American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.47 EPS

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The airline reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.47, Zacks reports. American Airlines Group had a net margin of 0.51% and a negative return on equity of 18.62%. American Airlines Group updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.700-2.700 EPS and its Q1 2025 guidance to -0.400–0.200 EPS.

American Airlines Group Stock Performance

Shares of AAL stock opened at $17.28 on Thursday. American Airlines Group has a 52 week low of $9.07 and a 52 week high of $19.10. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $16.51 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $13.12. The firm has a market cap of $11.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.69, a P/E/G ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 1.35.

Insider Activity at American Airlines Group

In other news, CEO Robert D. Isom, Jr. sold 102,441 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.21, for a total value of $1,763,009.61. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 2,967,984 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $51,079,004.64. This represents a 3.34 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.49% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. Evercore ISI lifted their target price on American Airlines Group to $18.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 9th. Scotiabank upgraded shares of American Airlines Group from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $20.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Melius upgraded American Airlines Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $23.00 target price for the company in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Bank of America upgraded American Airlines Group from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their target price for the company from $12.00 to $20.00 in a report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, TD Cowen upgraded American Airlines Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the company from $17.00 to $25.00 in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, American Airlines Group presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $19.05.

American Airlines Group Company Profile

American Airlines Group Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a network air carrier. The company provides scheduled air transportation services for passengers and cargo through its hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, DC, as well as through partner gateways in London, Doha, Madrid, Seattle/Tacoma, Sydney, and Tokyo.