Best Airlines Stocks for 2026
Airlines run tight margins with heavy leverage to fuel costs and demand, so Health liquidity and RASM-versus-CASM trends matter more than a standard P/E screen.
Airlines run on tight operating margins with high financial and operating leverage to fuel cost and passenger demand. Composite scoring is dominated by the Health pillar (liquidity, lease-adjusted leverage) and the Quality pillar (RASM versus CASM trends); the Valuation pillar uses EV/EBITDAR rather than raw P/E.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Airlines stocks by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WIZZ.LSE | Wizz Air Holdings PLC | 68.2 |
| 2 | INR.XETRA | International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 67.3 |
| 3 | IAG.MC | International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A | 66.2 |
| 4 | RJET.US | Republic Airways Holdings Inc | 65.0 |
| 5 | IAG.LSE | International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A | 64.7 |
| 6 | ELAL.TA | El Al Israel Airlines Ltd | 64.7 |
| 7 | AFR0.XETRA | AIR FRANCE-KLM INH. EO 1 | 64.1 |
| 8 | RYAAY.US | Ryanair Holdings PLC ADR | 63.6 |
| 9 | BA.BK | Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited | 63.1 |
| 10 | AF.PA | Air France-KLM SA | 62.9 |
| 11 | DAL.US | Delta Air Lines Inc | 62.8 |
| 12 | KNFM.TA | Knafaim | 62.7 |
| 13 | LTM.US | LATAM Airlines Group S.A. | 62.6 |
| 14 | 5099.KLSE | Capital A Berhad | 62.5 |
| 15 | CPA.US | Copa Holdings SA | 61.6 |
| 16 | VGN.AU | Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd | 61.2 |
| 17 | CPAN.MX | Copa Holdings S.A | 60.7 |
| 18 | THAI.BK | Thai Airways International Public Company Limited | 60.7 |
| 19 | AEGN.AT | Aegean Airlines S.A. | 60.6 |
| 20 | SKYW.US | SkyWest Inc | 59.9 |
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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by composite score; use the screener for the full ranked list.