Airlines industry stocks

The Airlines industry has 19 US-listed companies on stockrow and is part of the Industrials sector, with a combined market value of $192.3B. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) is the largest at $51.4B, followed by United Airlines Holdings Inc and Ryanair Holdings PLC. The median Airlines stock trades at 9.0× trailing earnings, below the market median of 18.1×, with a median net margin of 1.85% (market: 0.45%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 9.79%. 4 of the 19 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 2.39%.

Airlines medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 9.0× 18.1×
P/S 0.5× 1.9×
P/B 1.9× 1.7×
Price to free cash flow 11.5× 14.2×
EV/EBITDA 8.4× 11.0×
EV/Sales 0.8× 2.1×
Earnings yield 3.16% 1.20%
Free cash flow yield 3.44% 0.27%
Gross margin 40.7% 46.2%
Operating margin 4.18% 0.00%
Net margin 1.85% 0.45%
Free cash flow margin 4.20% 0.00%
Return on equity 10.8% 1.35%
Return on assets 1.67% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 3.19% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.79% 7.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.5% 13.7%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 25.8% 8.93%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.8× 0.1×
Current ratio 0.6× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 1.4× 0.6×
Dividend yield 1.45% 2.26%
Payout ratio 0.2× 0.3×
Market cap $3.6B $584.7M

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All 19 companies

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. 51.37b 75.37 (3.47%) 14.95 4.58% 14.11% 1.07%
UAL United Airlines Holdings Inc 32.88b 96.16 (5.08%) 9.00 5.56% 8.47% —
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings PLC 26.98b 52.61 1.00% 5.27 12.17% 13.73% 0.00%
LUV Southwest Airlines Co. 19.97b 39.49 (3.28%) 23.79 2.79% 9.46% 1.82%
ZNH China Southern Airlines Company Limited 17.69b — (1.49%) 0.00 (9.08%) (2.66%) —
LTM LATAM Airlines Group S.A. 13.92b 47.47 (2.12%) 8.73 9.85% 20.52% 2.95%
AAL American Airlines Group Inc. 8.13b 11.88 (3.26%) 0.00 (0.56%) 7.53% —
CPA Copa Holdings, S.A. 5.51b 132.92 (0.74%) 8.74 15.71% 14.75% 5.07%
ALK Alaska Air Group, Inc. 4.07b 35.01 (4.08%) 0.00 (1.19%) 9.79% —
SKYW SkyWest, Inc. 3.62b 91.47 (1.92%) 8.92 9.78% 9.10% —
AERO Grupo Aeromexico SAB DE CV - Sponsored ADR 2.23b 15.98 (2.26%) 8.36 5.30% — —
ALGT Allegiant Travel Company 1.92b 66.98 (4.86%) 47.17 0.91% 12.24% 0.00%
JBLU JetBlue Airways Corporation 1.19b 2.93 (6.98%) 0.00 (9.32%) 3.99% —
ULCC Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. 1.16b 4.73 (5.96%) 0.00 (9.29%) 9.95% —
RJET Republic Airways Holdings Inc. 762.69m 16.07 (1.35%) 10.55 3.53% 93.80% —
VLRS Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V. 688.55m 5.91 (1.34%) 0.00 (5.70%) 9.16% —
SRFM Surf Air Mobility Inc. 124.18m 0.88 (5.38%) 0.00 (101.58%) 3.14% —
FLYX flyExclusive, Inc. 120.46m 1.12 (5.08%) 0.00 (7.33%) 16.15% —
FLYYQ Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc. 13.20m 0.02 0.00% — — — —

Updated 17 October 2026