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American Airlines (AAL) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Sales for American Airlines (AAL) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.01%.

  • American Airlines' Return on Sales changed 0.0% to 0.01% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.01%, marking a year-over-year increase of 100.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.02% for FY2024, which is 0.0% changed from last year.
  • Per American Airlines' latest filing, its Return on Sales stood at 0.01% for Q3 2025, which was down 0.0% from 0.04% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, American Airlines' Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.1% in Q2 2023 and a low of 0.31% during Q1 2021
  • Its 5-year average for Return on Sales is 0.02%, with a median of 0.0% in 2023.
  • Its Return on Sales has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first skyrocketed by 12800bps in 2021, then tumbled by -800bps in 2023.
  • American Airlines' Return on Sales (Quarter) stood at 0.1% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 162bps to 0.06% in 2022, then tumbled by -98bps to 0.0% in 2023, then surged by 2869bps to 0.04% in 2024, then plummeted by -119bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Sales was 0.01% in Q3 2025, compared to 0.04% in Q2 2025 and 0.04% in Q1 2025.