5 companies · median 18 of 36 checks · prices as of 2026-10-23
Airline stocks.
Sorted by how many checks each one passes. Sort by any column to see who is cheapest, who is growing, or who has the strongest balance sheet - and how that compares with what is normal for the industry.
Ranked by checks passed
5 companies in this sector→The airlines we cover are not one trade: FedEx (FDX) passes 22 of its 36 checks and American Airlines (AAL) passes 9, with a median of 18.
→FDX, DAL, UAL are 84% of the $181.5B we cover here, so a sector average says more about them than about the rest.
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 FedExFDXDelivers parcels and freight worldwide through FedEx Express, Ground and Freight.Report | -1.7% | +57.5% | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22/36 | |
 Southwest AirlinesLUVA low-fare US airline flying Boeing 737s point to point.Report | -0.7% | +25.9% | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19/36 | |
 Delta Air LinesDALThe most profitable US airline, with a large premium and loyalty business.Report | -3.1% | +29.3% | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18/36 | |
 United AirlinesUALA large US airline with a strong international network.Report | -4.0% | +1.7% | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15/36 | |
 American AirlinesAALThe largest US airline by fleet, carrying the most debt.Report | -3.9% | +0.2% | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9/36 |
The filings behind this table close between 2026-05-31 and 2026-09-30, because these companies do not share a fiscal calendar; prices are the close of 2026-10-23. Each name links to its full report; every score is a count of pass-or-fail checks read from that company's own filings.
Where the sector falls short
median score per axis→Trend is where the airlines we cover come up short most often, at a median of 1 of 6, while Value runs at 4.
| Value | ●●●●○○ | 4 of 6 |
| Growth | ●●●●○○ | 4 of 6 |
| Quality | ●●●○○○ | 3 of 6 |
| Financial health | ●●●●○○ | 4 of 6 |
| Shareholder returns | ●●●○○○ | 3 of 6 |
| Trend | ●○○○○○ | 1 of 6 |
Who grows, and who keeps it
every company in the industry→None of the airlines we cover both grow faster than this industry's middle and keep more of each sale than it does. The industry's middle is 4% growth on a 2% margin. LUV does neither.
A year of price
not a fact about the business→Every one of them is up over twelve months, by a median of +25.9% - FedEx (FDX) at +57.5% against American Airlines (AAL) at +0.2%. Price is not a fact about a business, and the Trend chapter of each report says what it is measured on.
Head to head
1 pairThe table above gives the order. These put two of them in one column each, so you can see where the difference actually is.