Will Current Price Volatility Hamper American Airlines Group Inc (AAL) Future Potential?

American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL) has a beta value of 1.35 and has seen 5.39 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $11.16B, closed the recent trade at $16.99 per share which meant it lost -$0.16 on the day or -0.93% during that session. The AAL stock price is -12.42% off its 52-week high price of $19.10 and 46.62% above the 52-week low of $9.07. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 38.12 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 27.22 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that American Airlines Group Inc (AAL) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.08. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 6 out of 13 have rated it as a Hold, with 6 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.21.

American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL) trade information

Sporting -0.93% in the red today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the AAL stock price touched $16.99 or saw a rise of 3.14%. Year-to-date, American Airlines Group Inc shares have moved -2.52%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -8.95%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL) have changed -2.07%. Short interest in the company has seen 45.32 million shares shorted with days to cover at 1.75.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $15.5, which means that the shares’ value could drop -9.61% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $9.0 while the price target rests at a high of $20.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -17.72% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 47.03% from the levels at last check today.

American Airlines Group Inc (AAL) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that American Airlines Group Inc shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 62.90% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 26.53%, compared to -8.30% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 5.49%.

12 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 13.13B for the current quarter. 11 have an estimated revenue figure of 15.27B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 12.57B and 14.33B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 4.42% for the current quarter and 5.49% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -20.05% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 22.82% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 23.93%.

AAL Dividends

American Airlines Group Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in February this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL)’s Major holders

Insiders own 1.24% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 57.06% with a share float percentage of 57.78%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with American Airlines Group Inc having a total of 721.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 74.07 million shares worth more than $839.19 million. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 11.2935% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/, with the holding of over 56.88 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $644.47 million and represent 8.673% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Vanguard/Primecap Fund and iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF. As of Sep 30, 2024, the former fund manager holds about 4.02% shares in the company for having 26.38 shares of worth $447.88 million while later fund manager owns 21.09 shares of worth $358.02 million as of Nov 30, 2024, which makes it owner of about 3.21% of company’s outstanding stock.