easyJet (ESYJY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

easyJet plc is a British low-cost airline group headquartered at London Luton Airport. The company operates scheduled passenger flights under the easyJet brand, connecting airports across the United Kingdom and Europe with destinations in the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East. Its services emphasize affordable fares, point-to-point routes and a range of optional travel services.

Founded in 1995 by entrepreneur Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, easyJet began operations with flights from London Luton to Glasgow and Edinburgh. The group has since expanded its network through a fleet of Airbus aircraft and airline operations based in the United Kingdom, continental Europe and Switzerland.

In addition to its airline business, easyJet operates easyJet holidays, which offers package holidays combining flights with hotel accommodations and other travel arrangements. The group is led by Chief Executive Officer Kenton Jarvis and chaired by Stephen Hester.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $8.89 to $8.93
• 50-Day Range: $7.73 to $9.17
• 52-Week Range: $4.57 to $9.25
• Volume: 2,226 shs
• Average Volume: 22,688 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 1.97
• Dividend Yield: 19.50%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

easyJet Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

easyJet scored higher than 24% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

easyJet has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.89, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 6 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

easyJet has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of easyJet is 1.97, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.77.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of easyJet is 1.97, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.22.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

easyJet has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.05, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in easyJet has recently increased by 172.43%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

easyJet pays a meaningful dividend of 2.60%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

easyJet does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of easyJet is 38.46%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.41

News Sentiment

easyJet has a news sentiment score of 0.41. 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 is a lower news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for easyJet this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, easyJet insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.01% of the stock of easyJet is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Passenger Airlines
• Sub-Industry: Passenger Airlines
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:ESYJY
• CIK: 1470419
• Web: www.easyjet.com
• Phone: 448431045000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 16,697
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 1.97
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: N/A
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: N/A
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A