Zacks Research Forecasts Higher Earnings for JetBlue Airways

JetBlue Airways Co. (NASDAQ:JBLU) – Zacks Research upped their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of JetBlue Airways in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, February 11th. Zacks Research analyst M. Basu now anticipates that the transportation company will post earnings of $0.01 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of ($0.01). The consensus estimate for JetBlue Airways’ current full-year earnings is ($0.58) per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for JetBlue Airways’ Q3 2026 earnings at $0.09 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.66 EPS.

JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 28th. The transportation company reported ($0.21) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.42) by $0.21. JetBlue Airways had a negative return on equity of 9.29% and a negative net margin of 8.57%. During the same period last year, the company posted ($0.19) EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also weighed in on the company. UBS Group reduced their price objective on JetBlue Airways from $5.50 to $5.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. StockNews.com raised JetBlue Airways to a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Morgan Stanley reissued an “equal weight” rating and set a $8.00 price target on shares of JetBlue Airways in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. Susquehanna reduced their price target on JetBlue Airways from $8.00 to $6.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Barclays boosted their price target on JetBlue Airways from $5.00 to $7.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, JetBlue Airways presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $6.51.

JetBlue Airways Stock Performance

NASDAQ JBLU opened at $6.68 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.32 billion, a P/E ratio of -2.85 and a beta of 1.83. JetBlue Airways has a 1-year low of $4.49 and a 1-year high of $8.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.98, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 1.18. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $7.24 and its 200-day simple moving average is $6.45.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On JetBlue Airways

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of JetBlue Airways by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 32,410,772 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $254,749,000 after acquiring an additional 121,267 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC increased its holdings in shares of JetBlue Airways by 14,595.7% in the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 16,599,279 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $130,470,000 after acquiring an additional 16,486,326 shares during the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. increased its holdings in shares of JetBlue Airways by 8.4% in the 4th quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 8,771,993 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $68,948,000 after acquiring an additional 678,891 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of JetBlue Airways by 18.8% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 6,725,671 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $52,864,000 after acquiring an additional 1,063,929 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of JetBlue Airways by 88.2% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 5,513,751 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $36,170,000 after acquiring an additional 2,584,350 shares during the last quarter. 83.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Nik Mittal purchased 100,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 4th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $6.14 per share, for a total transaction of $614,000.00. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 116,443 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $714,960.02. The trade was a 608.16 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 1.18% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.