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 | IAG.MC | International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A | 70.4 |
| 2 | LTM.US | LATAM Airlines Group S.A. | 68.5 |
| 3 | 002928.SHE | China Express Airlines Co Ltd Class A | 68.5 |
| 4 | WIZZ.LSE | Wizz Air Holdings PLC | 68.0 |
| 5 | CPA.US | Copa Holdings SA | 67.3 |
| 6 | INR.XETRA | International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 66.9 |
| 7 | AFR0.XETRA | AIR FRANCE-KLM INH. EO 1 | 66.9 |
| 8 | AF.PA | Air France-KLM SA | 66.5 |
| 9 | ELAL.TA | El Al Israel Airlines Ltd | 66.4 |
| 10 | RY4C.XETRA | Ryanair Holdings plc | 66.3 |
| 11 | CPAN.MX | Copa Holdings S.A | 66.0 |
| 12 | THAI.BK | Thai Airways International Public Company Limited | 64.3 |
| 13 | 601021.SHG | Spring Airlines Co Ltd | 64.3 |
| 14 | RYAAY.US | Ryanair Holdings PLC ADR | 64.0 |
| 15 | LHA.XETRA | Deutsche Lufthansa AG | 63.8 |
| 16 | BA.BK | Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited | 63.5 |
| 17 | KNFM.TA | Knafaim | 63.1 |
| 18 | DAL.US | Delta Air Lines Inc | 62.9 |
| 19 | VGN.AU | Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd | 61.7 |
| 20 | 603885.SHG | Juneyao Airlines | 61.2 |
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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.