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American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) vs United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL)

American Airlines Group Inc. and United Airlines Holdings Inc are both Airlines companies. United Airlines Holdings Inc is the larger, with a market value of $35.9B against $8.6B — 4.2× the size. American Airlines Group Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; United Airlines Holdings Inc trades at 10.1×. American Airlines Group Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.3% against 12.3%. United Airlines Holdings Inc has the higher net margin (5.46% vs −0.79%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.4% vs 3.66%). Across the 18 metrics below, United Airlines Holdings Inc leads on 14 and American Airlines Group Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric AAL UAL Airlines median
P/E n/m 10.14 9.74
P/S 0.14 0.55 0.62
P/B n/m 2.03 2.03
Price to free cash flow n/m 29.87 18.01
EV/EBITDA 30.28 9.70 8.55
EV/Sales 0.48 0.73 0.92
Earnings yield (5.62%) 9.87% 3.19%
Free cash flow yield (1.06%) 3.35% 3.20%

Profitability

Metric AAL UAL Airlines median
Gross margin 20.68% 66.07% 51.70%
Operating margin 1.59% 7.51% 6.13%
Net margin (0.79%) 5.46% 1.73%
Free cash flow margin (0.15%) 1.84% 3.29%
Return on equity 11.75% 22.31% 14.11%
Return on assets (0.76%) 4.43% 1.28%
Return on invested capital 3.66% 10.43% 4.91%

Growth

Metric AAL UAL Airlines median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.32% 12.30% 12.32%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (86.29%) 7.94% 9.88%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 25.80% 30.93% 25.83%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AAL UAL Airlines median
Debt to equity (7.02) 1.49 0.76
Current ratio 0.53 0.75 0.62
Net debt to EBITDA 6.09 1.65 1.42

Dividend

Metric AAL UAL Airlines median
Dividend yield — — 1.28%
Payout ratio — — 0.20

Size

Metric AAL UAL Airlines median
Market cap 8.57b 35.90b 2.23b

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