SkyWest
What analysts say:
- Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts are divided on SkyWest, with equal numbers rating the stock a buy, sell, and hold. Analysts don't like SkyWest as much as competitor AMR overall. Six out of 12 analysts rate AMR a buy compared to two of six for SkyWest. Analysts haven't adjusted their rating of SkyWest for the past three months.
- Revenue forecasts: On average, analysts predict $966 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 40.6% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street earnings expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $0.14 per share. Estimates range from $0.05 to $0.24.
What our community says:
CAPS All-Stars are solidly backing the stock with 79.6% assigning it an outperform rating. The community at large concurs with the All-Stars with 81.1% awarding it a rating of outperform. Fools have embraced SkyWest and haven't been shy with their opinions lately, logging 106 posts in the past 30 days. SkyWest's bearish CAPS rating of two out of five stars falls short of the Fool community sentiment.
Management:
Revenue has now gone up for three straight quarters.
Quarter | Q2 | Q1 | Q4 | Q3 |
Gross Margin | 55.8% | 57.3% | 76.0% | 55.3% |
Operating Margin | 2.0% | 0% | 6.5% | 8.5% |
Net Margin | 0.2% | (1.3%) | 4.7% | 3.7% |
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