American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) Receives $16.46 Consensus Price Target from Analysts

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

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Citigroup initiated coverage on American Airlines Group in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. They set a “buy” rating and a $19.00 price objective for the company. Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of American Airlines Group in a report on Monday, October 27th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of American Airlines Group in a research note on Monday, December 22nd. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on American Airlines Group from $13.00 to $14.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a report on Monday, September 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of American Airlines Group from $17.00 to $20.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, September 12th.

American Airlines Group Price Performance

Shares of AAL opened at $15.44 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $10.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 1.26. American Airlines Group has a 1 year low of $8.50 and a 1 year high of $19.10. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $13.88 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $12.68.

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The airline reported ($0.17) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.27) by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $13.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.65 billion. American Airlines Group had a net margin of 1.11% and a negative return on equity of 18.14%. American Airlines Group’s revenue for the quarter was up .3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $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. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that American Airlines Group will post 2.42 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of American Airlines Group

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Quantbot Technologies LP bought a new position in American Airlines Group during the 2nd quarter worth about $10,917,000. U S Global Investors Inc. lifted its position 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 worth $86,598,000 after purchasing an additional 536,978 shares during the period. Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of American Airlines Group by 100.0% during the second quarter. Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc. now owns 210,000 shares of the airline’s stock valued at $2,356,000 after purchasing an additional 105,000 shares in the last quarter. Strathmore Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in American Airlines Group during the second quarter valued at approximately $231,000. Finally, Neo Ivy Capital Management bought a new position in American Airlines Group in the second quarter worth approximately $404,000. 52.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.