Airline Stocks Are Struggling. That Makes This One a Long-Term Buy.
Airline stocks have been under pressure in recent months and face a challenging winter ahead as jet fuel prices remain high.
AAL - American Airlines Group Inc.
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Hold
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PRICE TARGET:
$19.90
DETAILS
HIGH:
$25.00
LOW:
$13.00
MEDIAN:
$19.00
CONSENSUS:
$19.90
UPSIDE:
51.56%
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Price Targets
American Airlines price target lowered to $19 from $19.50 at BMO Capital
$19.00
(was $13.90)
BMO Capital
American Airlines price target lowered to $13 from $15 at Goldman Sachs
$13.00
(was $13.55)
Catherine O'Brien
·
Goldman Sachs
American Airlines price target raised to $25 from $16 at Susquehanna
$25.00
(was $17.75)
Susquehanna
American Airlines downgraded to Hold from Buy at Melius Research
$19.00
(was $17.75)
Conor Cunningham
·
Melius Research
American Airlines price target raised to $24 from $20 at TD Cowen
$24.00
(was $18.15)
Tom Fitzgerald
·
Cantor Fitzgerald
American Airlines price target raised to $23 from $20 at Bernstein
$23.00
(was $18.36)
David Vernon
·
Bernstein
American Airlines price target raised to $19 from $16 at Barclays
$19.00
(was $17.44)
Barclays
American Airlines (AAL) PT Raised to $15 at Jefferies
$15.00
(was $15.46)
Sheila Kahyaoglu
·
Jefferies
American Airlines price target raised to $24 from $20 at Morgan Stanley
$24.00
(was $14.15)
Morgan Stanley
American Airlines (AAL) PT Raised to $18 at UBS
$18.00
(was $14.77)
Atul Maheswari
·
UBS
American Airlines price target lowered to $16 from $17 at Susquehanna
$16.00
(was $12.03)
Christopher Stathoulopoulos
·
Susquehanna
American Airlines price target raised to $13.50 from $12 at BMO Capital
$13.50
(was $12.05)
BMO Capital
American Airlines price target raised to $16 from $14 at UBS
$16.00
(was $12.21)
UBS
American Airlines (AAL) PT Lowered to $17 at TD Cowen
$17.00
(was $13.51)
Tom Fitzgerald
·
Cantor Fitzgerald
American Airlines price target raised to $17 from $16.75 at BMO Capital
$17.00
(was $13.55)
BMO Capital
American Airlines upgraded to Positive from Neutral at Susquehanna
$20.00
(was $15.73)
Susquehanna
American Airlines price target raised to $21 from $20 at UBS
$21.00
(was $15.96)
Atul Maheswari
·
UBS
American Airlines initiated with an Equal Weight at Wells Fargo
$17.00
(was $15.51)
Wells Fargo
American Airlines assumed with Buy from Neutral at UBS
$20.00
(was $14.96)
Atul Maheswari
·
UBS
American Airlines initiated with a Market Perform at BMO Capital
$16.75
(was $14.86)
BMO Capital