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

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The airline reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 Price Performance

American Airlines Group stock opened at $16.96 on Friday. American Airlines Group has a fifty-two week low of $9.07 and a fifty-two week high of $19.10. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $16.71 and its 200-day simple moving average is $13.23. The company has a market cap of $11.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 51.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 1.35.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently commented on AAL. StockNews.com lowered American Airlines Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday. Bank of America upgraded shares of American Airlines Group from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $12.00 to $20.00 in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of American Airlines Group from $16.00 to $18.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. Raymond James reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $23.00 target price (down previously from $24.00) on shares of American Airlines Group in a report on Friday. Finally, Susquehanna increased their price target on American Airlines Group from $14.00 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $18.99.

Insider Activity at American Airlines Group

In other American Airlines Group news, CEO Robert D. Isom, Jr. sold 102,441 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.21, for a total transaction 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 $51,079,004.64. The trade was a 3.34 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.49% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.