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 of Directors has authorized a stock buyback 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 buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication 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 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.01. The transportation company earned $2.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.01 billion. JetBlue Airways had a return on equity of 9.66% and a net margin of 9.27%. The company's revenue was up 10.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.55 earnings per share. 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 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for JetBlue Airways' stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $27.00. On average, they anticipate JetBlue Airways' stock price to reach $20.4808 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.4% 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.

Media coverage about JBLU stock has been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. JetBlue Airways earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

JetBlue Airways saw a increase in short interest during 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 volume of 4,652,499 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.4 days. Currently, 5.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View JetBlue Airways' Current Options Chain.

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JetBlue Airways' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Kistler Tiffany Companies LLC, Curbstone Financial Management Corp, Oakbrook Investments LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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 purchased 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 $17.60.

JetBlue Airways has a market capitalization of $5.32 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]