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Trade size with leverage ~ US$5,000.00 Short position overnight fee ~ US$4,000.00 | -0.026179% | ||||
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| Overnight fee time | 21:00 (UTC) | ||||
| Currency | USD | ||||
| Min traded quantity | 1 | ||||
| Margin | 20 | ||||
| Stock exchange | United States of America | ||||
| Commission on trade1 | 0% |
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| Prev. Close | 14.06 |
| Open | 14.07 |
| 1-Year Change | 9.84% |
| Day's Range | 13.65 - 14.09 |
Founded in 1930, American Airlines is one of the largest airlines in the world. Together with its regional partner American Eagle, it offers an average of 6,700 flights to 350 destinations in 55 countries around the world on a daily basis.
American Airlines Group is a holding company, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. Incorporated in 2013, the group was formed as a result of the merger of US Airways group and AMR Corporation.
The merger of the parent companies for American Airlines and US Airways has grown into business with a fleet of more than 1,500 aircrafts, serving 200 million passengers worldwide.
The vast majority of the company’s business still comes from the domestic sector. American Airlines occupies 17.6 per cent of the domestic market share, followed by its major rivals Delta Airlines and Southwest. According to ACSI – American Customer Satisfaction Index – American Airlines got 73 out of 100 possible scores for the quality of provided services. It was topped only by the low-cost JetBrlue Airways, which received 79 scores.
The American Airlines stock floated on the NASDAQ stock exchange through an IPO in 2013, after the stock was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in January 2012. Since then, the American Airlines stock price has been listed and traded on the NASDAQ and is included in the Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJTA).
In 2016, American Airlines Group topped the Fortune’s list of best businesses and the AAL stock was included in the S&P 500 index. In 2019, the company was ranked 58 in the Fortune 500 list of the largest US corporations.
At the beginning of 2020, American Airlines stock was moving quite bullish on the encouraging full-year 2019 results with the record revenue of $45.8bn.
Moving further, the AAL share quote was seriously hit by the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown measures, which affected the company’s second-quarter 2020 results. American Airlines announced net loss of $2.1 billion or $4.82 per share.
Doug Parker, American Airlines Chairman and CEO, commented on the company’s performance: “This was one of the most challenging quarters in American’s history. Covid-19 and the resulting shutdown of the US economy have caused severe disruptions to global demand for air travel. In spite of these challenges, the American Airlines team has done a phenomenal job taking care of our customers and our fellow team members. We have moved swiftly to improve our liquidity, conserve cash and ensure customers are safe when they travel. There is much uncertainty ahead, but we remain confident we will emerge from this crisis more agile and more efficient than ever before.”
Looking at the American Airlines stock chart today, you can see that in a 1-year period the AAL stock value has been fluctuating within a range of $8.25 – $31.67. Since the large sell-off in March - April 2020, the American Airlines stock quote grew from $9.39 on 3 April 2020 to $20.31 on 8 June 2020, which is a growth of 116 per cent.
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