American Airlines Group Inc. is a holding company. Its primary business activity is the operation of a network air carrier. Co., together with its regional airline subsidiaries and third-party regional carriers, operates under the American Eagle brand, providing scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo through its hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, D.C. and partner gateways, including in London, Doha, Madrid, Seattle/Tacoma, Sydney and Tokyo. Its cargo division provides a range of freight and mail services, with facilities and interline connections available across the globe. We show 42 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our AAL shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute AAL market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing AAL market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing AAL's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of AAL versus a peer is one thing; comparing
AAL market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like AAL can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching AAL by allowing them to research the AAL market cap history. |
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