Last week, Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ:FRNT) released Q3 2007 earnings for the period ended Dec. 31, 2006.

  • Though Frontier badly missed bottom-line expectations, management says that two Denver-area blizzards canceled 875 flights and cost the airline $13.2 million in total revenue and $0.27 in per-share income.
  • Nevertheless, Fools following the stock in Motley Fool CAPS are unforgiving. Collectively, they rate Frontier just one star. Do you agree? Disagree? Click here to rate the stock now.

(Figures in thousands, except per-share data)

Income Statement Highlights

Q3 2007

Q3 2006

Change

Sales

$266,442

$246,963

7.9%

Net Profit

($14,406)

($10,290)

N/A

EPS

($0.39)

($0.28)

N/A

Diluted Shares

36,617

36,188

1.2%



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Margin Checkup

Q3 2007

Q3 2006

Change*

Gross Margin

19.78%

23.11%

(3.33)

Operating Margin

(6.93%)

(4.72%)

(2.21)

Net Margin

(5.41%)

(4.17%)

(1.24)

*Expressed in percentage points.

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Balance Sheet Highlights

Assets

Q3 2007

Q3 2006

Change

Cash + ST Invest.

$191,587

$222,680

(14.0%)



Liabilities

Q3 2007

Q3 2006

Change

Long-Term Debt

$437,191

$410,866

6.4%



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Cash Flow Checkup

No cash flow statement provided. (Boo!)

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Other Operating Metrics

Q3 2007

Q3 2006

Change

ASM (in Thousands)

2,694,959

2,461,668

9.5

RASM (in Cents)

8.69

8.69

0.1

CASM (in Cents)

9.60

9.32

3.0

Load factor

71.2%

72.1%

(0.9*)

ASM = Available Seat Miles. RASM = Revenue Per Available Seat Mile. CASM = Cost Per Available Seat Mile. Load Factor = the percentage of available seats used.
 *Expressed in percentage points.

Related Companies:

  • AirTran Holdings (NYSE:AAI)
  • Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK)
  • JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU)
  • Southwest (NYSE:LUV)

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