American Airlines Group Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, American Airlines Group Inc. had an operating margin of 2.7% and a current ratio of 0.50. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 10.0% | 15.1% | 12.6% | 9.9% | 6.0% | 6.7% | −60.1% | −3.5% | 3.3% | 5.7% | 4.8% | 2.7% | 1.6% |
| Net margin | −6.9% | 6.8% | 18.6% | 6.4% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 3.7% | −51.2% | −6.7% | 0.3% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 0.2% | −0.8% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −9.1% | −5.2% | 0.2% | 2.0% | −2.9% | −0.5% | −1.0% | −49.0% | 1.7% | −0.8% | 2.3% | 2.4% | −1.2% | −0.1% |
| Return on equity | — | — | 198.8% | 96.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on assets | −4.3% | 6.7% | 16.6% | 5.2% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.8% | −14.6% | −3.1% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 0.2% | −0.8% |
| Asset turnover | 0.63 | 1.00 | 0.89 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.76 | 0.28 | 0.47 | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.96 |
| Current ratio | 1.04 | 0.88 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.60 | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.67 | 0.91 | 0.71 | 0.62 | 0.54 | 0.50 | 0.53 |
| Debt to equity | — | 888.8% | 369.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 1.6x | 4.8x | 7.0x | 5.1x | 4.0x | 2.5x | 2.8x | n/m | n/m | 0.8x | 1.4x | 1.4x | 0.9x | 0.6x |
| Effective tax rate | — | 10.3% | — | 37.8% | 62.2% | 25.1% | 25.3% | — | — | 31.7% | 26.7% | 26.7% | 41.6% | — |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 11.6% | 12.5% | 15.0% | 14.3% | 14.0% | 8.4% | 9.3% | 11.3% | 0.7% | 5.2% | 4.9% | 4.9% | 6.9% | 7.1% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | −77.4% | 1.3% | 30.7% | −95.7% | −15.0% | −26.9% | — | — | −293.7% | 146.8% | 153.7% | −612.6% | — |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | 5.0% | 3.5% | 8.7% | 15.4% | 13.2% | 10.6% | — | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | >999% | 595.7% | — | — | — | — | 3.6% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.3% | −2.2% | 7.9% | 1.1% | 3.2% | −0.3% | 2.7% | 0.7% |
| Net margin | 4.3% | −3.8% | 4.2% | −0.8% | 0.7% | −2.7% | 0.4% | −1.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −2.5% | 13.0% | 3.2% | −6.4% | −13.6% | 24.5% | −2.1% | −7.6% |
| Current ratio | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 0.50 | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.53 |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $14.7bn of assets due within a year against $28.0bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt $1.2bn of cash against $29.0bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $4.3bn of operating cash flow against $29.0bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $972m against $1.7bn of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard American Airlines Group's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Net income has been a median 0.7% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 4.0%; its worst year was -29.1%.
- Cash conversion 2 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 2 of 10 years, at a median -1.5% of revenue.
- Discipline 11 / 20
The diluted share count rose 2.6% over five years.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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