WestJet Airlines Company Profile (TSE:WJA)

About WestJet Airlines

WestJet Airlines Ltd. is a Canada-based airline company that offers airline services and vacation packages. The Company operates WestJet Vacations, which provide air, hotel, car and excursion packages, and WestJet Encore, which is a regional airline that operates a fleet of turboprop aircraft in a network of destinations in Canada and over one destination in the United States. The Company's airline offers scheduled service to over 100 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean and Europe with its fleet of approximately 110 Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft, over 20 Bombardier Q400 aircraft and approximately two wide-body Boeing 767-300ERW aircraft. The Company serves over 160 destinations. Its destinations include the United States destination; service to over five new sun destinations, and the United Kingdom. The Company has a fleet of approximately 140 aircraft. It has approximately 40 Boeing 737 aircraft under operating leases.

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Exchange: TSE
Symbol: WJA
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Key Metrics:

Previous Close: $23.66
50 Day Moving Average: $24.00
200 Day Moving Average: $22.03
52-Week Range: C$119,871,000.00 - C$14.67
Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.04
P/E Growth: -1.19
Market Cap: $2.84B
Outstanding Shares: 119,871,000

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Consensus Ratings for WestJet Airlines (TSE:WJA) (?)

Ratings Breakdown:	2 Sell Ratings, 6 Hold Ratings, 6 Buy Ratings
Consensus Rating:	Hold (Score: 2.29)
Consensus Price Target:	C$22.33

Analysts' Ratings History for WestJet Airlines (TSE:WJA)

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Date	Firm	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/12/2016	Scotiabank	Set Price Target	Outperform	C$28.00
7/27/2016	TD Securities	Boost Price Target	Buy	C$27.00 -> C$29.00
7/22/2016	Raymond James Financial Inc.	Boost Price Target		C$20.50 -> C$22.25
7/22/2016	Macquarie	Upgrade	Neutral -> Outperform	C$21.00 -> C$26.00
7/21/2016	AltaCorp Capital	Lower Price Target		C$23.00 -> C$21.00
7/19/2016	National Bank Financial	Boost Price Target		C$23.00 -> C$24.00
7/11/2016	Beacon Securities	Upgrade	Hold -> Buy
6/28/2016	Canaccord Genuity	Initiated Coverage	Hold	C$21.00
5/4/2016	Paradigm Capital	Downgrade	Buy -> Hold	C$23.00 -> C$20.00
5/4/2016	CIBC	Boost Price Target		C$22.00 -> C$23.00
5/4/2016	Royal Bank Of Canada	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform	C$18.00 -> C$20.00
4/12/2016	BMO Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	C$22.00
4/12/2016	Bank of America Corp.	Reiterated Rating	Underperform	C$16.00
2/3/2016	Cowen and Company	Downgrade	Outperform -> Underperform	C$27.00 -> C$18.00

(Data available from 9/25/2014 forward)

Earnings History for WestJet Airlines (TSE:WJA)

Date	Quarter	Consensus Estimate	Actual EPS	Release Link	Conference Call
11/1/2016
7/28/2015	Q2	$0.48	$0.49	View	Listen
7/30/2014		$0.28	$0.40	View	N/A
5/7/2014		$0.64	$0.69	View	N/A

(Data available from 1/1/2011 forward)

Earnings Estimates for WestJet Airlines (TSE:WJA)

Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $1.90 EPS

Quarter	Number of Estimates	Low Estimate	High Estimate	Average Estimate
Q1 2016	3	$0.64	$0.67	$0.66
Q2 2016	3	$0.18	$0.29	$0.24
Q3 2016	3	$0.87	$0.89	$0.88
Q4 2016	2	$0.52	$0.60	$0.56
Q1 2017	1	$0.71	$0.71	$0.71
Q2 2017	1	$0.28	$0.28	$0.28
Q3 2017	1	$0.95	$0.95	$0.95
Q4 2017	1	$0.76	$0.76	$0.76

(Data provided by Zacks Investment Research)

Dividend History for WestJet Airlines (TSE:WJA)

Announced	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/12/2016	Quarterly	C$0.14	2.35%	9/12/2016	9/30/2016	9/30/2016
6/13/2016	Quarterly	C$0.14	2.38%	6/13/2016	6/30/2016	6/30/2016
3/14/2016	Quarterly	C$0.14	2.89%	3/14/2016	3/31/2016	3/31/2016
12/14/2015	Quarterly	C$0.14	2.81%	12/14/2015	12/31/2015	12/31/2015
9/14/2015	Quarterly	C$0.14	2.33%	9/14/2015	9/30/2015	9/30/2015
5/5/2015	Quarterly	C$0.12	2.11%	6/15/2015	6/17/2015	6/30/2015
2/2/2015	Quarterly	C$0.11	1.91%	3/16/2015	3/18/2015	3/31/2015
11/4/2014	quarterly	C$0.12	1.4%	12/15/2014	12/17/2014	12/31/2014
7/29/2014	quarterly	C$0.12	1.56%	9/15/2014	9/17/2014	9/30/2014
5/6/2014	quarterly	C$0.12	1.87%	6/16/2014	6/18/2014	6/30/2014
2/3/2014	Quarterly	C$0.11	1.89%	3/17/2014	3/19/2014	3/31/2014
11/4/2013		C$0.10		12/16/2013	12/18/2013	12/31/2013
11/5/2013	quarterly	C$0.10	1.4%	12/16/2013	12/18/2013	12/31/2013
7/30/2013	quarterly	C$0.10			9/18/2013	9/30/2013
5/7/2013	quarterly	C$0.10			6/12/2013	6/28/2013
2/6/2013	quarterly	C$0.10			3/13/2013	3/28/2013

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Insider Trading History for WestJet Airlines (TSE:WJA)

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction
12/8/2015	Edward Stuart Baklor	Insider	Sell	1,000	C$20.29	C$20,290.00
11/4/2015	Robert Cummings	Insider	Sell	1,800	C$23.74	C$42,732.00
9/15/2015	Robert Cummings	Insider	Sell	1,000	C$23.87	C$23,870.00
6/15/2015	Robert Cummings	Insider	Sell	1,200	C$26.57	C$31,884.00
5/28/2015	Gregg Albert Saretsky	Insider	Sell	3,293	C$26.48	C$87,196.66
3/13/2015	Ferio Pugliese	Insider	Sell	20,000	C$28.81	C$576,228.00
3/12/2015	Janice Gaye Rennie	Director	Buy	1,000	C$28.64	C$28,640.00
3/9/2015	Clive Beddoe	Insider	Sell	17,400	C$30.06	C$523,044.00
3/6/2015	Clive Beddoe	Insider	Sell	29,000	C$30.14	C$874,060.00
12/10/2014	Gregg Albert Saretsky	Insider	Sell	25,000	C$34.23	C$855,770.00
12/3/2014	Vito Culmone	Insider	Sell	10,000	C$34.42	C$344,200.00
11/17/2014	Clive Beddoe	Insider	Sell	85,200	C$31.00	C$2,641,200.00

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Latest Headlines for WestJet Airlines (TSE:WJA)

Date	Headline
	CIBC Institutional Investor Conference: WestJet Says Revenue Management System Now More "Aggressive" As It Sees ... - Post News (TSE:WJA) www.kentuckypostnews.com - September 24 at 7:08 PM
	WestJet signs deal with Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News (TSE:WJA) www.cp24.com - September 24 at 7:08 PM
	WestJet signs deal with Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines (TSE:WJA) www.cp24.com - September 23 at 7:25 PM
	Investing in what you know - Castanet.net (TSE:WJA) www.castanet.net - September 22 at 7:42 PM
	WestJet signs code-share deal with Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines - Calgary Herald (TSE:WJA) www.calgaryherald.com - September 22 at 7:42 PM
	WestJet, Hainan Airlines announce code-share (TSE:WJA) www.publicnow.com - September 22 at 7:42 PM
	WestJet Airlines : reaches deal to fly Suncor employees to Northern Alberta oilsands operations (TSE:WJA) www.4-traders.com - September 21 at 7:37 PM
	WestJet cites low demand as it clips wings on Brandon-Toronto ... - Times Colonist (TSE:WJA) www.timescolonist.com - September 21 at 11:56 AM
	WestJet reaches deal to fly Suncor employees to Northern Alberta oilsands operations - CTV News (TSE:WJA) www.ctvnews.ca - September 21 at 11:56 AM
	WestJet, Suncor announce multi-year deal to fly employees to Northern Alberta oilsands - Globalnews.ca (TSE:WJA) globalnews.ca - September 21 at 11:56 AM
	WestJet Airlines Ltd. (WJA) Plans Quarterly Dividend of C$0.14 - DailyQuint (TSE:WJA) dailyquint.com - September 21 at 11:56 AM
	WestJet signs multi-year contract with Suncor (TSE:WJA) www.publicnow.com - September 21 at 11:56 AM
	WestJet cites low demand as it clips wings on Brandon-Toronto service - 570 News (TSE:WJA) www.570news.com - September 20 at 5:37 AM
	Is WestJet Airlines Ltd. a Smart Buy? - The Motley Fool Canada (TSE:WJA) www.fool.ca - September 20 at 5:37 AM
	Is WestJet Airlines Ltd. a Smart Buy? (TSE:WJA) www.fool.ca - September 19 at 7:58 PM
	WestJet Airlines Ltd. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bearish Manner : WJA-CA : September 19, 2016 (TSE:WJA) www.capitalcube.com - September 19 at 7:58 PM
	WestJet to present at the CIBC 15th Annual Eastern Institutional Investor Conference (TSE:WJA) www.publicnow.com - September 15 at 11:53 AM
	After Today's Huge Increase, Is WestJet Airlines Ltd.'s Near-Term Analysis Positive? - Frisco Fastball (TSE:WJA) friscofastball.com - September 14 at 8:19 PM
	ETF’s with exposure to WestJet Airlines Ltd. : September 14, 2016 (TSE:WJA) www.capitalcube.com - September 14 at 12:29 PM
	WestJet reports August load factor of 86.5 per cent (TSE:WJA) www.publicnow.com - September 12 at 7:34 PM
	Can These New Airlines Bring Canada’s Sky-High Fares Back to Earth? (TSE:WJA) www.bloomberg.com - September 12 at 6:31 AM
	UK-Canada WestJet plane declares emergency, lands in Iceland (TSE:WJA) sg.finance.yahoo.com - September 10 at 7:06 PM
	Media Advisory - WestJet to present at the Cowen and Company 9th Annual Global Transportation Conference (TSE:WJA) finance.yahoo.com - September 1 at 11:27 AM
	Four for four - MoneySense magazine ranks WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard top travel rewards card for the fourth consecutive year (TSE:WJA) finance.yahoo.com - August 30 at 11:32 AM
	Westjet Airlines: A Rare Airline Dividend (TSE:WJA) www.baystreet.ca - August 25 at 8:31 PM
	Canadian Carriers Appear Set to Join U.S. Air-Safety Program (TSE:WJA) www.advfn.com - August 25 at 8:31 PM
	WestJet launches its status match to gold (TSE:WJA) www.publicnow.com - August 25 at 6:34 AM
	WestJet Airlines : Review says WestJet should update its workplace harassment policies (TSE:WJA) www.4-traders.com - August 18 at 8:29 PM
	WestJet announces release of EY report (TSE:WJA) www.publicnow.com - August 18 at 8:29 PM
	WestJet reports July load factor of 85.2 per cent (TSE:WJA) www.publicnow.com - August 10 at 11:32 AM
	WestJet adds Belize to list of sun destinations (TSE:WJA) www.publicnow.com - August 8 at 8:29 PM
	ETF’s with exposure to WestJet Airlines Ltd. : August 2, 2016 (TSE:WJA) www.capitalcube.com - August 2 at 8:41 PM
	Interview with the EVP, Finance and CFO: WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSE:WJA) (TSE:WJA) www.twst.com - July 30 at 7:24 PM
	Interview with the EVP, Finance and CFO: WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSE ... - The Wall Street Transcript (TSE:WJA) www.twst.com - July 29 at 8:34 PM
	Why WestJet Airlines Ltd. Is up 1% Today - The Motley Fool Canada (TSE:WJA) www.fool.ca - July 27 at 8:45 PM
	WestJet Airlines : Christopher Burley is appointed Vice Chair of WestJet's Board of Directors (TSE:WJA) www.4-traders.com - July 27 at 11:29 AM
	Edited Transcript of WJA.TO earnings conference call or presentation 26-Jul-16 3:00pm GMT (TSE:WJA) finance.yahoo.com - July 26 at 7:19 PM
	WestJet Airlines' profit plunges 40.5 percent as costs rise (TSE:WJA) www.msn.com - July 26 at 11:51 AM
	Why WestJet Airlines Ltd. Is up 1% Today (TSE:WJA) www.fool.ca - July 26 at 11:51 AM
	WestJet profit beats as passenger traffic rises, fuel costs fall (TSE:WJA) ca.reuters.com - July 26 at 11:51 AM
	WestJet Airlines profit beats estimates as fuel costs fall (TSE:WJA) finance.yahoo.com - July 26 at 11:21 AM
	CANADA STOCKS-TSX's gold miners, banks help index gain (TSE:WJA) finance.yahoo.com - July 26 at 10:18 AM
	Christopher Burley is appointed Vice Chair of WestJet's Board of Directors (TSE:WJA) www.publicnow.com - July 26 at 9:18 AM
	WestJet adds more flights for Canadians (TSE:WJA) www.publicnow.com - July 25 at 12:18 PM
	Altacorp Capital issued a report on (TSE:WJA) Westjet Airlines Ltd., dropping its target price to $21 today - Breaking Finance News (TSE:WJA) breakingfinancenews.com - July 25 at 6:25 AM
	Altacorp Capital issued a report on (TSE:WJA) Westjet Airlines Ltd., dropping its target price to $21 today (TSE:WJA) breakingfinancenews.com - July 24 at 7:43 PM
	Macquarie Research recorded (TSE:WJA) Westjet Airlines Ltd., bumping its target price to $26 today - Breaking Finance News (TSE:WJA) breakingfinancenews.com - July 23 at 7:31 PM
	Were Analysts Bearish WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSE:WJA) This Week? - Consumer Eagle (TSE:WJA) www.consumereagle.com - July 23 at 10:52 AM
	WestJet proud to support National Music Centre program (TSE:WJA) www.publicnow.com - July 22 at 1:18 PM
	WestJet Airlines Ltd. Declines A lot Today, Is Now One of The Worst Performer - Consumer Eagle (TSE:WJA) www.consumereagle.com - July 21 at 11:06 AM