American Airlines AAL
NASDAQ AAL
$13.61 +0.09 (+0.67%)
At close: Sep 29, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2013)

Updated

American Airlines (AAL) recorded EBITDA Margin of 13.81% in fiscal Q3 2013 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2013), up 9.04 percentage points from 4.78% a year earlier and up 2.38 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2013) Analysis & Trends

On a TTM basis, American Airlines' EBITDA Margin came in at 8.77% as of Sep 30, 2013, up 7.28 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2012 (ended Dec 31, 2012), it was 4.51%, up 4.38 percentage points from FY2011.

  • Annual EBITDA Margin has a three-year change of +4.01 percentage points (FY2009 to FY2012).
  • Across earlier fiscal years, EBITDA Margin came in at 0.13% in FY2011 (-6.19 pp), 6.32% in FY2010 (+5.82 pp) and 0.50% in FY2009.
  • The fiscal Q3 2013 figure is the highest quarterly EBITDA Margin in data going back to fiscal Q2 2009.
  • On a year-over-year basis, EBITDA Margin has increased for four consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.39 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • Peak year-over-year performance for EBITDA Margin in the last five years was a gain of 12.66 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2012, against a drop of 14.92 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2011 at the low end.
  • Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 11.43% (Q2 2013), 4.89% (Q1 2013) and 4.06% (Q4 2012).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

Historic Data

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Sep 30, 2013 13.81%
Jun 30, 2013 11.43%
Mar 31, 2013 4.89%
Dec 31, 2012 4.06%
Sep 30, 2012 4.78%
Jun 30, 2012 6.25%
Mar 31, 2012 2.83%
Dec 31, 2011 -8.60%
Sep 30, 2011 4.89%
Jun 30, 2011 3.07%
Mar 31, 2011 0.80%
Dec 31, 2010 6.32%
Sep 30, 2010 10.54%
Jun 30, 2010 8.16%
Mar 31, 2010 -0.61%
Dec 31, 2009 -2.21%
Sep 30, 2009 1.52%
Jun 30, 2009 1.15%
API Access

American Airlines Group Inc. EBITDA Margin API

Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.

https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=AAL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY