American Airlines AAL
NASDAQ AAL
$12.61 +0.41 (+3.36%)
At close: Oct 27, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

American Airlines (AAL) Dividend Yield (2015 - 2020)

Updated

American Airlines' Dividend Yield came in at 0.56% for Q4 2020, down 0.89 percentage points from 1.45% a year earlier and down 0.81 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

American Airlines (AAL) Dividend Yield (2015 - 2020) Analysis & Trends

Going back to Q3 2015, American Airlines' Dividend Yield data covers 22 quarters.

  • Dividend Yield carries a five-year change of -0.49 percentage points (FY2015 to FY2020).
  • Going back by year, Dividend Yield was 1.45% in FY2019 (+0.19 pp), 1.26% in FY2018 (+0.46 pp), 0.80% in FY2017 (-0.15 pp) and 0.95% in FY2016 (-0.11 pp).
  • The Q4 2020 figure represents the lowest quarterly Dividend Yield in data going back to Q3 2015.
  • Year-over-year, Dividend Yield increased in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.40 percentage points.
  • The fastest year-over-year change in Dividend Yield over five years came in Q1 2020 (a gain of 2.09 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2020 (a drop of 0.89 percentage points).
  • Business Quant data shows AAL's Dividend Yield at 1.38% (Q3 2020), 1.97% (Q2 2020) and 3.39% (Q1 2020) in the three quarters before Q4 2020.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 178.24 Bn 170.49 Bn -
2 Csx 96.35 Bn 91.58 Bn -
3 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 80.12 Bn 79.83 Bn -
4 United Parcel Service 79.53 Bn 56.45 Bn -
5 Norfolk Southern 76.33 Bn 70.79 Bn -
6 Fedex 72.68 Bn 38.63 Bn -
7 Delta Air Lines 53.59 Bn 35.78 Bn -
8 Old Dominion Freight Line 38.80 Bn 38.06 Bn -
9 United Airlines Holdings 34.02 Bn -23.68 Bn -
10 American Airlines 8.35 Bn -15.69 Bn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2020 0.56%
Sep 30, 2020 1.38%
Jun 30, 2020 1.97%
Mar 31, 2020 3.39%
Dec 31, 2019 1.45%
Sep 30, 2019 1.53%
Jun 30, 2019 1.25%
Mar 31, 2019 1.30%
Dec 31, 2018 1.26%
Sep 30, 2018 0.99%
Jun 30, 2018 1.09%
Mar 31, 2018 0.80%
Dec 31, 2017 0.80%
Sep 30, 2017 0.89%
Jun 30, 2017 0.84%
Mar 31, 2017 1.02%
Dec 31, 2016 0.95%
Sep 30, 2016 1.28%
Jun 30, 2016 1.69%
Mar 31, 2016 1.12%
API Access

American Airlines Dividend Yield API

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