About the Airlines Industry
The Airlines industry includes 18 U.S.-listed companies in the Industrials sector with a combined market capitalization of $174.60B. The largest are Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL, $50.60B), United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (UAL, $31.98B) and Ryanair Holdings plc (RYAAY, $27.58B), together 63% of the industry's value.
11 of the 18 companies with reported earnings are profitable, and their median P/E ratio is 10.3. 7 of 18 pay a dividend, with a median yield of 2.03% among payers.
Over the past year the median stock is down 2.3%, and 7 of 16 are higher than a year ago. Median revenue growth is 9.3% year over year.
Best 1-year performers
Weakest 1-year performers
Highest dividend yields
Profitability
- Profitable companies
- 11 of 18
- Median gross margin
- 26.9%
- Median net profit margin
- 2.6%
- Median return on equity
- 11.8%
Longest dividend growth streak: Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK), 7 consecutive years.

















