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 has approved a share repurchase program 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 programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

JetBlue Airways Co. (NASDAQ:JBLU) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 24th. The transportation company reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.05. The transportation company earned $1.75 billion during 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 company's revenue for the quarter was up 9.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.25 earnings per share. 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.

13 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for JetBlue Airways' stock. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $31.00. On average, they expect JetBlue Airways' stock price to reach $23.2917 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for JetBlue Airways.

JetBlue Airways saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 22,337,665 shares, an increase of 60.7% from the May 15th total of 13,901,513 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,100,176 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.4 days. Approximately 7.1% of the company's shares are sold short.

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

Media stories about JBLU stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. JetBlue Airways earned a news impact score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the transportation company an impact score of 45.44 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

JetBlue Airways' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.28%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.62%), LSV Asset Management (2.02%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (1.77%), Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN (1.49%) and Donald Smith & CO. Inc. (1.33%). 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 Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, Hsbc Holdings PLC, Systematic Financial Management LP, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Millennium Management LLC, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Allianz Asset Management GmbH and Allianz Asset Management GmbH. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Darrell & King LLC, LSV Asset Management, Seven Eight Capital LP, BlackRock Inc., Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Earnest Partners LLC and OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp. 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 $18.98.

JetBlue Airways has a market capitalization of $6.07 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]