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

#TickerNameComposite
1IAG.MCInternational Consolidated Airlines Group S.A70.4
2LTM.USLATAM Airlines Group S.A.68.5
3002928.SHEChina Express Airlines Co Ltd Class A68.5
4WIZZ.LSEWizz Air Holdings PLC68.0
5CPA.USCopa Holdings SA67.3
6INR.XETRAInternational Consolidated Airlines Group S.A.66.9
7AFR0.XETRAAIR FRANCE-KLM INH. EO 166.9
8AF.PAAir France-KLM SA66.5
9ELAL.TAEl Al Israel Airlines Ltd66.4
10RY4C.XETRARyanair Holdings plc66.3
11CPAN.MXCopa Holdings S.A66.0
12THAI.BKThai Airways International Public Company Limited64.3
13601021.SHGSpring Airlines Co Ltd64.3
14RYAAY.USRyanair Holdings PLC ADR64.0
15LHA.XETRADeutsche Lufthansa AG63.8
16BA.BKBangkok Airways Public Company Limited63.5
17KNFM.TAKnafaim63.1
18DAL.USDelta Air Lines Inc62.9
19VGN.AUVirgin Australia Holdings Ltd61.7
20603885.SHGJuneyao Airlines61.2

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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.

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