NASDAQ:ALGT - Allegiant Travel Stock Price, News & Analysis

Allegiant Travel trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ALGT."

Allegiant Travel declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 20th will be given a dividend of $0.70 per share on Friday, September 27th. This represents a $2.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 19th. View Allegiant Travel's Dividend History.

Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ:ALGT) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 24th. The transportation company reported $4.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $4.67 by $0.34. The transportation company earned $491.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $504.81 million. Allegiant Travel had a net margin of 10.54% and a return on equity of 26.59%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 12.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.10 earnings per share. View Allegiant Travel's Earnings History.

Allegiant Travel is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Allegiant Travel.

Allegiant Travel updated its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $13.50-14.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $13.58.

11 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Allegiant Travel's stock. Their predictions range from $147.00 to $191.00. On average, they anticipate Allegiant Travel's stock price to reach $168.2727 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Allegiant Travel.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Allegiant Travel in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Allegiant Travel.

News coverage about ALGT stock has been trending positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Allegiant Travel earned a coverage optimism score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Allegiant Travel.

Allegiant Travel saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 943,200 shares, an increase of 21.6% from the June 30th total of 775,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 149,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.3 days. Approximately 7.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Allegiant Travel's Current Options Chain.

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Allegiant Travel's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.57%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.22%), Wasatch Advisors Inc. (4.75%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (3.34%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.65%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.65%). Company insiders that own Allegiant Travel stock include Gary Ellmer, Gregory Clark Anderson, John Redmond, Maurice J Gallagher Jr, Robert Paul Wilson III and Scott Sheldon. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Allegiant Travel.

ALGT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, U S Global Investors Inc., Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Janus Henderson Group PLC and Janus Henderson Group PLC. Company insiders that have sold Allegiant Travel company stock in the last year include Gary Ellmer, Maurice J Gallagher Jr and Robert Paul Wilson III. View Insider Buying and Selling for Allegiant Travel.

ALGT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wasatch Advisors Inc., Fidelity National Financial Inc., BlackRock Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Vanguard Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Allegiant Travel.

Shares of ALGT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ALGT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $142.04.

Allegiant Travel has a market capitalization of $2.32 billion and generates $1.67 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $159.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $10.00 on an earnings per share basis. Allegiant Travel employs 3,901 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Allegiant Travel.

The official website for Allegiant Travel is http://www.allegiantair.com/.

Allegiant Travel's mailing address is 1201 NORTH TOWN CENTER DRIVE, LAS VEGAS NV, 89144. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 702-851-7300 or via email at [email protected]