Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion (VLRS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V., operating under the Volaris brand, is a Mexican ultra-low-cost airline. The company provides scheduled passenger air transportation, along with ancillary services such as baggage, seat selection and other travel-related offerings.

Volaris began operations in 2006 and serves a broad network of destinations in Mexico, the United States, and Central America. Its business model emphasizes affordable base fares, high aircraft utilization and the separate sale of optional services.

Controladora Vuela is headquartered in Mexico City and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol VLRS. Enrique Beltranena, who helped establish Volaris, has served as the company's chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $7.03 to $7.55
• 50-Day Range: $5.57 to $7.41
• 52-Week Range: $5.45 to $10.80
• Volume: 1.20 million shs
• Average Volume: 882,561 shs
• Market Capitalization: $864.24 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $9.40
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion scored higher than 66% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 335th out of 656 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion has a consensus price target of $9.40, representing about 26.8% upside from its current price of $7.41.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($2.40) to ($0.71) per share.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion has a P/B Ratio of 20.59. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.76% of the float of Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.14, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion has recently decreased by 5.10%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.54

News Sentiment

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion has a news sentiment score of 0.54. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.51% of the stock of Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

53.32% of the stock of Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/26/2026
• Today: 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Passenger Airlines
• Sub-Industry: Passenger Airlines
• Current Symbol: NYSE:VLRS
• CIK: 1520504
• Web: www.volaris.com
• Phone: 525552616400
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 7,098
• Year Founded: 2005

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion: $9.40
• High Price Target: $11.20
• Low Price Target: $7.40
• Potential Upside/Downside: +26.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($1.92)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$103.87 million
• Net Margins: -6.20%
• Pretax Margin: -7.87%
• Return on Equity: -151.52%
• Return on Assets: -3.83%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 10.31
• Current Ratio: 0.67
• Quick Ratio: 0.66

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.04 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.28
• Cash Flow: $5.08 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.46
• Book Value: $0.36 per share
• Price / Book: 20.59

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 116,600,000
• Free Float: 113,671,000
• Market Cap: $864.24 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.94