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AAL vs. ALGT, JBLU, SKYW, UAL, ULCC, ALK, DAL, LUV, WAB, and VIK

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 Viking (VIK).

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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 7 more articles in the media than Allegiant Travel. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for American Airlines Group and 22 mentions for Allegiant Travel. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Allegiant Travel's score of 0.06 indicating that American Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Allegiant Travel
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
American Airlines Group
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 1.26% 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Allegiant Travel-8.11% 5.46% 1.42%
American Airlines Group 1.26%-26.59%1.91%

85.8% of Allegiant Travel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. 14.7% of Allegiant Travel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Allegiant Travel presently has a consensus price target of $65.11, suggesting a potential upside of 19.43%. American Airlines Group has a consensus price target of $15.89, suggesting a potential upside of 30.07%. Given American Airlines Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than Allegiant Travel.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Allegiant Travel
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Allegiant Travel$2.51B0.40-$240.24M-$11.57-4.71
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.15$846M$0.9013.58

Summary

American Airlines Group beats Allegiant Travel on 12 of the 17 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.
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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 GroupTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.53B$7.90B$7.30B$9.10B
Dividend YieldN/A8,199.90%922.82%4.00%
P/E Ratio13.5810.4713.2520.25
Price / Sales0.152,006.44363.0999.14
Price / Cash2.365.197.6558.16
Price / Book-2.022.622.145.49
Net Income$846M$607.36M$563.51M$250.27M
7 Day Performance4.53%7.78%2.19%4.75%
1 Month Performance12.11%15.16%5.91%7.64%
1 Year Performance14.42%55.07%4.63%16.34%

American Airlines Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.3755 of 5 stars
$12.22
-5.6%
$15.89
+30.1%
+13.9%$8.53B$54.21B13.58133,300Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
4.5064 of 5 stars
$55.02
-1.2%
$63.70
+15.8%
+11.1%$1.00B$2.51B-4.765,991Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
2.1408 of 5 stars
$4.24
-0.9%
$5.16
+21.7%
-25.6%$1.50B$9.28B-5.1722,793
SKYW
SkyWest
3.4177 of 5 stars
$103.33
-0.1%
$120.67
+16.8%
+33.7%$4.18B$3.53B11.8214,610
UAL
United Airlines
4.5725 of 5 stars
$79.86
+0.9%
$104.64
+31.0%
+92.1%$26.08B$57.06B7.2892,800Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
ULCC
Frontier Group
4.1715 of 5 stars
$3.65
+1.1%
$6.00
+64.4%
-3.7%$831.32M$3.78B12.597,938Positive News
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.8338 of 5 stars
$49.52
+0.3%
$66.83
+35.0%
+38.7%$6.08B$12.64B18.0133,941Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.6899 of 5 stars
$49.37
-0.4%
$61.67
+24.9%
+26.0%$32.24B$61.64B8.7595,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
LUV
Southwest Airlines
4.0198 of 5 stars
$32.33
+0.5%
$31.88
-1.4%
+37.7%$18.42B$27.48B38.0472,450Trending News
Analyst Forecast
WAB
Wabtec
4.0036 of 5 stars
$210.14
+1.2%
$216.00
+2.8%
+31.4%$35.96B$10.39B32.9427,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
VIK
Viking
3.6431 of 5 stars
$53.15
+0.8%
$49.87
-6.2%
+64.0%$23.55B$5.33B43.2112,000Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:AAL) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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