American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) Given Average Rating of “Hold” by Analysts

American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) has been given an average rating of “Hold” by the nineteen analysts that are covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 12-month price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $16.4559.

AAL has been the subject of several analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on shares of American Airlines Group from $12.00 to $13.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 1st. Evercore ISI increased their price objective on American Airlines Group from $13.00 to $14.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a report on Monday, September 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on American Airlines Group from $8.00 to $10.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 27th. Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of American Airlines Group in a research report on Monday, October 27th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on American Airlines Group from $17.00 to $20.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, September 12th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On American Airlines Group

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AAL. Two Sigma Investments LP lifted its stake in American Airlines Group by 49.1% in the third quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 13,670,800 shares of the airline’s stock valued at $153,660,000 after buying an additional 4,500,897 shares during the period. U S Global Investors Inc. increased its stake in shares of American Airlines Group by 7.5% in the 2nd quarter. U S Global Investors Inc. now owns 7,718,224 shares of the airline’s stock valued at $86,598,000 after acquiring an additional 536,978 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in shares of American Airlines Group by 4.9% during the 3rd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 6,709,023 shares of the airline’s stock valued at $75,414,000 after acquiring an additional 316,143 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP lifted its position in shares of American Airlines Group by 319.4% during the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 5,019,492 shares of the airline’s stock valued at $56,319,000 after acquiring an additional 3,822,757 shares during the period. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its stake in American Airlines Group by 8.6% during the second quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 3,779,849 shares of the airline’s stock worth $42,410,000 after acquiring an additional 299,219 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 52.44% of the company’s stock.

American Airlines Group Stock Performance

Shares of AAL opened at $15.60 on Thursday. American Airlines Group has a 52 week low of $8.50 and a 52 week high of $19.10. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.14, a PEG ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.26. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $13.73 and a 200-day moving average of $12.62.

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The airline reported ($0.17) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.27) by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $13.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.65 billion. American Airlines Group had a negative return on equity of 18.14% and a net margin of 1.11%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up .3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.30 earnings per share. American Airlines Group has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.450-0.750 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 0.650-0.950 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that American Airlines Group will post 2.42 EPS for the current year.

American Airlines Group Company Profile

American Airlines Group Inc is a leading global airline holding company headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. Formed in December 2013 through the merger of AMR Corporation (parent of American Airlines) and US Airways Group, the company operates one of the world’s largest passenger and cargo networks. Its subsidiaries include American Airlines, which provides mainline service, and American Eagle, a network of regional carriers operating short- and medium-haul routes on behalf of the mainline carrier.

The company offers scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo to more than 350 destinations in over 50 countries.