group include Alaska Air Group (ALK), United Airlines (UAL), Copa (CPA), Azul (AZUL), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Ryanair (RYAAY), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), and Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

American Airlines Group vs.

Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.

American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than Alaska Air Group. American Airlines Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alaska Air Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alaska Air Group$9.65 billion0.50$58 million$0.4388.67
American Airlines Group$48.97 billion0.18$127 million-$0.01-1,372.00

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 1 more articles in the media than Alaska Air Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for American Airlines Group and 14 mentions for Alaska Air Group. Alaska Air Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.52 indicating that Alaska Air Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alaska Air Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Airlines Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

77.0% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Alaska Air Group has a net margin of 0.60% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 0.26%. Alaska Air Group's return on equity of 14.75% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alaska Air Group 0.60% 14.75% 3.85%
American Airlines Group 0.26% -4.22% 0.49%

Alaska Air Group presently has a consensus price target of $65.05, suggesting a potential upside of 70.59%. American Airlines Group has a consensus price target of $18.06, suggesting a potential upside of 31.65%. Given Alaska Air Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Alaska Air Group is more favorable than American Airlines Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alaska Air Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
American Airlines Group
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

American Airlines Group received 67 more outperform votes than Alaska Air Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.95% of users gave Alaska Air Group an outperform vote while only 67.10% of users gave American Airlines Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alaska Air GroupOutperform Votes
806
70.95%
Underperform Votes
330
29.05%
American Airlines GroupOutperform Votes
873
67.10%
Underperform Votes
428
32.90%

Summary

Alaska Air Group beats American Airlines Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.
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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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AAL vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Airlines GroupAir transportation, scheduled IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.94B$4.18B$6.72B$5.87B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%7.89%4.50%
P/E Ratio-1,372.0044.1127.4511.22
Price / Sales0.180.5611.5257.16
Price / Cash3.4011.8511.99103.12
Price / Book-1.5430.628.304.93
Net Income$127M-$286.33M$648.93M$189.79M
7 Day Performance-1.72%-1.63%2.22%4.26%
1 Month Performance-12.22%-8.32%-4.56%-3.28%
1 Year Performance-19.34%-20.23%-3.05%-18.17%

American Airlines Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALK
Alaska Air Group
3.0784 of 5 stars
$39.40
-2.9%
$65.05
+65.1%
-33.6%$5.03B$9.65B91.6325,469Short Interest ↑
UAL
United Airlines
2.6446 of 5 stars
$42.82
-3.3%
$56.31
+31.5%
-4.2%$14.01B$44.96B19.7392,795Positive News
CPA
Copa
1.8818 of 5 stars
$88.21
-1.4%
$112.13
+27.1%
+11.2%$3.70B$2.97B10.216,127Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↓
AZUL
Azul
2.0397 of 5 stars
$6.98
-5.5%
$9.54
+36.7%
-56.8%$2.94B$3.09B-4.3412,485Short Interest ↓
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
2.0811 of 5 stars
$6.73
-3.2%
$10.46
+55.4%
-54.0%$2.27B$9.16B-6.0120,901Analyst Revision
LUV
Southwest Airlines
2.9568 of 5 stars
$30.08
-3.1%
$47.27
+57.1%
-33.2%$17.88B$23.81B37.6066,656Short Interest ↑
RYAAY
Ryanair
1.5791 of 5 stars
$92.00
-0.4%
$45.64
-50.4%
+7.6%$20.95B$5.58B15.1319,116Short Interest ↓
DAL
Delta Air Lines
3.1826 of 5 stars
$32.77
-3.3%
$49.47
+51.0%
-16.7%$21.01B$50.58B16.0695,000Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
3.1393 of 5 stars
$55.96
-1.3%
$63.65
+13.7%
+4.7%$9.01B$7.43B11.8328,500Analyst Revision
PAC
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
1.5889 of 5 stars
$179.15
+0.7%
$156.67
-12.6%
+19.7%$9.15B$1.36B20.171,389
This page (NASDAQ:AAL) was last updated on 3/27/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff