Top Airline Stocks To Follow Now – July 11th

American Airlines Group, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Zscaler, and Southwest Airlines are the five Airline stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Airline stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that operate commercial air transportation services for passengers and cargo. Their prices tend to be cyclical, reflecting changes in fuel costs, consumer travel demand, competition and government regulations. As a result, airline equities often experience pronounced fluctuations in line with economic growth, seasonal travel patterns and global events. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Airline stocks within the last several days.

American Airlines Group (AAL)

American Airlines Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a network air carrier. The company provides scheduled air transportation services for passengers and cargo through its hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C., as well as through partner gateways in London, Doha, Madrid, Seattle/Tacoma, Sydney, and Tokyo.

Shares of AAL stock traded down $0.53 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $12.42. 41,731,540 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 43,973,879. American Airlines Group has a 12 month low of $8.50 and a 12 month high of $19.10. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $11.31 and its 200 day simple moving average is $13.01. The stock has a market cap of $8.19 billion, a PE ratio of 13.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.36.

Delta Air Lines (DAL)

Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Airline and Refinery. Its domestic network centered on core hubs in Atlanta, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Detroit, and Salt Lake City, as well as coastal hub positions in Boston, Los Angeles, New York-LaGuardia, New York-JFK, and Seattle; and international network centered on hubs and market presence in Amsterdam, Bogota, Lima, Mexico City, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Sao Paulo, Seoul-Incheon, and Tokyo.

NYSE DAL traded down $1.14 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $55.64. 7,880,394 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 9,979,965. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 0.38 and a quick ratio of 0.33. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $49.18 and a 200-day simple moving average of $52.78. The stock has a market cap of $36.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.88, a P/E/G ratio of 2.37 and a beta of 1.49. Delta Air Lines has a one year low of $34.74 and a one year high of $69.98.

United Airlines (UAL)

United Airlines Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides air transportation services in North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, the Pacific, the Middle East, and Latin America. The company transports people and cargo through its mainline and regional fleets. It also offers catering, ground handling, flight academy, and maintenance services for third parties.

Shares of NASDAQ:UAL traded down $3.75 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $87.92. 4,476,347 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 8,269,742. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.93, a current ratio of 0.78 and a quick ratio of 0.72. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $78.51 and a 200-day moving average price of $84.46. The company has a market cap of $28.71 billion, a PE ratio of 8.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 1.42. United Airlines has a 12 month low of $37.02 and a 12 month high of $116.00.

Zscaler (ZS)

Zscaler, Inc. operates as a cloud security company worldwide. The company offers Zscaler Internet Access solution that provides users, workloads, IoT, and OT devices secure access to externally managed applications, including software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and internet destinations; and Zscaler Private Access solution, which is designed to provide access to managed applications hosted internally in data centers, and private or public clouds.

Shares of NASDAQ:ZS traded down $1.34 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $294.84. 828,003 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,068,834. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $281.04 and a 200-day moving average price of $227.00. The company has a market cap of $45.91 billion, a PE ratio of -1,133.66 and a beta of 1.11. Zscaler has a 12 month low of $153.45 and a 12 month high of $318.46.

Southwest Airlines (LUV)

Southwest Airlines Co. operates as a passenger airline company that provides scheduled air transportation services in the United States and near-international markets. As of December 31, 2023, the company operated a total fleet of 817 Boeing 737 aircraft; and served 121 destinations in 42 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as well as ten near-international countries, including Mexico, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Aruba, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Belize, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and Turks and Caicos.

Southwest Airlines stock traded down $0.12 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $37.23. 4,325,365 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 10,290,298. Southwest Airlines has a 52-week low of $23.58 and a 52-week high of $37.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $21.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.24 and a beta of 1.21. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $32.33 and its 200-day moving average price is $31.14. The company has a quick ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44.