NASDAQ:SKYW - SkyWest Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

SkyWest announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Tuesday, January 7th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 30th. View SkyWest's Dividend History.

SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKYW) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The transportation company reported $1.79 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.74 by $0.05. The transportation company earned $760.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $752.93 million. SkyWest had a return on equity of 15.52% and a net margin of 11.04%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.57 earnings per share. View SkyWest's Earnings History.

SkyWest is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for SkyWest.

SkyWest will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

5 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for SkyWest's stock. Their forecasts range from $64.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate SkyWest's stock price to reach $70.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for SkyWest.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SkyWest in the last year. There are currently 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for SkyWest.

News headlines about SKYW stock have trended positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. SkyWest earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for SkyWest.

SkyWest saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 705,200 shares, an increase of 18.8% from the December 15th total of 593,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 223,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's stock are sold short. View SkyWest's Current Options Chain.

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SkyWest's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.76%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.10%), Hanson & Doremus Investment Management (0.02%) and 6 Meridian (0.01%). 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 Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC and Hanson & Doremus Investment Management. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue and 6 Meridian. 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 $65.74.

SkyWest has a market capitalization of $3.31 billion and generates $3.22 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $280.37 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.30 on an earnings per share basis. SkyWest employs 15,900 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]