Wizz Air (LON:WIZZ) Trading Down 7.3% - Time to Sell?

Key Points

• Shares fell 7.3% to GBX 938.50 on Monday (from a GBX 1,012 close) with only 1.9M shares traded, about 74% below the average session volume.
• Analyst consensus is a "Hold" (one Buy, five Holds) with an average price target of GBX 1,171.67, and recent mixed guidance including UBS reiterating a Buy (PT GBX 1,580) while Deutsche Bank cut its PT to GBX 900.
• Financials show (debt-to-equity 961.67) and liquidity ratios below 1, though valuation metrics are low (P/E 5.19) and market cap is about £971M, highlighting both risk and a cheap earnings multiple.

Wizz Air Holdings Plc (LON:WIZZ - Get Free Report) shares fell 7.3% during trading on Monday . The company traded as low as GBX 911.50 and last traded at GBX 938.50. 1,907,067 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 74% from the average session volume of 7,472,968 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 1,012.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have issued reports on the company. UBS Group reiterated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 1,580 price target on shares of Wizz Air in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Citigroup upgraded Wizz Air to a "neutral" rating and boosted their price target for the stock from GBX 750 to GBX 1,000 in a research report on Thursday, March 19th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price target on Wizz Air from GBX 1,250 to GBX 900 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a "neutral" rating and set a GBX 1,200 price target on shares of Wizz Air in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Finally, Peel Hunt reiterated a "hold" rating and set a GBX 1,150 price target on shares of Wizz Air in a research report on Monday, January 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Wizz Air currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of GBX 1,171.67.

Wizz Air Stock Down 7.3%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 961.67, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a current ratio of 0.80. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 1,097.09 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 1,152.07. The company has a market capitalization of £970.98 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.19, a P/E/G ratio of 0.47 and a beta of 1.92.

About Wizz Air

Wizz Air operates a fleet of over 250 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. A team of dedicated aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low fares, making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 63.4 million passengers in our 2025 financial year. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. Wizz Air has also been recognized as the "Most Sustainable Low-Cost Airline" between 2021-2025 by World Finance Sustainability Awards. In 2025, Wizz Air topped the major airlines' emissions ranking, as presented by Cirium, an aviation analytics company, thanks to its work reducing emissions intensity.

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