NASDAQ:SKYW - SkyWest Stock Price, Forecast & News

SkyWest trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SKYW."

SkyWest announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Monday, April 6th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.99%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 30th. This is an increase from SkyWest's previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. View SkyWest's Dividend History.

SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKYW) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 30th. The transportation company reported $1.43 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.41 by $0.02. The transportation company earned $743.59 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $737.39 million. SkyWest had a net margin of 11.44% and a return on equity of 15.39%. The business's revenue was down 7.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.28 EPS. View SkyWest's Earnings History.

SkyWest is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for SkyWest.

7 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for SkyWest's shares. Their forecasts range from $68.00 to $78.00. On average, they expect SkyWest's share price to reach $73.43 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for SkyWest.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SkyWest in the last year. There are currently 6 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for SkyWest.

News articles about SKYW stock have been trending neutral on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. SkyWest earned a coverage optimism score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for SkyWest.

SkyWest saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 842,400 shares, an increase of 19.5% from the January 15th total of 705,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 230,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View SkyWest's Current Options Chain.

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SkyWest's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (4.01%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.53%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.24%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.24%), State Street Corp (3.13%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.51%). Company insiders that own SkyWest stock include Eric Woodward, Jerry C Atkin, Michael B Thompson, Robert J Simmons, Russell A Childs, Terry Vais and Wade J Steel. View Institutional Ownership Trends for SkyWest.

SKYW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Nicholas Investment Partners LP, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Man Group plc, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc. and SG Americas Securities LLC. Company insiders that have sold SkyWest company stock in the last year include Jerry C Atkin, Michael B Thompson, Robert J Simmons, Russell A Childs and Wade J Steel. View Insider Buying and Selling for SkyWest.

SKYW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Soltis Investment Advisors LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., FMR LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, UBS Group AG and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for SkyWest.

Shares of SKYW 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 SKYW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $56.80.

SkyWest has a market capitalization of $2.86 billion and generates $2.97 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $340.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.25 on an earnings per share basis. SkyWest employs 15,900 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About SkyWest.

The official website for SkyWest is http://inc.skywest.com/.

SkyWest's mailing address is 444 South River Road, St. George UT, 84790. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 435-634-3000 or via email at [email protected]