NASDAQ:JBLU - JetBlue Airways Stock Price, Price Target & More

JetBlue Airways trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "JBLU."

JetBlue Airways declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Friday, December 15th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $750,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

JetBlue Airways Co. (NASDAQ:JBLU) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 24th. The transportation company reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.05. The transportation company had revenue of $1.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.76 billion. JetBlue Airways had a return on equity of 13.10% and a net margin of 16.05%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 9.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.25 EPS. View JetBlue Airways' Earnings History.

JetBlue Airways is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for JetBlue Airways.

14 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for JetBlue Airways' shares. Their predictions range from $20.00 to $27.00. On average, they anticipate JetBlue Airways' share price to reach $23.0385 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for JetBlue Airways.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for JetBlue Airways in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

JetBlue Airways saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 14,556,930 shares, a decrease of 23.3% from the June 15th total of 18,986,566 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,344,568 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.4 days. Currently, 4.6% of the company's stock are short sold. View JetBlue Airways' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to JetBlue Airways include United Continental (UAL), American Airlines Group (AAL), Deutsche Lufthansa (DLAKY), China Eastern Airlines Corp. Ltd. ADR Class H (CEA), easyJet (EJTTF), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Intl Cons Airl/S (ICAGY), China Southern Airlines (ZNH), LATAM Airlines Group (LTM), CATHAY Pac AIRW/S (CPCAY), Azul (AZUL), Copa (CPA), Air France-KLM (AFLYY), SkyWest (SKYW) and Allegiant Travel (ALGT).

Media stories about JBLU stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. JetBlue Airways earned a coverage optimism score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the transportation company an impact score of 44.97 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

JetBlue Airways' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.55%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.24%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.14%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.14%), Highland Capital Management LLC (0.09%) and Denali Advisors LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own JetBlue Airways stock include Alexander Chatkewitz, George Martin J St, James G Hnat, Joel Clinton Peterson and Robin Hayes. View Institutional Ownership Trends for JetBlue Airways.

JBLU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold JetBlue Airways company stock in the last year include Alexander Chatkewitz, George Martin J St, James G Hnat, Joel Clinton Peterson and Robin Hayes. View Insider Buying and Selling for JetBlue Airways.

JBLU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Denali Advisors LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Oakbrook Investments LLC and Highland Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for JetBlue Airways.

Shares of JBLU 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 JBLU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.83.

JetBlue Airways has a market capitalization of $6.18 billion and generates $7.02 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $1.15 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.71 on an earnings per share basis. JetBlue Airways employs 19,978 workers across the globe.

JetBlue Airways' mailing address is 27-01 QUEENS PLAZA NORTH, LONG ISLAND CITY NY, 11101. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 718-286-7900 or via email at [email protected]