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AAL vs ALK

American Airlines Group Inc. and Alaska AIR Group, Inc., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.

At a glance

Most recent reported year

AAL vs ALK, at a glance
Metric AAL ALK
Revenue$54.6B$14.2B
Net income$111.0M$100.0M
Gross margin··
Net margin0.2%0.7%
Return on equity·2.4%
Diluted EPS$0.17$0.83
Dividend / share··
Payout ratio··
Free cash flow$-680.0M·
Equity$-3.7B$4.1B
Net debt / equity·1.14×
Current ratio0.50×0.50×
Revenue CAGR 5y25.8%31.9%
Profit CAGR 5y··

AAL bills 3.8× the revenue of ALK, and ALK keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (0.7% against 0.2%).

The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner. "·" marks a figure not available in our data.

Revenue by year

10 years side by side

AAL vs ALK, revenue by year
Fiscal year AAL ALK
FY2025$54.6B$14.2B
FY2024$54.2B$11.7B
FY2023$52.8B$10.4B
FY2022$49.0B$9.6B
FY2021$29.9B$6.2B
FY2020$17.3B$3.6B
FY2019$45.8B$8.8B
FY2018$44.5B$8.3B
FY2017$42.6B$7.9B
FY2016$40.1B$5.9B
Net income by year

Bottom line

AAL vs ALK, net income by year
Fiscal year AAL ALK
FY2025$111.0M$100.0M
FY2024$846.0M$395.0M
FY2023$822.0M$235.0M
FY2022$127.0M$58.0M
FY2021$-2.0B$478.0M
FY2020$-8.9B$-1.3B
FY2019$1.7B$769.0M
FY2018$1.4B$437.0M
FY2017$1.3B$960.0M
FY2016$2.6B$797.0M
Revenue gap over time

18 fiscal years

Revenue gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2025+$40,394,000,000AAL
FY2024+$42,476,000,000AAL
FY2023+$42,362,000,000AAL
FY2022+$39,325,000,000AAL
FY2021+$23,706,000,000AAL
FY2020+$13,771,000,000AAL
FY2019+$36,987,000,000AAL
FY2018+$36,277,000,000AAL
FY2017+$34,728,000,000AAL
FY2016+$34,217,000,000AAL
FY2015+$40,990,000,000AAL
FY2014+$42,650,000,000AAL
FY2013+$26,743,000,000AAL
FY2012+$24,855,000,000AAL
FY2011+$23,979,000,000AAL
FY2010+$18,338,000,000AAL
FY2009+$16,517,200,000AAL
FY2008+$20,103,400,000AAL

AAL has reported the higher revenue in every one of these 18 fiscal years. The gap has widened since the earliest year compared.

18 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin gap over time

13 fiscal years

Net margin gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2025−0.5 ppALK
FY2024−1.8 ppALK
FY2023−0.7 ppALK
FY2022−0.3 ppALK
FY2021−14.4 ppALK
FY2020−14.1 ppALK
FY2019−5.1 ppALK
FY2018−2.1 ppALK
FY2017−9.2 ppALK
FY2016−7.0 ppALK
FY2010−8.7 ppALK
FY2009−10.9 ppALK
FY2008−5.2 ppALK

ALK has kept the higher net margin in every one of these 13 fiscal years.

13 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin volatility

Standard deviation, each side

AAL's net margin has been more volatile than ALK's over the 13 comparable fiscal years — 14.3 percentage points of standard deviation against 12.1.

13 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in net margin

Year by year

ALK led in net margin in every one of the 13 comparable fiscal years — a structural lead, not a recent swing.

13 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

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