SkyWest (SKYW) to Release Earnings on Thursday

SkyWest (NASDAQ:SKYW) is projected to release its Q3 2025 results after the market closes on Thursday, October 30th. Analysts expect SkyWest to post earnings of $2.56 per share and revenue of $1.0266 billion for the quarter. Interested persons may review the information on the company’s upcoming Q3 2025 earningreport for the latest details on the call scheduled for Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM ET.

SkyWest Trading Down 2.5%

NASDAQ SKYW opened at $98.62 on Wednesday. SkyWest has a 12 month low of $74.70 and a 12 month high of $135.57. The company has a 50-day moving average of $106.82 and a 200-day moving average of $104.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 0.73 and a quick ratio of 0.63. The company has a market cap of $3.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.03, a P/E/G ratio of 1.00 and a beta of 1.86.

Insider Activity at SkyWest

In other news, CEO Russell A. Childs sold 26,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $116.06, for a total value of $3,017,560.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 404,883 shares in the company, valued at approximately $46,990,720.98. This trade represents a 6.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, VP Greg Wooley sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.83, for a total transaction of $233,660.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 66,737 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,796,883.71. This trade represents a 2.91% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders sold 38,000 shares of company stock worth $4,412,120. Corporate insiders own 1.20% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of SkyWest

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Owl Creek Asset Management L.P. acquired a new stake in SkyWest during the 2nd quarter valued at $9,856,000. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd grew its stake in shares of SkyWest by 40.3% during the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 255,251 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $26,283,000 after acquiring an additional 73,374 shares in the last quarter. Hudson Bay Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of SkyWest during the second quarter valued at about $5,156,000. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of SkyWest by 52.3% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 137,773 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $14,186,000 after acquiring an additional 47,329 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC grew its stake in shares of SkyWest by 43.9% during the second quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC now owns 141,097 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $14,529,000 after acquiring an additional 43,028 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 81.30% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently commented on SKYW shares. Evercore ISI upped their price target on shares of SkyWest from $120.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of SkyWest in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Raymond James Financial upgraded SkyWest from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 1st. Finally, Zacks Research lowered SkyWest from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, October 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $126.75.

About SkyWest

SkyWest, Inc is the holding company for two scheduled passenger airline operations and an aircraft leasing company. SkyWest’s airline companies provide commercial air service in cities throughout North America with nearly 3,000 daily flights carrying more than 53 million passengers annually. SkyWest Airlines operates through partnerships with United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Alaska Airlines.