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American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) vs China Southern Airlines Company Limited (ZNH)

American Airlines Group Inc. and China Southern Airlines Company Limited are both Airlines companies. China Southern Airlines Company Limited is the larger, with a market value of $17.7B against $8.1B — 2.2× the size. American Airlines Group Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.53% against −2.66%. American Airlines Group Inc. has the higher net margin (−0.56% vs −9.08%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.82% vs 0.00%). Across the 16 metrics below, American Airlines Group Inc. leads on 14 and China Southern Airlines Company Limited on 2.

Valuation

Metric AAL ZNH Airlines median
P/E n/m n/m 8.96
P/S 0.13 0.55 0.51
P/B n/m 1.28 1.88
Price to free cash flow 27.60 n/m 11.45
EV/EBITDA 28.12 — 8.43
EV/Sales 0.49 — 0.79
Earnings yield (4.12%) (11.51%) 3.16%
Free cash flow yield 3.62% (8.02%) 3.44%

Profitability

Metric AAL ZNH Airlines median
Gross margin 21.11% (0.11%) 40.73%
Operating margin 1.73% (7.90%) 4.18%
Net margin (0.56%) (9.08%) 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 0.49% 0.00% 4.20%
Return on equity 8.31% 0.00% 10.75%
Return on assets (0.51%) 0.00% 1.67%
Return on invested capital 3.82% 0.00% 3.19%

Growth

Metric AAL ZNH Airlines median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.53% (2.66%) 9.79%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (86.29%) 57.67% 13.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 25.80% 1.65% 25.83%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AAL ZNH Airlines median
Debt to equity (7.28) 2.82 0.81
Current ratio 0.53 0.23 0.60
Net debt to EBITDA 6.09 22.72 1.42

Dividend

Metric AAL ZNH Airlines median
Dividend yield — — 1.45%
Payout ratio — — 0.21

Size

Metric AAL ZNH Airlines median
Market cap 8.13b 17.69b 3.62b

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