American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of -0.400–0.200 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of -0.040. The company issued revenue guidance of -. American Airlines Group also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.700-2.700 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently commented on AAL. UBS Group upgraded American Airlines Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 10th. Citigroup boosted their price objective on American Airlines Group from $19.00 to $23.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Scotiabank raised American Airlines Group from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $20.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. TD Cowen upgraded shares of American Airlines Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $17.00 to $25.00 in a report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of American Airlines Group from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their price target for the company from $12.00 to $20.00 in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Eight investment 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 MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $18.99.

American Airlines Group Stock Performance

AAL stock opened at $16.96 on Friday. American Airlines Group has a fifty-two week low of $9.07 and a fifty-two week high of $19.10. The company 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. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $16.71 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $13.23.

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 23rd. The airline reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.47. American Airlines Group had a negative return on equity of 18.62% and a net margin of 0.51%. Sell-side analysts forecast that American Airlines Group will post 1.73 earnings per share for the current year.

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 stock was sold at an average price of $17.21, for a total transaction of $1,763,009.61. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 2,967,984 shares in the company, valued at approximately $51,079,004.64. The trade was a 3.34 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 0.49% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.