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. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. View SkyWest's Dividend History.

SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKYW) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The transportation company reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.74 by $0.05. The transportation company had revenue of $760.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $752.93 million. SkyWest had a net margin of 11.04% and a return on equity of 15.52%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.57 EPS. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for SkyWest's stock. Their forecasts range from $64.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect SkyWest's stock price to reach $70.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.6% 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 stories about SKYW stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news 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 negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. SkyWest earned a news impact score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely 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 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. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.76%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.10%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), Hanson & Doremus Investment Management (0.02%), Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC (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 Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, 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, 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 $66.20.

SkyWest has a market capitalization of $3.34 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]