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

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of -0.800–0.600 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of -0.290. The company issued revenue guidance of $12.6 billion-$12.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $13.0 billion.

American Airlines Group Trading Down 2.4 %

Shares of AAL opened at $10.67 on Friday. American Airlines Group has a 12 month low of $9.07 and a 12 month high of $19.10. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $16.08 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $14.39. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.21 and a beta of 1.27.

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 23rd. The airline reported $0.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.47. American Airlines Group had a negative return on equity of 28.56% and a net margin of 1.56%. As a group, research analysts predict that American Airlines Group will post 2.42 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on AAL. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of American Airlines Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $12.00 to $20.00 in a research report on Monday, January 6th. StockNews.com lowered American Airlines Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday. Barclays cut their price target on American Airlines Group from $18.00 to $16.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $15.00 target price on shares of American Airlines Group in a report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, UBS Group raised shares of American Airlines Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twelve have given a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $19.37.

Insider Buying and Selling at American Airlines Group

In other news, CEO Robert D. Isom, Jr. sold 102,441 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, 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 ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, SVP Angela Owens sold 51,906 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.15, for a total transaction of $890,187.90. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 112,412 shares in the company, valued at $1,927,865.80. This trade represents a 31.59 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 0.49% of the company’s stock.

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.