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

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The airline reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.47, Zacks reports. American Airlines Group had a negative return on equity of 18.62% and a net margin of 0.51%. 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 Down 8.7 %

AAL stock opened at $17.03 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $11.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.61, a P/E/G ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 1.35. American Airlines Group has a twelve month low of $9.07 and a twelve month high of $19.10. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $16.60 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $13.16.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Robert D. Isom, Jr. sold 102,441 shares of the company’s 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 position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.49% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently commented on AAL. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $15.00 price target on shares of American Airlines Group in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Susquehanna increased their target price on shares of American Airlines Group from $14.00 to $20.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised shares of American Airlines Group from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $14.00 to $24.00 in a report on Tuesday, December 10th. TD Cowen raised American Airlines Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $17.00 to $25.00 in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn raised American Airlines Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average 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.