American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) Posts Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.47 EPS

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The airline reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.47, Zacks reports. American Airlines Group had a net margin of 0.51% and a negative return on equity of 18.62%. American Airlines Group updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.700-2.700 EPS and its Q1 2025 guidance to -0.400–0.200 EPS.

American Airlines Group Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AAL opened at $16.96 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $16.71 and its two-hundred day moving average is $13.23. American Airlines Group has a 1-year low of $9.07 and a 1-year high of $19.10. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 1.35.

Insider Activity

In other American Airlines Group news, CEO Robert D. Isom, Jr. sold 102,441 shares of American Airlines Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.21, for a total value of $1,763,009.61. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 2,967,984 shares in the company, valued at $51,079,004.64. The trade was a 3.34 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Company insiders own 0.49% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. StockNews.com downgraded American Airlines Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of American Airlines Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $12.00 to $20.00 in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of American Airlines Group from $19.00 to $23.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded shares of American Airlines Group from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their target price for the company from $14.00 to $24.00 in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Finally, TD Cowen raised shares of American Airlines Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $17.00 to $25.00 in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $18.99.

About American Airlines Group

American Airlines Group Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a network air carrier. The company provides scheduled air transportation services for passengers and cargo through its hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, DC, as well as through partner gateways in London, Doha, Madrid, Seattle/Tacoma, Sydney, and Tokyo.