Jetblue Airways Corp (NASDAQ: JBLU) is -27.68% 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 $4.3 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.01%.
Currently trading at $4.31, the stock is -2.26% and -7.41% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 17.3 million and changing 0.23% at the moment leaves the stock -27.06% off its SMA200. JBLU registered -45.17% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -42.38%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $4.6548 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $5.9088.
The stock witnessed a -11.68% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 9.39%, and is 1.89% up 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 4.97% over the week and 4.87% over the month.
Profit margin for the company is -3.12%. Distance from 52-week low is 29.04% and -48.13% 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 -154.02% this year.
Jetblue Airways Corp (JBLU) Top Institutional Holders
425.0 institutions hold shares in Jetblue Airways Corp (JBLU), with institutional investors hold 99.50% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 354.00M, and float is at 283.63M with Short Float at 19.64%. Institutions hold 89.22% 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’sChief 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).
