Spirit Airlines Shares Down 41.8% Since March: Here's Why
Zacks Investment Research | Sep 23, 2020 05:39AM ET
Spirit Airlines (NYSE:SAVE), Inc.‘s industry ’s 24.6% decline.
Like other airlines, Spirit Airlines is reeling under the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The demand scenario, which started deteriorating in late January, began to worsen in mid-March.
Due to declining passenger revenues (down 51.7% in first-half 2020), the carrier reported wider-than-expected loss in each of the two quarters of 2020. With traffic plunge outpacing the capacity reduction, load factor (percentage of seats filled by passengers) tanked 14.4 percentage points during the first half of 2020.
Due to an unprecedented drop in passenger demand, the company’s April and May capacity was lowered by approximately 75% and 95%, respectively. The same for June fell approximately 95%. For the third quarter, capacity is expected to drop approximately 32% year over year.
Notably, due to capacity cuts, unit costs are increasing substantially. Evidently, in second quarter 2020, cost per available seat mile (CASM) excluding operating special items and fuel, escalated more than 100%.
h3 Unfavorable Estimate Revisions/h3Thanks to deteriorating demand and uncertain economic conditions ahead, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year bottom line has widened to a loss of $8.55 from a loss of $7.44 in the past 60 days.
h3 Zacks Rank & Stocks to Consider/h3Spirit Airlines currently carries a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell).
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