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 paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Monday, April 6th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.06%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 30th. This is a boost from SkyWest's previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. View SkyWest's Dividend History.

SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKYW) released its earnings results on Thursday, January, 30th. The transportation company reported $1.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.41 by $0.02. The transportation company had revenue of $743.59 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $737.39 million. SkyWest had a return on equity of 15.39% and a net margin of 11.44%. SkyWest's revenue was down 7.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.28 earnings per share. 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 brokerages 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 39.0% 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 coverage about SKYW stock has been trending very negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. SkyWest earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company'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 daily volume of 230,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View SkyWest's Current Options Chain.

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SkyWest's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail 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 purchased 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 $52.84.

SkyWest has a market capitalization of $2.67 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.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]