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How American Airlines Group Inc. stacks up
AAL · against 2,439 other Industrials companies
Profitability
23/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #1,867 of 2,440 · scores higher than 23% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score244 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including AAL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 23?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 77% of peers. Operating margin: 3.0% vs peer median 7.7%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 77% of peers. Return on invested capital: 1.9% vs peer median 7.1%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 72% of peers. Return on assets: 1.1% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = AAL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | AAL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 2,323 reported | 1.9% | 7.1% | 23% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 2,434 reported | 3.0% | 7.7% | 23% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 2,336 reported | 1.1% | 3.1% | 28% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 2,300 reported | Not reported | 8.0% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 2,460 reported | 20.8% | 25.8% | 37% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around AALScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score