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
1WIZZ.LSEWizz Air Holdings PLC68.2
2INR.XETRAInternational Consolidated Airlines Group S.A.67.3
3IAG.MCInternational Consolidated Airlines Group S.A66.2
4RJET.USRepublic Airways Holdings Inc65.0
5IAG.LSEInternational Consolidated Airlines Group S.A64.7
6ELAL.TAEl Al Israel Airlines Ltd64.7
7AFR0.XETRAAIR FRANCE-KLM INH. EO 164.1
8RYAAY.USRyanair Holdings PLC ADR63.6
9BA.BKBangkok Airways Public Company Limited63.1
10AF.PAAir France-KLM SA62.9
11DAL.USDelta Air Lines Inc62.8
12KNFM.TAKnafaim62.7
13LTM.USLATAM Airlines Group S.A.62.6
145099.KLSECapital A Berhad62.5
15CPA.USCopa Holdings SA61.6
16VGN.AUVirgin Australia Holdings Ltd61.2
17CPAN.MXCopa Holdings S.A60.7
18THAI.BKThai Airways International Public Company Limited60.7
19AEGN.ATAegean Airlines S.A.60.6
20SKYW.USSkyWest Inc59.9

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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.

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