NASDAQ:SKYW - SkyWest Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

SkyWest declared 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 yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 30th. View SkyWest's Dividend History.

SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKYW) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The transportation company reported $1.79 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.74 by $0.05. The transportation company earned $760.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $752.93 million. SkyWest had a net margin of 11.04% and a return on equity of 15.52%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $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 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.1% 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.

Media headlines about SKYW stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog 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 coverage optimism score of -1.4 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 media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for SkyWest.

SkyWest saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 705,200 shares, an increase of 18.8% from the December 31st total of 593,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 226,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.1 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's stock are sold short. View SkyWest's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to SkyWest include Delta Air Lines (DAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), United Continental (UAL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Copa (CPA), Spirit Airlines (SAVE), Allegiant Travel (ALGT) and Hawaiian (HA).

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SkyWest's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.76%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.27%), James Investment Research Inc. (0.15%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.10%), Strs Ohio (0.04%) and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.04%). 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 Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Harbour Capital Advisors 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including James Investment Research Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Strs Ohio, 6 Meridian and Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC. 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 $63.54.

SkyWest has a market capitalization of $3.20 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]