Brokers Offer Predictions for Azul’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:AZUL)

Azul S.A. (NYSE:AZUL) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Azul in a research note issued on Monday, March 10th. Zacks Research analyst S. Goswami now forecasts that the company will earn ($0.25) per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of ($0.26). The consensus estimate for Azul’s current full-year earnings is ($1.58) per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Azul’s Q2 2025 earnings at ($0.40) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.10 EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($0.45) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.26) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.09) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.06 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.41 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.12 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently commented on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price objective on shares of Azul from $3.10 to $2.70 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Raymond James dropped their target price on shares of Azul from $6.00 to $5.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn cut shares of Azul from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Azul presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $5.40.

Azul Stock Performance

NYSE:AZUL opened at $1.76 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $2.03 and a 200-day moving average of $2.45. The company has a market capitalization of $739.86 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.25 and a beta of 1.98. Azul has a 52 week low of $1.57 and a 52 week high of $8.73.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Azul

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Two Sigma Investments LP grew its position in shares of Azul by 17.1% during the 4th quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 191,019 shares of the company’s stock worth $319,000 after buying an additional 27,949 shares during the period. Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda grew its position in shares of Azul by 505.4% during the 4th quarter. Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda now owns 538,861 shares of the company’s stock worth $900,000 after buying an additional 449,855 shares during the period. Two Sigma Securities LLC grew its position in shares of Azul by 44.6% during the 4th quarter. Two Sigma Securities LLC now owns 29,311 shares of the company’s stock worth $49,000 after buying an additional 9,038 shares during the period. Long Focus Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Azul by 18.0% during the 4th quarter. Long Focus Capital Management LLC now owns 5,932,943 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,908,000 after buying an additional 905,463 shares during the period. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP acquired a new stake in shares of Azul during the 4th quarter worth approximately $87,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 0.82% of the company’s stock.

Azul Company Profile

Azul SA, together with its subsidiaries, provides air transportation services in Brazil and internationally. As of December 31, 2023, the company operated approximately 1,000 daily departures to 160 destinations through a network of 300 non-stop routes with an operating fleet of 183 aircraft and a passenger contractual fleet of 189 aircraft.