NASDAQ$JBLU
JetBlue Airways Corp · Q3 2022 earnings
Q3 2022 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
Reported first quarterly adjusted profit since the start of the pandemic.
JetBlue reported GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.18 and adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.21 for the third quarter of 2022. The company reached an important milestone in its recovery by generating its first quarterly adjusted profit since the start of the pandemic.
- Reported GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.18 in the third quarter of 2022 compared to diluted earnings per share of $0.63 in the third quarter of 2019.
- Adjusted diluted earnings per share was $0.21 in the third quarter of 2022 versus adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.59 in the third quarter of 2019.
- GAAP pre-tax income of $105 million in the third quarter of 2022, compared to a pre-tax income of $254 million in the third quarter of 2019.
- JetBlue ended the third quarter of 2022 with approximately $2.3 billion in unrestricted cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments, and long-term marketable securities, or 28% of 2019 revenue.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
JetBlue · Revenue · Quarterly
$2.56B
Revenue by segment
JetBlue · $1.74B total across 2 segments · Q1 2022
- Passenger$1.6B+139.3%92.3%
- Other$133M+111.1%7.7%
Forward guidance
Looking ahead, JetBlue expects its profitability to carry through to another solid quarter of mid-single-digit pre-tax margins in the fourth quarter, and will look to expand on that further in 2023 as it continues to restore its earnings power. For the fourth quarter we expect capacity to be up 1% to 4% year over three, a modest sequential step-up versus the third quarter. For the fourth quarter, we expect unit revenue to increase between 15% and 19% year over three. For the fourth quarter, we are forecasting CASM ex-Fuel to increase 8.5% to 10.5% year over three.
Tailwinds
- Expects profitability to carry through to another solid quarter of mid-single-digit pre-tax margins in the fourth quarter.
- Looks to expand on profitability further in 2023 as it continues to restore its earnings power.
- Expects capacity to be up 1% to 4% year over three in the fourth quarter.
- Sees strong leisure and VFR demand trends continuing in the fourth quarter.
- Confident in the demand backdrop for the year-end holiday peaks.
Headwinds
- Continued fragile aviation ecosystem.
- Taking a cautious approach to operational investments.
- More conservative planning assumptions in place for the summer.
- Forecasting CASM ex-Fuel to increase 8.5% to 10.5% year over three in the fourth quarter.
- Hurricanes negatively impacted CASM ex-Fuel by roughly one point in the third quarter with no impact to the fourth quarter.
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
Avg. return before/after earnings
Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2022
-2.3%
Avg return
Earnings day
-2.7%
Avg return
5 days after
+1.8%
Avg return
30 days after
40%
27 / 68 earnings
Positive
+13.3%
Q1 2020
Best reaction
-25.7%
Q4 2024
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | +1.8% | -1.6% | +8.7% | |
| Q4 2025 | -6.1% | -4.1% | +14.2% | |
| Q3 2025 | -12.3% | -11.0% | -4.2% | |
| Q1 2025 | +2.7% | +17.0% | +24.3% | |
| Q4 2024 | -25.7% | -18.7% | -19.7% | |
| Q3 2024 | -23.1% | -21.2% | -18.6% | |
| Q2 2024 | +8.1% | -6.2% | -15.9% | |
| Q1 2024 | -21.3% | -23.0% | -25.4% | |
| Q4 2023 | -3.5% | +4.4% | +17.8% | |
| Q3 2023 | -12.1% | +4.5% | +5.2% | |
| Q2 2023 | -11.2% | -14.0% | -23.8% | |
| Q1 2023 | +0.9% | +4.7% | +0.1% | |
| Q4 2022 | -5.2% | -4.9% | -3.1% | |
| Q3 2022 | -1.1% | +2.9% | +5.2% | |
| Q2 2022 | +0.0% | +1.0% | -10.4% | |
| Q1 2022 | -14.0% | -15.7% | -18.8% | |
| Q4 2021 | +2.9% | +10.1% | +14.9% | |
| Q3 2021 | -4.4% | -4.8% | -1.9% | |
| Q2 2021 | -4.7% | -8.0% | -5.6% | |
| Q1 2021 | -2.7% | -1.0% | -0.1% | |
| Q4 2020 | -2.3% | -1.7% | +25.5% | |
| Q3 2020 | -11.5% | -4.7% | +26.0% | |
| Q2 2020 | -2.7% | +1.1% | +13.4% | |
| Q1 2020 | +13.3% | +0.5% | +70.7% | |
| Q4 2019 | +4.3% | +2.4% | +4.1% | |
| Q3 2019 | +7.8% | +7.1% | +6.3% | |
| Q2 2019 | +3.2% | +2.2% | -5.0% | |
| Q1 2019 | +8.1% | +7.7% | +4.5% | |
| Q4 2018 | +2.7% | +5.1% | -0.1% | |
| Q3 2018 | -4.5% | -1.8% | +8.9% | |
| Q2 2018 | -13.1% | -8.9% | -4.6% | |
| Q1 2018 | -3.7% | -3.2% | -4.4% | |
| Q4 2017 | -7.0% | -6.3% | -3.3% | |
| Q3 2017 | -0.8% | -2.5% | +0.1% | |
| Q2 2017 | -3.0% | -3.1% | -15.0% | |
| Q1 2017 | +2.3% | +0.4% | +4.9% | |
| Q4 2016 | -9.7% | -9.9% | -10.1% | |
| Q3 2016 | -6.4% | -7.9% | +11.9% | |
| Q2 2016 | +7.4% | +6.1% | -7.3% | |
| Q1 2016 | +1.1% | — | — | |
| Q4 2015 | +0.3% | — | — | |
| Q3 2015 | -6.0% | — | — | |
| Q2 2015 | +2.6% | — | — | |
| Q1 2015 | +5.2% | — | — | |
| Q4 2014 | +6.5% | — | — | |
| Q3 2014 | -2.0% | — | — | |
| Q2 2014 | +1.2% | — | — | |
| Q1 2014 | -7.8% | — | — | |
| Q4 2013 | +2.8% | — | — | |
| Q3 2013 | -4.2% | — | — | |
| Q2 2013 | -1.7% | — | — | |
| Q1 2013 | -3.6% | — | — | |
| Q4 2012 | +1.0% | — | — | |
| Q3 2012 | +0.4% | — | — | |
| Q2 2012 | -1.3% | — | — | |
| Q1 2012 | -0.2% | — | — | |
| Q4 2008 | -1.2% | — | — | |
| Q4 2011 | -1.2% | — | — | |
| Q3 2011 | +3.5% | — | — | |
| Q2 2011 | -3.4% | — | — | |
| Q1 2011 | +1.7% | — | — | |
| Q4 2010 | +0.9% | — | — | |
| Q3 2010 | +1.0% | — | — | |
| Q3 2009 | +1.0% | — | — | |
| Q4 2009 | -1.9% | — | — | |
| Q2 2009 | -1.9% | — | — | |
| Q2 2010 | -1.9% | — | — | |
| Q1 2010 | -0.9% | — | — |
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