American earned $115 million in operating income on third-quarter sales of $16.3 billion. Management is catching up with Delta and United in the premium-segmentation game and announced it will slow capacity growth in 2027 and trade load factor for revenue yield this quarter.
American has the youngest fleet among the major US airlines, making its medium-term capital-expenditure obligations smaller than those of some competitors.
Substantial financial leverage may constrain American’s ability to invest aggressively in capacity or return capital to shareholders, and make it more vulnerable to a downturn or shock to travel demand than its peers.
Metric | AAL | AC | UAL |
|---|---|---|---|
Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 24.14 | 15.10 | 13.31 |
Price/Book Value | — | 2.80 | 2.21 |
Price/Sales | 0.15 | 0.27 | 0.60 |
Price/Cash Flow | 2.19 | 2.52 | 4.83 |
Metric | AAL | AC | UAL |
|---|---|---|---|
Quick Ratio | 0.36 | 0.55 | 0.65 |
Current Ratio | 0.53 | 0.64 | 0.75 |
Interest Coverage | 0.49 | 1.29 | 4.50 |
Metric | AAL | AC | UAL |
|---|---|---|---|
Return on Assets (Normalized) | −0.39% | 0.36% | 3.58% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | — | 4.74% | 18.05% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 2.91% | 2.46% | 6.88% |
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