American Airlines Group (AAL) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage

Adjusted EPS

-$0.28

Estimate

-$0.36

Surprise

+22.6%

Score today

5.1/10

Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.

American Airlines Group (AAL) reported a narrower loss than forecast — adjusted EPS of -$0.28 against the -$0.36 estimate (a 22.6% beat on a still-unprofitable quarter).

• American Airlines CEO Robert Isom Backs Elon Musk’s Starlink When Pressed Over Ukraine, Says Customers Want the Best Pro — benzinga, 2026-10-23
• Morgan Stanley Maintains Overweight on American Airlines Group, Lowers Price Target to $22 — benzinga, 2026-10-23
• 'Airfares Will Not Return To Pre-Iran War Levels, American Airlines Warns' - Financial Times — benzinga, 2026-10-22

TrendMatrix currently rates AAL Sell at 5.1/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.

3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +22.6% surprise compares with a +52.2% four-quarter average.

This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.

Current price

$12.60

Price target

$13.90

Stop

$11.72

Upside to target

+10.3%

Reward-to-risk

1.2:1

Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-23 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.

Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.

Industry

Airlines

Market cap

$8.34B

P/E (fwd)

9.5

52-week range

$10.09–$18.79

Off 52-week high

32.9%

RSI (14)

45

Volume vs avg

1.40×

Score today

5.1/10