Analysts Issue Forecasts for JetBlue Airways Q1 Earnings

JetBlue Airways Co. (NASDAQ:JBLU - Free Report) - Research analysts at Zacks Research issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for JetBlue Airways in a research report issued on Monday, October 21st. Zacks Research analyst M. Basu forecasts that the transportation company will post earnings per share of $0.01 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for JetBlue Airways' current full-year earnings is ($0.91) per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for JetBlue Airways' Q2 2026 earnings at $0.16 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently commented on the company. Citigroup boosted their target price on JetBlue Airways from $6.00 to $7.75 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday. Bank of America raised shares of JetBlue Airways from an "underperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and increased their price objective for the company from $3.00 to $6.00 in a research report on Monday, September 9th. Evercore ISI lifted their target price on shares of JetBlue Airways from $4.00 to $5.00 and gave the stock an "in-line" rating in a report on Thursday, October 3rd. TD Cowen increased their price target on shares of JetBlue Airways from $5.00 to $6.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, September 6th. Finally, Susquehanna boosted their price objective on shares of JetBlue Airways from $6.00 to $7.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, JetBlue Airways has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $5.98.

JetBlue Airways Stock Down 2.5 %

Shares of JetBlue Airways stock traded down $0.19 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $7.37. The company's stock had a trading volume of 18,453,104 shares, compared to its average volume of 15,374,460. JetBlue Airways has a 52 week low of $3.42 and a 52 week high of $8.07. The company has a market capitalization of $2.51 billion, a PE ratio of -2.98 and a beta of 1.92. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $5.92 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $5.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.86, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a current ratio of 0.54.

JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July 30th. The transportation company reported $0.08 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.18) by $0.26. JetBlue Airways had a negative return on equity of 10.29% and a negative net margin of 10.18%. The firm had revenue of $2.40 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.40 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.45 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 8.0% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of JBLU. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in JetBlue Airways by 397.9% in the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 82,623 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $542,000 after purchasing an additional 66,028 shares during the period. Jade Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in JetBlue Airways by 800.0% in the third quarter. Jade Capital Advisors LLC now owns 450,000 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $2,952,000 after buying an additional 400,000 shares in the last quarter. Resonant Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of JetBlue Airways in the third quarter worth about $67,000. Creative Planning raised its stake in shares of JetBlue Airways by 14.1% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 95,947 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $629,000 after buying an additional 11,885 shares during the period. Finally, CWM LLC lifted its position in shares of JetBlue Airways by 45.9% during the 3rd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 45,731 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $300,000 after buying an additional 14,383 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 83.71% of the company's stock.

JetBlue Airways Company Profile

JetBlue Airways Corporation provides air transportation services. The company operates a fleet of Airbus A321, Airbus A220, Airbus A321neo, Airbus A320 Restyled, Airbus A320, Airbus A321 with Mint, Airbus A321neo with Mint, Airbus A321neoLR with Mint, and Embraer E190 aircraft. It also serves 100 destinations across the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America, Canada, and Europe.