American Airlines Group
AAL · Passenger Airlines
$12.11
3.9%JetBlue
JBLU · Passenger Airlines
$2.63
0.9%The short version
- American Airlines Group is the larger business, with $54.6B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $9.1B for JetBlue, about 6.0 times as much.
- American Airlines Group grew revenue faster (0.8%, against −2.3%).
- American Airlines Group kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (2.7% operating margin, against −4.1% operating margin).
- American Airlines Group turned more of its sales into free cash flow (−1.2% FCF margin, against −12.9% FCF margin).
- American Airlines Group earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (5.7%, against −3.6%).
| Latest fiscal year | AAL · FY25 | JBLU · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $8.0B | $987M |
| Revenue | $54.6B | $9.1B |
| Free cash flow | −$680M | −$1.2B |
| Net income | $111M | −$602M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 0.8% | −2.3% |
| 5-year growth | 25.8% | 25.1% |
| Share count change | −8.4% | 4.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | 2.7% | −4.1% |
| Net margin | 0.2% | −6.6% |
| FCF margin | −1.2% | −12.9% |
| Return on capital | 5.7% | −3.6% |
| Return on equity | — | −25.3% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $19.4B | $6.3B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.3x | 19.8x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 3 |
FY16
AAL $40.1B
JBLU $6.6B
FY17
AAL $42.6B
JBLU $7.0B
FY18
AAL $44.5B
JBLU $7.7B
FY19
AAL $45.8B
JBLU $8.1B
FY20
AAL $17.3B
JBLU $3.0B
FY21
AAL $29.9B
JBLU $6.0B
FY22
AAL $49.0B
JBLU $9.2B
FY23
AAL $52.8B
JBLU $9.6B
FY24
AAL $54.2B
JBLU $9.3B
FY25
AAL $54.6B
JBLU $9.1B
AAL
JBLU
FY16
AAL 12.6%
JBLU 19.1%
FY17
AAL 9.9%
JBLU 13.9%
FY18
AAL 6.0%
JBLU 3.5%
FY19
AAL 6.7%
JBLU 9.9%
FY20
AAL −60.1%
JBLU −58.0%
FY21
AAL −3.5%
JBLU −1.3%
FY22
AAL 3.3%
JBLU −3.3%
FY23
AAL 5.8%
JBLU −2.4%
FY24
AAL 4.8%
JBLU −7.4%
FY25
AAL 2.7%
JBLU −4.1%
AAL
JBLU
FY16
AAL $793M
JBLU $782M
FY17
AAL −$1.2B
JBLU $305M
FY18
AAL −$212M
JBLU $292M
FY19
AAL −$453M
JBLU $517M
FY20
AAL −$8.5B
JBLU −$1.4B
FY21
AAL $496M
JBLU $735M
FY22
AAL −$373M
JBLU −$388M
FY23
AAL $1.2B
JBLU −$728M
FY24
AAL $1.3B
JBLU −$1.3B
FY25
AAL −$680M
JBLU −$1.2B
AAL
JBLU
FY16
AAL 16.8%
JBLU 19.1%
FY17
AAL 12.7%
JBLU 20.7%
FY18
AAL 12.4%
JBLU 4.3%
FY19
AAL 13.5%
JBLU 10.5%
FY20
AAL −48.8%
JBLU −23.5%
FY21
AAL −5.2%
JBLU −1.2%
FY22
AAL 6.5%
JBLU −4.4%
FY23
AAL 13.0%
JBLU −3.0%
FY24
AAL 12.5%
JBLU −7.7%
FY25
AAL 5.7%
JBLU −3.6%
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