American Airlines (AAL) reported $12.55 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 0.2%. EPS of -$0.59 for the same period compares to -$0.34 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.23% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $12.52 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.69, the EPS surprise was +14.49%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how American Airlines performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Operating cost per ASM excluding net special items and fuel - Total: 14.54 cents compared to the 14.58 cents average estimate based on four analysts.
- Operating cost per ASM excluding net special items - Total: 18.24 cents versus the four-analyst average estimate of 18.37 cents.
- Passenger load factor (percent) - Total: 80.3% versus the four-analyst average estimate of 82.8%.
- Average aircraft fuel price including related taxes - Total: 2.48 $/gal versus the four-analyst average estimate of 2.52 $/gal.
- Passenger revenue- Domestic: $8.13 billion versus $8.43 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -1.6% change.
- Passenger revenue- Latin America: $1.91 billion versus $1.78 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +0.2% change.
- Passenger revenue- Total International: $3.26 billion versus $3.29 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +2.1% change.
- Passenger revenue- Pacific: $393 million versus $319.41 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +30.1% change.
- Passenger revenue- Atlantic: $965 million versus $1.19 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -2.7% change.
- Revenue- Passenger: $11.39 billion compared to the $11.52 billion average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of -0.6% year over year.
- Revenue- Other: $971 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $970.24 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +5%.
- Revenue- Cargo: $189 million compared to the $197.57 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1.1% year over year.
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Shares of American Airlines have returned -18.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -5.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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