Best Airlines Stocks for 2026
Top Airlines stocks ranked by 4-pillar fundamental composite score.
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 by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RYAAY.US | Ryanair Holdings PLC ADR | 72.2 |
| 2 | LTM.US | LATAM Airlines Group S.A. | 72.2 |
| 3 | CPA.US | Copa Holdings SA | 69.1 |
| 4 | DAL.US | Delta Air Lines Inc | 68.8 |
| 5 | 002928.SHE | China Express Airlines Co Ltd Class A | 68.7 |
| 6 | WIZZ.LSE | Wizz Air Holdings PLC | 68.0 |
| 7 | AF.PA | Air France-KLM SA | 67.5 |
| 8 | KNFM.TA | Knafaim | 67.3 |
| 9 | SKYW.US | SkyWest Inc | 67.1 |
| 10 | CPAN.MX | Copa Holdings S.A | 66.4 |
| 11 | LTM.SN | LATAM Airlines Group S.A | 65.2 |
| 12 | IAG.MC | International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A | 64.8 |
| 13 | RY4C.XETRA | Ryanair Holdings plc | 64.7 |
| 14 | UAL.US | United Airlines Holdings Inc | 64.7 |
| 15 | 601021.SHG | Spring Airlines Co Ltd | 64.6 |
| 16 | INR.XETRA | International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 64.2 |
| 17 | THAI.BK | Thai Airways International Public Company Limited | 64.0 |
| 18 | BA.BK | Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited | 63.7 |
| 19 | RJET.US | Republic Airways Holdings Inc | 62.8 |
| 20 | DEAI34.SA | Delta Air Lines Inc. | 62.8 |
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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.