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
American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) and Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ:ALGT) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, American Airlines Group had 10 more articles in the media than Allegiant Travel. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for American Airlines Group and 14 mentions for Allegiant Travel. Allegiant Travel's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.89 indicating that Allegiant Travel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Allegiant Travel shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Allegiant Travel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
American Airlines Group has a net margin of 1.05% compared to Allegiant Travel's net margin of -11.10%. Allegiant Travel's return on equity of 5.00% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.
American Airlines Group presently has a consensus target price of $16.94, suggesting a potential upside of 26.71%. Allegiant Travel has a consensus target price of $64.33, suggesting a potential upside of 2.67%. Given American Airlines Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than Allegiant Travel.
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.
American Airlines Group pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Allegiant Travel pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. American Airlines Group pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allegiant Travel pays out -15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Allegiant Travel is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allegiant Travel has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Airlines Group beats Allegiant Travel on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AAL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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This page (NASDAQ:AAL) was last updated on 9/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
