NASDAQ:SKYWSkyWest Stock Price, Forecast & News

SkyWest's stock was trading at $35.73 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SKYW stock has decreased by 17.1% and is now trading at $29.62.
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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."
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SkyWest is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKYW) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The transportation company reported ($0.51) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.02) by $0.49. The transportation company earned $350.04 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $352.43 million. SkyWest had a net margin of 6.51% and a return on equity of 7.82%.
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SkyWest declared 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 1.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 30th. This is a boost from SkyWest's previous quarterly dividend of $0.12.
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9 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for SkyWest's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect SkyWest's stock price to reach $57.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 95.4% from the stock's current price.
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News headlines about SKYW stock have been trending very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. SkyWest earned a news sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.
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SkyWest saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,330,000 shares, a decrease of 7.0% from the July 15th total of 1,430,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 697,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 2.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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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 LSV Asset Management (2.05%), Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (1.07%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.06%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.75%), Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH (0.69%) and Prudential PLC (0.49%). 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.
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SKYW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., WINTON GROUP Ltd, Principal Financial Group Inc., State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System, Consolidated Capital Management LLC, Vident Investment Advisory LLC, Vident Investment Advisory LLC, and Texas Permanent School Fund. Company insiders that have sold SkyWest company stock in the last year include Jerry C Atkin, Michael B Thompson, and Wade J Steel.
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SKYW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., Mackay Shields LLC, Denali Advisors LLC, Prudential PLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, and UBS Group AG. Company insiders that have bought SkyWest stock in the last two years include Jerry C Atkin, Robert J Simmons, and W Steve Albrecht.
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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 $29.62.

SkyWest has a market capitalization of $1.49 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]