American Airlines AAL
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American Airlines (AAL) Return on Equity [ROE] (2014 - 2019)

Updated

American Airlines (AAL) recorded Return on Equity [ROE] of 8028.57% in Q4 2019, up 5715.53 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

American Airlines (AAL) Return on Equity [ROE] (2014 - 2019) Analysis & Trends

For FY2016, American Airlines reported Return on Equity [ROE] of 96.58%, down 102.22 percentage points from FY2015.

  • Across earlier years, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 198.80% in FY2015.
  • The Q4 2019 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] in data going back to Q2 2014.
  • Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Equity [ROE] in the last five years was a gain of 144.67 percentage points in Q2 2015, against a drop of 87.22 percentage points in Q2 2017 at the low end.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROE (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 172.47 Bn 164.72 Bn - 35.69%
2 United Parcel Service 92.24 Bn 69.07 Bn - 29.36%
3 Csx 90.81 Bn 86.03 Bn - 25.37%
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 81.61 Bn 80.64 Bn - 8.38%
5 Fedex 72.98 Bn 39.17 Bn - 14.43%
6 Norfolk Southern 71.87 Bn 66.34 Bn - 16.28%
7 Delta Air Lines 57.23 Bn 39.41 Bn - 14.84%
8 United Airlines Holdings 36.65 Bn -21.05 Bn - 20.76%
9 Old Dominion Freight Line 34.12 Bn 32.96 Bn - 25.21%
10 American Airlines 8.74 Bn -16.44 Bn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2019 8,028.57%
Sep 30, 2019 2,313.04%
Dec 31, 2017 80.93%
Sep 30, 2017 53.82%
Jun 30, 2017 59.62%
Mar 31, 2017 140.18%
Dec 31, 2016 125.83%
Sep 30, 2016 130.25%
Jun 30, 2016 146.84%
Mar 31, 2016 142.64%
Dec 31, 2015 161.97%
Sep 30, 2015 133.17%
Jun 30, 2015 130.47%
Mar 31, 2015 139.39%
Dec 31, 2014 82.47%
Sep 30, 2014 6.29%
Jun 30, 2014 -14.21%
API Access

American Airlines Return on Equity [ROE] API

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