American Airlines Earnings, Revenue beat in Q4 By Investing.com

American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) reported on Thursday fourth quarter earnings that beat analysts’ forecasts and revenue that topped expectations.

American Airlines announced earnings per share of -3.86 on revenue of 4.03B. Analysts polled by Investing.com anticipated EPS of -4.11 on revenue of 3.89B.

American Airlines shares are down 3% from the beginning of the year and are trading at 16.56 , down-from-52-week-high.They are under-performing the S&P Global 100 which is up 1.8% from the start of the year.

American Airlines follows other major Transportation sector earnings this month

American Airlines’s report follows an earnings beat by Union Pacific on January 21, who reported EPS of 2.36 on revenue of 5.14B, compared to forecasts EPS of 2.25 on revenue of 5.1B.

Canadian National Railway had beat expectations on Tuesday with fourth quarter EPS of 1.43 on revenue of 3.66B, compared to forecast for EPS of 1.42 on revenue of 3.63B.

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