NASDAQ:JBLU - JetBlue Airways Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

JetBlue Airways declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Friday, December 15th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $750,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

JetBlue Airways Co. (NASDAQ:JBLU) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The transportation company reported $0.43 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.01. The transportation company had revenue of $2.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.01 billion. JetBlue Airways had a return on equity of 9.66% and a net margin of 9.27%. The firm's revenue was up 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.55 EPS. View JetBlue Airways' Earnings History.

JetBlue Airways is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for JetBlue Airways.

JetBlue Airways will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 24th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

14 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for JetBlue Airways' stock. Their predictions range from $16.00 to $27.00. On average, they expect JetBlue Airways' share price to reach $20.4808 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for JetBlue Airways.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for JetBlue Airways in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for JetBlue Airways.

News stories about JBLU stock have trended positive this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. JetBlue Airways earned a media sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

JetBlue Airways saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,841,801 shares, an increase of 15.8% from the December 14th total of 13,675,683 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,652,499 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.4 days. Currently, 5.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View JetBlue Airways' Current Options Chain.

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JetBlue Airways' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.57%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.24%), Highland Capital Management LLC (0.10%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Curbstone Financial Management Corp (0.02%). 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 Denali Advisors LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Kistler Tiffany Companies LLC, Curbstone Financial Management Corp, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Curbstone Financial Management Corp. Company insiders that have sold JetBlue Airways company stock in the last year include Alexander Chatkewitz, George Martin J St, James G Hnat 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 Scout Investments Inc., Highland Capital Management LLC, Dubuque Bank & Trust Co. and Gateway Investment Advisers 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 $17.35.

JetBlue Airways has a market capitalization of $5.23 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.

The official website for JetBlue Airways is http://www.jetblue.com.

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]