NASDAQ:RYAAY - Ryanair Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ryanair trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "RYAAY."

Ryanair declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Tuesday, February 6th 2018, which permits the company to buyback shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 4th. The transportation company reported $4.51 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.51. The transportation company earned $3.42 billion during the quarter. Ryanair had a return on equity of 17.73% and a net margin of 10.60%. View Ryanair's Earnings History.

Ryanair is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ryanair.

13 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Ryanair's shares. Their forecasts range from $73.00 to $77.00. On average, they anticipate Ryanair's stock price to reach $75.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Ryanair.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ryanair in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ryanair.

News coverage about RYAAY stock has trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ryanair earned a media sentiment score of -3.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Ryanair.

Ryanair saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 289,800 shares, a drop of 62.3% from the November 14th total of 769,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 457,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.6 days. Approximately 0.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Ryanair's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Ryanair investors own include Broadcom (AVGO), Intel (INTC), Starbucks (SBUX), Tesla (TSLA), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Walt Disney (DIS).

Ryanair's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.72%), Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.58%), Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd (0.52%), Trinity Street Asset Management LLP (0.51%), Great West Life Assurance Co. Can (0.47%) and Adelphi Capital LLP (0.42%).

RYAAY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, TimesSquare Capital Management LLC, Segantii Capital Management Ltd, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC and State Street Corp.

RYAAY stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Trinity Street Asset Management LLP, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Adelphi Capital LLP, Metropolis Capital Ltd, Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd, Comgest Global Investors S.A.S. and Voloridge Investment Management LLC.

Shares of RYAAY 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of RYAAY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.48.

Ryanair has a market capitalization of $19.01 billion and generates $8.91 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $1.02 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.14 on an earnings per share basis. Ryanair employs 16,840 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ryanair.

The official website for Ryanair is http://www.ryanair.com/.

Ryanair's mailing address is AIRSIDE BUSINESS PARK SWORDS, DUBLIN L2, 10019. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 353-844-4440 or via email at [email protected]