AAL vs Peers Stock Comparison

American Airlines Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

AAL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAAL
Valuation 70 #42 of 136
Growth 14 #105 of 122
Profitability 24 #89 of 116
Financial Health 8 #133 of 144
Shareholder Returns –
Overall 29
  • AAL ranked among 150 companies in Transportation

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAALSPY
1 month -12.0% -0.8%
3 months -18.4% +3.5%
6 months +4.5% +7.0%
Year to date -20.4% +12.2%
1 year -11.5% +13.0%
3 years +11.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +3.8% +23.1%
5 years -35.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year -8.5% +11.0%
10 years -69.0% +258.0%
10 years, per year -11.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAALSPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 45.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.92 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.24 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -59.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.8% -1.8%
52-week high $18.15 $779.14
52-week low $10.18 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAAL
P/E now vs peer median -24.8xmedian 16.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.4xmedian 8.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 28.3xmedian 11.5x
P/B now vs peer median -2.0xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.86median 0.81

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAAL
Revenue $58.34B
Operating income $1.01B
Net income -$326.00M
Free cash flow $285.00M
EPS (diluted) $-0.49
Total debt $28.93B
Shares (diluted) 662.61M
Enterprise value -$15.76B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAAL
P/E -24.8x
P/FCF 28.3x
P/Operating cash flow 1.8x
P/S 0.1x
P/B -2.0x
P/Tangible book -1.3x
EV/EBITDA 10.4x
EV/EBIT 30.0x
EV/Revenue 0.5x
EV/FCF 106.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.86

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAAL
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) –
Operating income growth (1Y) -51.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -41.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -157.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -28.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -157.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -28.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 6.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 0.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -81.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -47.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAAL
Gross margin –
EBITDA margin 5.0%
Operating margin 1.7%
Pretax margin -0.6%
Net margin -0.6%
FCF margin 0.5%
Operating cash flow margin 7.5%
Return on equity –
Return on assets -0.5%
Return on invested capital 3.6%
Return on capital employed 2.7%
Asset turnover 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -13.4x
Stock comp / revenue –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAAL
Debt / assets 45.0%
Debt / equity -7.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 7.6x
Debt / FCF 101.5x
Liabilities / assets 106.2%
Equity / assets -6.2%
Interest coverage 0.6x
Current ratio 0.5x
Quick ratio 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.3x
Altman Z-score 0.64

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAAL
Dividend yield –
Net buyback yield –
Shareholder yield 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAAL
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.14FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -416.7%FY2026
Revenue, next fiscal year $59.78BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +9.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAAL
Held by institutions 78.0%
Institutions holding 578
Change in shares held, QoQ +16.5%
Institutions buying 276
Institutions selling 182
Buyers to sellers 1.52

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