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AAL vs. ALGT, JBLU, SKYW, UAL, ULCC, ALK, DAL, LUV, WAB, and VIK

Should you be buying American Airlines Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Airlines Group include Allegiant Travel (ALGT), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), SkyWest (SKYW), United Airlines (UAL), Frontier Group (ULCC), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Wabtec (WAB), and Viking (VIK).

American Airlines Group vs. Its Competitors

Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ:ALGT) and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Allegiant Travel has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 1 more articles in the media than Allegiant Travel. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for American Airlines Group and 12 mentions for Allegiant Travel. American Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Allegiant Travel's score of 0.55 indicating that American Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Allegiant Travel
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Airlines Group
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

85.8% of Allegiant Travel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.7% of Allegiant Travel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Allegiant Travel currently has a consensus price target of $64.70, suggesting a potential upside of 7.87%. American Airlines Group has a consensus price target of $15.68, suggesting a potential upside of 34.17%. Given American Airlines Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than Allegiant Travel.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Allegiant Travel
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

American Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than Allegiant Travel. Allegiant Travel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Airlines Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Allegiant Travel$2.51B0.44-$240.24M-$11.57-5.18
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.14$846M$0.9012.99

American Airlines Group has a net margin of 1.26% compared to Allegiant Travel's net margin of -8.11%. Allegiant Travel's return on equity of 5.46% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Allegiant Travel-8.11% 5.46% 1.42%
American Airlines Group 1.26%-26.59%1.91%

Summary

American Airlines Group beats Allegiant Travel on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AAL vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Airlines GroupTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.71B$7.42B$7.20B$9.04B
Dividend YieldN/A8,200.09%914.36%4.00%
P/E Ratio12.9910.2813.1020.24
Price / Sales0.141,752.23314.02117.30
Price / Cash2.135.027.5258.10
Price / Book-1.932.542.175.67
Net Income$846M$607.36M$563.51M$249.21M
7 Day Performance3.63%4.29%2.40%3.28%
1 Month Performance-0.76%3.79%4.57%3.95%
1 Year Performance5.89%51.82%3.24%20.98%

American Airlines Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.5195 of 5 stars
$11.69
+0.5%
$15.68
+34.2%
+5.9%$7.71B$54.21B12.99133,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
4.1849 of 5 stars
$55.02
-1.2%
$63.70
+15.8%
+32.4%$1.00B$2.51B-4.765,991Analyst Upgrade
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
2.8852 of 5 stars
$4.24
-0.9%
$5.16
+21.7%
-23.7%$1.50B$9.28B-5.1722,793
SKYW
SkyWest
4.5326 of 5 stars
$103.33
-0.1%
$120.67
+16.8%
+31.6%$4.18B$3.53B11.8214,610Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
UAL
United Airlines
4.7249 of 5 stars
$79.86
+0.9%
$104.64
+31.0%
+74.9%$26.08B$57.06B7.2892,800News Coverage
Positive News
ULCC
Frontier Group
3.8845 of 5 stars
$3.65
+1.1%
$6.00
+64.4%
-8.6%$831.32M$3.78B12.597,938Analyst Forecast
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.8177 of 5 stars
$49.52
+0.3%
$66.83
+35.0%
+33.1%$6.08B$12.64B18.0133,941News Coverage
Positive News
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.7179 of 5 stars
$49.37
-0.4%
$61.67
+24.9%
+10.7%$32.24B$61.64B8.7595,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
LUV
Southwest Airlines
3.8435 of 5 stars
$32.33
+0.5%
$31.88
-1.4%
+26.2%$18.42B$27.48B38.0472,450
WAB
Wabtec
4.1025 of 5 stars
$210.14
+1.2%
$216.00
+2.8%
+36.4%$35.96B$10.39B32.9427,000Analyst Upgrade
VIK
Viking
3.5877 of 5 stars
$53.15
+0.8%
$49.87
-6.2%
+64.1%$23.55B$5.33B43.2112,000Trending News

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