American Airlines (AAL) closed at $11.88 on Oct 16, 2026, down 3.3% on the day. The stock is down 8.2% over the past month, down 21.5% over three months, down 22.5% year to date and down 5.0% over the past year. It trades 36.8% below its 52-week high of $18.79 and 17.7% above its 52-week low of $10.09. The close sits below its 50-day moving average ($13.42) and below its 200-day moving average ($13.69).
NextPick tracks AAL in its Airlines basket alongside DAL, UAL, LUV, ALK and JBLU. As of Oct 16, 2026, the basket's money-flow score is -38 (outflow), and the basket is down 8.7% over five sessions. Over the past month AAL ranks 6th of 10 basket members by price change.
AAL is scheduled to report earnings on Oct 22, 2026, before market open. Over its last 8 reports the stock moved an average of 5.7% on the first trading day after earnings, beating the options-implied move in 5 of 8.
AAL options were pricing 43% at-the-money implied volatility on Oct 9, 2026, an IV rank of 17 over the past year. Form 4 filings over the last 90 days show no open-market purchases and 4 open-market sales by insiders.
American Airlines is scheduled to report on Oct 22, 2026, before market open.
Over the last 8 reports, AAL moved an average of 5.7% on the first trading day after earnings. The move beat the options-implied move in 5 of 8 reports.
No — the Oct 16, 2026 close of $11.88 is 13.2% below the 200-day average of $13.69.
AAL closed 36.8% below its 52-week high of $18.79.
NextPick groups AAL with DAL, UAL, LUV, ALK and JBLU in its Airlines basket.
American Airlines Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a network air carrier in the United States, Latin America, Atlantic, and Pacific. 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. It also operates a mainline fleet of 1,013 aircraft. The company was formerly known as AMR Corporation and changed its name to American Airlines Group Inc. in December 2013. American Airlines Group Inc. was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
