FY2026 EPS Estimates for Ryanair Boosted by Erste Group Bank

Key Points

• Erste Group Bank raised its FY2026 EPS estimate for Ryanair to $4.88 (from $4.83) and projected FY2027 EPS of $5.22, while maintaining a "Hold" rating.
• Ryanair recently beat quarterly expectations, reporting $0.26 EPS versus $0.18 expected and $3.77 billion in revenue, with a net margin of 15.04% and return on equity of 29.76%.
• Analyst sentiment is mixed-to-positive: MarketBeat shows a consensus "Moderate Buy" with an average price target of $75.67, one Strong Buy, seven Buy and four Hold ratings, and the stock trades at a P/E of 10.93 with a market cap around $28.4 billion.

Ryanair Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:RYAAY - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Erste Group Bank raised their FY2026 EPS estimates for shares of Ryanair in a research note issued on Monday, April 27th. Erste Group Bank analyst H. Engel now forecasts that the transportation company will post earnings per share of $4.88 for the year, up from their prior estimate of $4.83. Erste Group Bank has a "Hold" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Ryanair's current full-year earnings is $4.82 per share. Erste Group Bank also issued estimates for Ryanair's FY2027 earnings at $5.22 EPS.

Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, January 26th. The transportation company reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.08. Ryanair had a net margin of 15.04% and a return on equity of 29.76%. The business had revenue of $3.77 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.16 billion.

Several other analysts have also issued reports on RYAAY. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a "buy" rating on shares of Ryanair in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Evercore upgraded shares of Ryanair from an "in-line" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $80.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Thursday, March 12th. Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded shares of Ryanair from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Ryanair from a "buy (b-)" rating to a "hold (c+)" rating in a research report on Monday, April 6th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of Ryanair in a report on Thursday, January 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Ryanair currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $75.67.

Ryanair Stock Performance

NASDAQ RYAAY opened at $54.42 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02, a current ratio of 0.67 and a quick ratio of 0.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $28.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.93, a P/E/G ratio of 0.55 and a beta of 1.26. The company's fifty day moving average is $61.39 and its two-hundred day moving average is $65.11. Ryanair has a 52-week low of $46.70 and a 52-week high of $74.24.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Ryanair

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of RYAAY. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC increased its stake in Ryanair by 280.6% in the third quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 472 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 348 shares in the last quarter. Pin Oak Investment Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Ryanair by 76.0% in the third quarter. Pin Oak Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 484 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 209 shares in the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. increased its stake in Ryanair by 1,057.4% in the third quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 544 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 497 shares in the last quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. increased its stake in Ryanair by 2,929.4% in the fourth quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 515 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 498 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Global Retirement Partners LLC increased its stake in Ryanair by 68.1% in the third quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 684 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 277 shares in the last quarter. 43.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Ryanair

Ryanair Holdings plc is an Irish low-cost airline group headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1984, the company grew into one of Europe's largest budget carriers by offering point-to-point scheduled passenger services with an emphasis on low fares, high aircraft utilization and rapid turnaround times. Ryanair serves a broad network across Europe and nearby regions, focusing on both intra-European leisure travel and short-haul business routes.

The group primarily operates a single-type fleet based on the Boeing 737 family, supplemented by a mix of in-house and subsidiary airlines that help serve different markets and regulatory environments.

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