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. Since then, SKYW stock has decreased by 21.6% and is now trading at $28.02.
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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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The transportation company reported ($0.51) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.02) by $0.49. The transportation company had revenue of $350.04 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 4th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.00%. 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.
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9 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for SkyWest's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate SkyWest's share price to reach $57.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 106.5% from the stock's current price.
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Headlines about SKYW stock have been trending somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. SkyWest earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.
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SkyWest saw a decrease in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,330,000 shares, a decrease of 7.0% from the June 30th total of 1,430,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 697,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 2.7% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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SkyWest trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SKYW."

SkyWest's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (1.07%), Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH (0.69%), Prudential PLC (0.49%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.27%), Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. (0.25%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.15%). 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 WINTON GROUP Ltd, Consolidated Capital Management LLC, Vident Investment Advisory LLC, Vident Investment Advisory LLC, Texas Permanent School Fund, Hanson & Doremus Investment Management, Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC, and New York State Teachers Retirement System. 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 bought 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, First Trust Advisors LP, UBS Group AG, and SG Americas Securities LLC. 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 $28.02.

SkyWest has a market capitalization of $1.40 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]