Amadeus IT Group SA AMS

Morningstar Rating
€55.02 +0.84 (1.55%)
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Amadeus' Advantaged Platform Intact Despite the Uncertain Geopolitical Landscape

Although Amadeus' demand has been affected by uncertain economic and geopolitical conditions recently, we expect its leadership position in global distribution systems, or GDS, to endure, driven by its leading network of airline content and travel agency customers as well as its healthy position in software solutions for these carriers and agents. Amadeus is the largest of the three GDS operators (narrow-moat Sabre is second, followed by privately held Travelport) that control nearly 100% of market volume. Indeed, about half of the industry's air bookings occur through its platform.

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Price
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

Amadeus' GDS network hosts content from most airlines and is used by many travel agents and agentic AI models, resulting in significant industry share. Replicating this network would involve meaningful time and costs.

Bears

Corporate travel could be negatively affected by some prolonged use of video conferencing as a replacement for internal meetings and other business trips.

Trading Information

Previous Close Price
€54.18
Day Range
€54.4255.22
52-Week Range
€46.2169.30
Bid/Ask
€54.60 / €55.24
Shares Outstanding
419.99M
Market Cap
€23.11B
Volume/Avg
478,220 / 780,893

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
16.92
Price/Sales
3.56
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
2.84%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
2.84%
Dividend Payment Schedule
Jan, Jul
Total Yield
9.04%

Company Profile

Founded in 1987 by four major European airline carriers (Air France, Lufthansa, Iberia, and SAS), Amadeus became the world’s second global distribution system operator, or GDS, after Sabre’s development in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, among the top three GDS operators that control nearly 100% of industry sales, Amadeus' 40%-50% market share ranks as the largest. Overall, Amadeus’ GDS segment represented 48% of total in 2025. Moreover, the company has an expanding IT solutions division (52% of 2025 revenue) that addresses the airline, airport, rail, hotel, and travel agency markets. Transaction fees, which are tied to volume and not price, account for the bulk of consolidated sales and profits.
Sector
Technology
Industry
Information Technology Services
Stock Style Box
Large Core
Total Number of Employees
20,605

Competitors

Valuation

Metric
AMS
SABR
EXPE
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
16.92106.4414.73
Price/Book Value
4.9727.87
Price/Sales
3.560.302.27
Price/Cash Flow
12.015.799.68
Price/Earnings
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SABR
EXPE

Financial Strength

Metric
AMS
SABR
EXPE
Quick Ratio
0.610.920.64
Current Ratio
0.741.020.80
Interest Coverage
20.230.707.13
Quick Ratio
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SABR
EXPE

Profitability

Metric
AMS
SABR
EXPE
Return on Assets (Normalized)
12.32%−1.20%9.05%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
29.06%228.06%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
18.03%9.78%29.91%
Return on Assets
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EXPE

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