NASDAQ:SKYWSkyWest Stock Price, Forecast & News

SkyWest's stock was trading at $35.73 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SKYW stock has decreased by 4.6% and is now trading at $34.07. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SkyWest in the last year. There are currently 8 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for SkyWest.

SkyWest is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for SkyWest.

SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKYW) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 7th. The transportation company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.32. The transportation company had revenue of $729.94 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $700.10 million. SkyWest had a return on equity of 13.26% and a net margin of 9.47%. SkyWest's revenue was up .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.33 earnings per share. View SkyWest's earnings history.

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 1.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 30th. This is a positive change from SkyWest's previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. View SkyWest's dividend history.

9 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for SkyWest's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect SkyWest's stock price to reach $58.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 71.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for SkyWest.

News headlines about SKYW stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. SkyWest earned a daily sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news 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 company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutSkyWest.

SkyWest saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,250,000 shares, an increase of 35.0% from the April 15th total of 925,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 744,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 2.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View SkyWest's Current Options Chain.

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

SkyWest's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.87%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (4.36%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (4.03%), State Street Corp (3.40%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.70%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.70%). Company insiders that own SkyWest stock include Eric Woodward, Jerry C Atkin, Michael B Thompson, Robert J Simmons, Russell A Childs, Terry Vais, W Steve Albrecht 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 Soltis Investment Advisors LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, BlackRock Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Par Capital Management Inc., and Morgan Stanley. 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 activity for SkyWest.

SKYW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., U S Global Investors Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Squarepoint Ops LLC, State Street Corp, THB Asset Management, Consolidated Capital Management LLC, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Company insiders that have bought SkyWest stock in the last two years include Jerry C Atkin, Robert J Simmons, and W Steve Albrecht. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $34.07.

SkyWest has a market capitalization of $1.71 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 13,700 workers across the globe.

The official website for SkyWest is 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]