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There's a single reason why American is the least attractive of US legacy carriers (in terms of investing, anyway): its balance sheet. If most airlines and certainly those in the US are loaded up to the hilt with debt, American goes so far as to boast negative equity - any startup would go belly-up with a balance sheet such as this one.

Update as of 10 April: As written here in February, Delta is the leading carrier among the major US airlines and keeps that pole position even amidst the tariff-induced turmoil. True, the carrier had to jettison its record guidance for 2025 it had issued in January; still, Delta made a gross profit of roughly 1 cent per available seat mile in the traditionally weak winter quarter when other airlines struggle to turn any profit at all (my calculations from an adj.

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Catalysts Are there any products or services that could move sales or earnings meaningfully? Are there any industry tailwinds this stock is benefitting or hindered from?

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