Replies to post #29064 on American Airlines Group Inc (AAL)

[Ralph Canine]

Dig Doug is not the problem. I think he has done everything he needs to in order to do what is best for AAL. I have seen all the post about this spectacular drop on Friday. Some blaming Dig Doug, I call him that cause he keeps digging a hole every time he opens his mouth, though I don't think he is to blame. This is just ridiculous that a AAL posted the largest EVER quarterly profit in airline history and gets pummeled for a $3 (7%) drop. There is no excuse for that kind of selloff. No matter what he says there is just no excuse that could justify that.

If beef were down by 50% and McDonalds had posted the largest quarterly profit in fast food restaurant history in the billions of dollars, would analyst just focus on a 2% drop in burger sales because of competition from Burger King and Wendy's? Would investors run to the exit cause burgers were selling for 10 cents less? I highly doubt that would be the case, if anything they would be flocking to buy it.

[Ralph Canine]

Have you ever noticed that before they announced buybacks everything was rainbows and unicorns and after they started announcing buybacks it's all been about PRASM and capacity and only about PRASM and capacity? No mention of fuel savings, ancillary charges, buybacks, lower interest loan rates, less shares available, no potential labor disruptions, $10 billion in cash, and oh yeah billions of dollars in the most important metric; PROFITS!! Record profits EVERY quarter since December of 2013!!!
What blows my mind is that when analyst were initiating their positions in AAL with strong buy and outperform recommendations we actually went down and no one listened to them. Now everyone is listening to what they have to say.

[Ralph Canine]

And the justice department issuing that announcement about an hour after we issued earnings is just either the greatest coincidence in the history of earnings release or just very very fishy to say the least.

How come no one is investigating grocery stores to see if they have brought their prices down now that transportation cost are less or Fed Ex and UPS for collusion in what they charge for package deliveries now that fuel is down for them too? Heck why not investigate gas stations, retail stores like Target, Best Buy, and others because transportation prices are down for them too because of lower fuel but I don't see them dropping the price on their merchandise...

[Ralph Canine]

$2.8 billion in 2014 was a record profit year for AAL.
$1.2 billion 1st quarter profits for 2015 were a record.
$1.8 billion 2nd quarter profits is an airline industry record.
In the first two quarters of 2015 AAL has BEAT the RECORD profits for ALL of 2014. So 2015 is already a record profit year for AAL, second record year in a row.
What does that tell you? This thing could conceivably see $6 billion profits this year. Doubling last years record.
And these analyst are downgrading because they are concerned about PRASM and capacity??? Talk about narrow-minded, near sighted, lazy analysis of a profitable company!

[getarealjob]

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