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

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.700-2.700 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.450. The company issued revenue guidance of -. American Airlines Group also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to -0.400–0.200 EPS.

American Airlines Group Stock Performance

American Airlines Group stock opened at $16.96 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $11.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 51.40, a PEG ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 1.35. American Airlines Group has a fifty-two week low of $9.07 and a fifty-two week high of $19.10. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $16.71 and a 200-day simple moving average of $13.23.

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 23rd. The airline reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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%. As a group, analysts forecast that American Airlines Group will post 1.73 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on AAL shares. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on shares of American Airlines Group from $18.00 to $22.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Raymond James reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $23.00 price objective (down from $24.00) on shares of American Airlines Group in a research note on Friday. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $15.00 target price on shares of American Airlines Group in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Bank of America upgraded American Airlines Group from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $12.00 to $20.00 in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn upgraded shares of American Airlines Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $18.99.

Insider Buying and Selling at American Airlines Group

In other news, CEO Robert D. Isom, Jr. sold 102,441 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 2,967,984 shares in the company, valued at $51,079,004.64. This represents a 3.34 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.49% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

American Airlines Group Company Profile

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.