Jetblue Airways Corp (NASDAQ: JBLU) is -35.88% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $3.34 and a high of $8.31 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The JBLU stock was last observed hovering at around $4.97 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.07%.
Currently trading at $5.04, the stock is -0.09% and 11.46% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 20.55 million and changing 1.41% at the moment leaves the stock -15.93% off its SMA200. JBLU registered -8.20% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -21.50%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $4.5218 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $5.99495.
The stock witnessed a 3.28% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.27%, and is -3.26% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.49% over the week and 3.54% over the month.
Profit margin for the company is -3.12%. Distance from 52-week low is 50.90% and -39.35% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-2.52%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -126.62% this year.
Jetblue Airways Corp (JBLU) Top Institutional Holders
427.0 institutions hold shares in Jetblue Airways Corp (JBLU), with institutional investors hold 99.66% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 354.00M, and float is at 283.63M with Short Float at 23.13%. Institutions hold 89.36% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 55.28 million shares valued at $336.68 million. The investor’s holdings represent 16.0197% of the JBLU Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 35.83 million shares valued at $218.22 million to account for 10.3831 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 17.88 million shares representing 5.1806% and valued at over $108.87 million, while ICAHN CARL C holds 5.1368 of the shares totaling 17.73 million with a market value of $107.96 million.
Jetblue Airways Corp (JBLU) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Hurley Ursula L, the company’s Chief Financial Officer. SEC filings show that Hurley Ursula L sold 15,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 18 ’25 at a price of $7.50 per share for a total of $0.11 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 41833.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 04 ’25, Mittal Nik (Director) acquired 100,000 shares at an average price of $6.14 for $0.61 million. The insider now directly holds 116,443 shares of Jetblue Airways Corp (JBLU).
