American Airlines Group Inc.

NasdaqGS:AAL Stock Report

Market Cap: US$10.9b

American Airlines Group Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 1/6

American Airlines Group has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 34.5%, while the Airlines industry saw earnings growing at 14.3% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 13.2% per year.

Key information

34.5%

Earnings growth rate

35.2%

EPS growth rate

Airlines Industry Growth0.09%
Revenue growth rate13.2%
Return on equityn/a
Net Margin0.5%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

Investors Can Find Comfort In American Airlines Group's (NASDAQ:AAL) Earnings Quality

Oct 31
Investors Can Find Comfort In American Airlines Group's (NASDAQ:AAL) Earnings Quality

Recent updates

American Airlines: No Bankruptcy Fear, But I Watch The Debt Load

Nov 25

Is It Time To Consider Buying American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL)?

Nov 25
Is It Time To Consider Buying American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL)?

What American Airlines Group Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAL) 26% Share Price Gain Is Not Telling You

Nov 02
What American Airlines Group Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAL) 26% Share Price Gain Is Not Telling You

Investors Can Find Comfort In American Airlines Group's (NASDAQ:AAL) Earnings Quality

Oct 31
Investors Can Find Comfort In American Airlines Group's (NASDAQ:AAL) Earnings Quality

American Airlines: Earnings Tailwind Expected While Debt Picture Improves

Oct 19

Returns At American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) Appear To Be Weighed Down

Oct 14
Returns At American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) Appear To Be Weighed Down

American Airlines: Look Past S&P 500 Exit

Sep 13

American Airlines: 2025 Refinancing Risks Grow As Air Travel Demand Peaks

Aug 26

American Airlines Group Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAL) Share Price Not Quite Adding Up

Aug 22
American Airlines Group Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAL) Share Price Not Quite Adding Up

American Airlines: Underperformance Continues As Growth Is Sputtering (Rating Upgrade)

Aug 11

American Airlines: Don't Fret Delta's Warning

Jul 13

Slowing Rates Of Return At American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) Leave Little Room For Excitement

Jul 05
Slowing Rates Of Return At American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) Leave Little Room For Excitement

Dark Clouds Envelop American Airlines (Rating Downgrade)

Jul 02

Why Is American Airlines Stock Down 14%? A Failed Strategy In Focus

May 29

American Airlines: Strong Demand And Young Fleet, Upgrading To A Buy

May 22

American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) Just Reported First-Quarter Earnings: Have Analysts Changed Their Mind On The Stock?

Apr 28
American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) Just Reported First-Quarter Earnings: Have Analysts Changed Their Mind On The Stock?

American Airlines Earnings Preview: Decent Q1, But Risky Stock

Apr 17

Why American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) Could Be Worth Watching

Apr 09
Why American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) Could Be Worth Watching

American Airlines: Insatiable Fear

Apr 04

Some Shareholders Feeling Restless Over American Airlines Group Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAL) P/S Ratio

Mar 19
Some Shareholders Feeling Restless Over American Airlines Group Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAL) P/S Ratio

American Airlines: Betting On Another Bailout

Mar 04

American Airlines: Challenging Environment Could Unfold In 2024

Feb 20

American Airlines: Top Value And Growth Stock Flying High (SA Quant)

Feb 14

Why I'm Upgrading American Airlines To Buy

Jan 29

Investors Met With Slowing Returns on Capital At American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL)

Jan 23
Investors Met With Slowing Returns on Capital At American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL)

American Airlines: Speculative Buy Ahead Of Q4

Jan 19

Is Now The Time To Look At Buying American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL)?

Jan 05
Is Now The Time To Look At Buying American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL)?

American Airlines Q3 Review: Stunner, Now Look Forward

Oct 20

American Airlines: From Hold To Buy On Countercyclical Strength

Oct 14

American Airlines Pilots Attempt To Crush Boeing Jet

Oct 07

American Airlines Vs. Southwest Airlines: The Battle Of Balance Sheets

Sep 23

American Airlines: Robust Demand

Sep 08

American Airlines: Consistent And Undervalued

Jul 26

Is American Airlines Stock A Buy Before Upcoming Earnings? Buy June's Bottom

Jul 19

American Airlines: Unnecessary Hit

Jul 12

American Airlines offers pilots almost 17% in pay hikes-CNBC report

Jul 01

In The Partnership With JetBlue, Investors Should Choose American Airlines

Jun 06

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How American Airlines Group makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

NasdaqGS:AAL Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 2453,6132751,7730
30 Jun 2453,448-1211,7360
31 Mar 2453,1695001,7690
31 Dec 2352,7888221,7990
30 Sep 2352,9141,6061,8410
30 Jun 2352,8942,6341,9060
31 Mar 2352,2611,7721,9210
31 Dec 2248,9711271,8150
30 Sep 2245,210-1,6081,6840
30 Jun 2240,717-1,9211,5070
31 Mar 2234,773-2,3781,2790
31 Dec 2129,882-1,9931,0980
30 Sep 2124,483-3,2398710
30 Jun 2118,686-5,8086510
31 Mar 2112,830-7,8944320
31 Dec 2017,337-8,8856660
30 Sep 2024,622-6,2939480
30 Jun 2033,361-3,4691,2730
31 Mar 2043,699-7401,6170
31 Dec 1945,7681,6862,0040
30 Sep 1945,3931,5961,5780
30 Jun 1945,0411,5431,5490
31 Mar 1944,7241,4381,5340
31 Dec 1844,5411,4121,5200
30 Sep 1844,2145051,5190
30 Jun 1843,6197941,5250
31 Mar 1843,2031,1011,5150
31 Dec 1742,6221,2821,4770
30 Sep 1741,8002,1541,4270
30 Jun 1741,4292,2301,3750
31 Mar 1740,5652,3161,3330
31 Dec 1640,1422,5841,3230
30 Sep 1640,0215,6681,3330
30 Jun 1640,1346,6241,3500
31 Mar 1640,5987,3781,3660
31 Dec 1540,9907,6101,3940
30 Sep 1541,5204,9261,3990
30 Jun 1541,9534,1751,4260
31 Mar 1542,4823,3341,4790
31 Dec 1442,6502,8821,5440
30 Sep 1439,8272841,4970
30 Jun 1435,516-3691,3990
31 Mar 1430,609-1,0131,2690
31 Dec 1326,712-1,8341,1580

Quality Earnings: AAL has a large one-off loss of $880.0M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th September, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: AAL's current net profit margins (0.5%) are lower than last year (3%).


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: AAL's earnings have grown significantly by 34.5% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: AAL's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: AAL had negative earnings growth (-82.9%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Airlines industry average (10.5%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: AAL's liabilities exceed its assets, so it is difficult to calculate its Return on Equity.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 13:11
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

American Airlines Group Inc. is covered by 50 analysts. 20 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John StaszakArgus Research Company
Lindsay BettiolAtlantic Equities LLP
Fred LowranceAvondale Partners