Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd Makes New $9.79 Million Investment in American Airlines Group Inc. $AAL

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd acquired a new position in American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 638,404 shares of the airline’s stock, valued at approximately $9,787,000. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd owned 0.10% of American Airlines Group at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. West Branch Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of American Airlines Group in the 4th quarter worth approximately $31,000. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB raised its holdings in shares of American Airlines Group by 102.0% in the 4th quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 2,353 shares of the airline’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 1,188 shares in the last quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. raised its holdings in shares of American Airlines Group by 377.4% in the 4th quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 2,530 shares of the airline’s stock worth $39,000 after buying an additional 2,000 shares in the last quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of American Airlines Group by 140.3% in the 4th quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 2,968 shares of the airline’s stock worth $45,000 after buying an additional 1,733 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriflex Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of American Airlines Group by 71.2% in the 3rd quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 4,160 shares of the airline’s stock worth $47,000 after buying an additional 1,730 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 52.44% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on AAL. Citigroup dropped their target price on American Airlines Group from $21.00 to $14.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 20th. Rothschild & Co Redburn reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $12.50 target price (down from $17.00) on shares of American Airlines Group in a report on Thursday, March 5th. BMO Capital Markets increased their target price on American Airlines Group from $12.00 to $13.50 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their target price on American Airlines Group from $13.00 to $18.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 29th. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut American Airlines Group from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “sell (d)” rating in a report on Monday, June 1st. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, American Airlines Group presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $15.53.

American Airlines Group Price Performance

AAL stock opened at $14.98 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $12.72 and a 200 day moving average price of $13.41. American Airlines Group Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $10.09 and a fifty-two week high of $16.50. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.32 and a beta of 1.35.

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The airline reported ($0.40) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.45) by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $13.91 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.13 billion. American Airlines Group had a negative return on equity of 9.11% and a net margin of 0.36%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 10.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned ($0.59) EPS. American Airlines Group has set its FY 2026 guidance at -0.400-1.100 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at -0.200-0.200 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that American Airlines Group Inc. will post -0.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About American Airlines Group

American Airlines Group Inc is a leading global airline holding company headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. Formed in December 2013 through the merger of AMR Corporation (parent of American Airlines) and US Airways Group, the company operates one of the world’s largest passenger and cargo networks. Its subsidiaries include American Airlines, which provides mainline service, and American Eagle, a network of regional carriers operating short- and medium-haul routes on behalf of the mainline carrier.

The company offers scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo to more than 350 destinations in over 50 countries.