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

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The airline reported $0.86 EPS 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 Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of AAL stock opened at $18.66 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $12.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 56.55, a P/E/G ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 1.35. American Airlines Group has a 1-year low of $9.07 and a 1-year high of $19.10. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $16.51 and its 200-day simple moving average is $13.12.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on AAL shares. Raymond James raised shares of American Airlines Group from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $24.00 price objective for the company in a report on Monday, December 30th. Evercore ISI raised their price objective on shares of American Airlines Group to $18.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 9th. Melius Research raised shares of American Airlines Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $15.00 target price on shares of American Airlines Group in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of American Airlines Group from $18.00 to $22.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $19.05.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

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.