American Airlines vs FedEx
AAL and FDX side by side, both in air transportation, scheduled, and air courier. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AAL and FDX compare
FedEx is the larger company, worth 8.7 times as much as American Airlines ($72.8B against $8.3B).
FedEx grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.7% versus 7.5% for American Airlines).
FedEx keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 4.7% compared with −0.56% at American Airlines.
FedEx pays a dividend yielding 1.7%; American Airlines does not pay one.
FedEx scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 2 for American Airlines), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AAL | FDX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $8.3B | $72.8B |
| Share price | $12.60 | $307.82 |
| Change, 1 year | −2.9% | 23.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −42.3% | 26.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.41 | 0.97 |
| Employees | 139K | 452K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 2 | 10 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 16.6× |
| P/S | 0.1× (better) | 0.8× |
| P/B | – | 2.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.1× | 8.7× (better) |
| P/FCF | 29.3× | 14.2× (better) |
| PEG | – | 2.67 |
| FCF yield | 3.4% | 7.0% (better) |
| Fair value | $10.81 | $277.79 |
| Margin of safety | −16.6% | −10.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.5% | 7.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 25.8% (better) | 2.4% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −157% | 8.3% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −173% | 10.4% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −0.94% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 1.7% | 5.8% (better) |
| Net margin | −0.56% | 4.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.49% | 5.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 14.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.6% | 9.6% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.81 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.54 | 1.26 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 0.6× | – |
| Current ratio | 0.53 | 1.48 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.65 | 2.53 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.7% |
| Payout ratio | – | 31.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 2 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 17.4% |
| Buyback yield | – | 1.1% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 2.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 78.2% | 80.7% |
| Held by insiders | 1.6% | 8.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$7.0M (better) | −$20.2M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 12.1% | 2.5% |
Go deeper
- AAL stock overview
- AAL income statement
- AAL valuation and score
- FDX stock overview
- FDX income statement
- FDX valuation and score
Other comparisons
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.