Seaport Res Ptn Cuts Earnings Estimates for JetBlue Airways

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU - Free Report) - Analysts at Seaport Res Ptn dropped their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for JetBlue Airways in a report issued on Wednesday, June 18th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst D. Mckenzie now forecasts that the transportation company will post earnings per share of ($0.33) for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of ($0.30). The consensus estimate for JetBlue Airways' current full-year earnings is ($0.69) per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for JetBlue Airways' Q3 2025 earnings at ($0.45) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.30) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($1.65) EPS, FY2026 earnings at ($0.85) EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.00 EPS.

JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The transportation company reported ($0.59) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.61) by $0.02. JetBlue Airways had a negative net margin of 3.12% and a negative return on equity of 11.93%. The company had revenue of $2.14 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.17 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted ($0.43) earnings per share. JetBlue Airways's revenue for the quarter was down 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on JBLU. Bank of America decreased their price target on shares of JetBlue Airways from $5.25 to $4.25 and set an "underperform" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 3rd. Susquehanna decreased their price target on shares of JetBlue Airways from $6.00 to $4.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Monday, April 7th. Barclays decreased their price target on shares of JetBlue Airways from $7.00 to $4.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 8th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of JetBlue Airways to a "sell" rating in a report on Thursday, May 15th. Finally, Raymond James Financial cut shares of JetBlue Airways from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating in a report on Thursday, May 15th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and eight have given a hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $5.16.

JetBlue Airways Trading Down 2.2%

NASDAQ JBLU opened at $4.01 on Monday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $4.55 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $5.80. The stock has a market cap of $1.42 billion, a P/E ratio of -4.89 and a beta of 1.83. JetBlue Airways has a 12-month low of $3.34 and a 12-month high of $8.31. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.31.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On JetBlue Airways

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of JBLU. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in JetBlue Airways by 14,595.7% in the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 16,599,279 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $130,470,000 after purchasing an additional 16,486,326 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in JetBlue Airways in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,796,000. Intech Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in JetBlue Airways by 71.7% in the 4th quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 119,072 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $936,000 after purchasing an additional 49,712 shares during the last quarter. New Age Alpha Advisors LLC acquired a new position in JetBlue Airways in the 4th quarter valued at about $432,000. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC acquired a new position in JetBlue Airways in the 4th quarter valued at about $421,000. 83.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About JetBlue Airways

JetBlue Airways Corporation provides air transportation services. The company operates a fleet of Airbus A321, Airbus A220, Airbus A321neo, Airbus A320 Restyled, Airbus A320, Airbus A321 with Mint, Airbus A321neo with Mint, Airbus A321neoLR with Mint, and Embraer E190 aircraft. It also serves 100 destinations across the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America, Canada, and Europe.

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