Benzinga | Jan 19, 2022 10:03AM EST

Earnings Outlook For American Airlines Group

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Thursday, 2022-01-20. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that American Airlines Group will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $-1.58.

American Airlines Group bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Past Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat EPS by $0.05, which was followed by a 3.72% drop in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at American Airlines Group's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q3 2021 Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020EPS Estimate -1.04 -2.41 -4.30 -4.11EPS Actual -0.99 -1.69 -4.32 -3.86Price Change % -3.72% 0.19% 5.18% -5.14%

Stock Performance

Shares of American Airlines Group were trading at $17.9 as of January 18. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 12.44%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be satisfied going into this earnings release.

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