NASDAQ:SKYW - SkyWest Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

SkyWest declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 8th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 28th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Thursday, October 4th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 27th. View SkyWest's Dividend History.

SkyWest announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Friday, April 7th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKYW) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 26th. The transportation company reported $1.43 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.20. The transportation company earned $805.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $795.19 million. SkyWest had a return on equity of 13.20% and a net margin of 14.73%. SkyWest's revenue was up 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.95 earnings per share. View SkyWest's Earnings History.

SkyWest is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for SkyWest.

3 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for SkyWest's shares. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate SkyWest's stock price to reach $62.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for SkyWest.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SkyWest in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for SkyWest.

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News headlines about SKYW stock have been trending positive recently, according to Accern. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. SkyWest earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.26 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the transportation company an impact score of 47.62 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for SkyWest.

SkyWest's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.41%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.15%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (5.59%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (4.15%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.87%) and FMR LLC (2.50%). Company insiders that own SkyWest stock include Eric Woodward, Henry J Eyring, 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 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Piedmont Investment Advisors LLC, LSV Asset Management, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and California Public Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold SkyWest company stock in the last year include Eric Woodward, Henry J Eyring, Jerry C Atkin, Michael B Thompson, Robert J Simmons, Russell A Childs, Terry Vais and Wade J Steel. View Insider Buying and Selling for SkyWest.

SKYW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, James Investment Research Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, MUFG Securities EMEA plc and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SKYW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.10.

SkyWest has a market capitalization of $3.09 billion and generates $3.20 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $428.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.43 on an earnings per share basis. SkyWest employs 16,300 workers across the globe.

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]