Skift Take
What is this world coming to when airline stocks are actually an attractive investment? The biggest airlines got a helluva lot bigger in 2014, setting the pace for growth among the largest publicly traded travel companies on the planet.
Among the 15 largest publicly traded travel companies around the world at the end of 2014, several U.S. airlines were the fastest-growing in terms of market-cap gains while European airlines and lodging and gaming companies with holdings in Macau notched the most significant declines in the ranking.
Skift ranked the market cap of the globe's 15 largest publicly traded travel companies on January 7, 2015 and measured this ranking against the market-cap tallies we did of the 15 largest companies a year and a half ago (see second chart at bottom), on July 3, 2013.
Skift's Top 15 Publicly Traded Travel Companies 2014
Company
Stock Symbol
Stock Exchange
Market Cap*
Q3 2014 Revenue
Q3 2013 Rank**
2014 Rank
Market Cap Gain %
1. Priceline Group
PCLN
Nasdaq
$56.06B
$2.84B
2
1
32.40%
2. Walt Disney
DIS
NYSE
$49.76B***
$12.38B****
3
2
42.20%
3. Las Vegas Sands
LVS
NYSE
$43.68B
$943M
1
3
2.24%
4. Delta Air Lines
DAL
NYSE
$39.39B
$11.17B
5
4
149.77%
5. American Airlines Group
AAL
Nasdaq
$38.32B
$11.13B
NA
5
NA
6. Carnival Corp.
CCL
NYSE
$35.75
$4.94B
4
6
32.35%
7. Southwest Airlines
LUV
NYSE
$27.59B
$4.8B
13
7
197.30%
8. Hilton Worldwide
HLT
NYSE
$24.65
$2.64B
NA
8
NA
9. United Continental
UAL
NYSE
$24.0B
$10.56B
11
9
130.10%
10. Galaxy Entertainment
GXYEY
OTCMKTS
$21.66B
$2.23B
NA
10
NA
11. Marriott International
MAR
Nasdaq
$21.21B
$3.5B
9
11
72.71%
12. Royal Caribbean Cruises
RCL
NYSE
$18.4
